Our Leadership Team
Meet Ekinops Executive Team
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Lionel Chmilewsky
Chief Executive OfficerRead biography
Lionel ChmilewskyChief Executive OfficerLionel Chmilewsky has 30+ years of global leadership experience across Technology, Telecom, Cybersecurity, and Software.
Prior to joining Ekinops, Lionel Chmilewsky notably served as President and CEO of TrustBuilder, a leading European SaaS cybersecurity company, specializing in multi-factor authentication and identity & access management.
Previously, as CEO of Corero Network Security plc., an anti-DDoS cybersecurity leader listed on London Stock Exchange, he doubled revenue and ARR, delivered sustained profitability and significantly accelerated growth in the US market. Lionel Chmilewsky also served as CEO of Cambridge Broadband Networks and Comverse IP Communications.
He also serves as Chairman of Hive Streaming.
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Philippe Moulin
Chief Operating OfficerRead biography
Philippe MoulinChief Operating OfficerPhilippe Moulin has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He has held several executive positions, notably at OneAccess, where he served as Chief Operating Officer up until its acquisition by Ekinops in 2017.
His international career in Canada, Italy, Belgium, and France, has provided him with strong technical and operational expertise. Most recently, he led Ekinops’ R&D, support, production, IT, and quality functions, while maintaining a close relationship with the company’s key strategic customers.
Prior to this role, Philippe served during 4 years as President and Chief Executive Officer at Kings Products and Solutions Inc. (Urmet’s group), world leader in the multimedia kiosks market in Toronto, Canada. He has also held positions in Ascom Monetel where he was Marketing Director for the Multimedia Terminals division.
Philippe Moulin is an Engineer graduated of the Institut des Sciences et Techniques de Grenoble and has got a degree in Finance and Accounting from the Wharton University of Pennsylvania.
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Dmitri Pigoulevski
Chief Financial OfficerRead biography
Dmitri PigoulevskiChief Financial OfficerDmitri has an extensive financial management and operational leadership experience in banking, industrial and services sectors.
Prior to Ekinops he provided M&A consultancy services to companies in France and launched an e-commerce company in Eastern Europe. He also served as Director of Finance with Agrogeneration, a start-up company specialized in agricultural production, and held various financial and strategy management positions with Trader Media East and Valeo in France.
He started his career with banking industry in Eastern Europe where he was responsible to build-up treasury operations. Dmitri holds a MS in Finance and Accounting and he is an MBA from HEC School of Management.
Dmitri is Certified Accountant and member of the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).
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Sylvain Quartier
Chief Marketing & Strategy OfficerRead biography
Sylvain QuartierChief Marketing & Strategy OfficerSylvain Quartier has an extensive experience in products, marketing, and corporate strategy within the telecom industry.
Before joining Ekinops, Sylvain held the position of Senior Vice President of Products Strategy at InfoVista and was part of the Executive Team. Over his 15-year tenure at InfoVista, Sylvain established and led the Product Management and Marketing organization, contributing significantly to the company’s transformation from a startup to a global leader with a presence in 150 countries. This journey involved navigating through five acquisitions and two leveraged buyouts.
Prior to his role at InfoVista, Sylvain co-founded Clariteam in 1999, which was a pioneering SaaS solution for Network and Applications Performance Management. He initiated his career at Arche Groupe Siemens as a telecom engineer and holds an engineering degree from EFREI, Paris Panthéon – Assas University.
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Kevin Antill
Chief Revenue Officer, North AmericaRead biography
Kevin AntillChief Revenue Officer, North AmericaKevin Antill has over twenty years of experience in the communications industry, successfully managing growth while building sales organizations.
Prior to joining Ekinops, Kevin spent four years at Sorrento Networks as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, ten years at Carrier Access Corporation as Vice President Strategic Accounts and Vice President North American Sales.
Prior to Carrier Access Corporation Kevin spent ten years at Walker and Associates, his last four years as Vice President of Sales. Kevin began his carrier at North Pittsburgh Telephone Company.
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Frank Dedobbeleer
Chief Revenue Officer, EMEA & APACRead biography
Frank DedobbeleerChief Revenue Officer, EMEA & APACFrank Dedobbeleer joined OneAccess as Executive Vice-President Sales in December 2012 with overall responsibility for all sales activities and possesses more than twenty years’ experience of sales management in the Telecoms industry.
Prior to joining OneAccess, Frank held senior management roles in Sales and Business development at leading industry players such as Cisco Systems, BT Global Services, Lucent Technologies, and lastly TE Connectivity, where he was Business Director EMEA, India, Russia for Telecom Network Solutions.
Fluent in English, French and Flemish, Frank holds a degree in Engineering and Computer Science from VUB (Brussels). Frank lives with his family near Brussels.
A European technology group built on network expertise
For more than two decades, Ekinops has developed optical, connectivity and cybersecurity technologies that help operators, enterprises and public organizations build networks they can rely on.
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Optical heritage
Network engineering expertise built over more than 20 years, from optical transport to enterprise connectivity. - 02
A broader security offer
With Olfeo and Chimere now part of Ekinops, the group combines networking and cybersecurity in one portfolio. - 03
Designed in Europe
Technologies developed in our European R&D centers, deployed by customers around the world. - 04
Listed on Euronext Paris
A publicly listed company with a long-term commitment to innovation and growth.