Dr. Patrick Cogez has been since 2016 with AENEAS, a not-for-profit Industrial Association fostering Research and Innovation and creating an effective funding landscape for its members in the Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) value chain.
He is AENEAS Technical Director, is the current Chair of the ECS Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, and is active in several European collaborative projects on international cooperation and skills development for the microelectronics industry, in particular initiating the ECS summer school.
After an early career start in the French Ministry of Industry, Dr. Patrick Cogez spent most of his career in the semiconductors industry. He joined STMicroelectronics in 1988, where he designed, implemented and managed the Information Systems of the Crolles R&D and Manufacturing site. He was later appointed Director for Innovation and External Research.
Patrick graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées in France, and holds a M.Sc. degree in Operations Research and a PhD in Industrial Engineering, both from the University of California at Berkeley. He completed an Executive MBA programme at NEOMA Business School, Paris. He co-managed three PhD theses and co-authored several articles on the management of disruptive innovation.
