Team
We are marketing and technology professionals obsessed with making brands’ fan pages rock!
Founders
Jeremie Wainstain, general manager
Jérémie brings more than 15 years’ experience in developing technology solutions covering content, user interface and infrastructure.
Jérémie brings more than 15 years’ experience in developing technology solutions covering content, user interface and infrastructure.
He previously worked at NetGem, a leading European supplier of set-top boxes and with Cegetel/Neuf Telecom, where he was responsible for developing the company’s ADSL television platform. He is a graduate of France’s prestigious Ecole Polytechnique, a proud father of three and a passionate musician (some might even say talented: 10 votes in the World Georges Brassens Championships on Dailymotion!).
Jean-Marc Holder, executive chairman
Jean-Marc is responsible for driving many Digibonus product and service innovations. A citizen of the world brought up in the UK, Trinidad and France, Jean-Marc has lived and worked in Belgrade, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, Paris and San Francisco.
Jean-Marc is responsible for driving many Digibonus product and service innovations. A citizen of the world brought up in the UK, Trinidad and France, Jean-Marc has lived and worked in Belgrade, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, Paris and San Francisco.
Starting his high-tech career with Apple, PacketVideo and PalmSource, Jean-Marc has created several companies, including Ski IN/IfYouTravel, an award-winning travel portal now part of lastminute.com. Having represented Trinidad and Tobago in the 1984 Olympic Games, he remains a keen sportsman, enjoying kite surfing in the south of France, skiing in the Swiss Alps and running after his young son wherever he goes. Jean-Marc is a marketing graduate of the University of Michigan.
Gilles Babinet, non-executive board member
Gilles is a serial entrepreneur and technology evangelist who created his first company at the age of 24.
Gilles is a serial entrepreneur and technology evangelist who created his first company at the age of 24.
After selling Absolut, a consulting firm specialized in product design and marketing, to Euro-RSCG in 2000, he went on to launch Musiwave, a leading European provider of mobile music and entertainment services, which he sold to Openwave for $121 million in January 2006. Since then, Gilles has been involved in several start-ups, including CaptainDash, a provider of on-demand marketing dashboard, Eyeka, a co-creation community linking artists and brands, and Mxp4, a leading provider of interactive music gaming solutions. In 2011, Gilles was chosen as the first president of France’s national digital advisory board (Conseil National Numérique).
Team leaders
Laetitia Parise, new business and marketing director
Laetitia loves working with our customers to make sure your experience is silkily smooth!
Laetitia loves working with our customers to make sure your experience is silkily smooth!
A true brand advocate, she brings more than 15 years’ experience in account management, business development and marketing roles in England and France at The Promotions Practice, Logistix and Douwe Egberts. Laetitia holds a master’s degree in business and international marketing from IUP Sceaux. She is based in Paris with her family.
Olya Gakovic, chief technology officer
Olya leads an energetic team of developers at our research and development centre in Serbia.
Olya leads an energetic team of developers at our research and development centre in Serbia.
She came to Digibonus after 13 years living and breathing the Internet start-up environment in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, where she delivered collaborative portal solutions for companies like Cisco, Dell, Intel, HP and Yahoo. Olya was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, finished high school in Oklahoma and also lived in Cyprus. She holds an MBA from Aspen University, Colorado, and a BBA (Hons) in strategic management. A former competitive swimmer, Olya considers bringing up her seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter to be her greatest challenge yet!
Ivan Blagojevic, chief architect
Ivan is the technical lead behind the Digibonus system, based in our R&D center in Serbia.
Ivan is the technical lead behind the Digibonus system, based in our R&D center in Serbia.
With over ten years of experience in developing software for the web, mobile and social media, he built most of the Digibonus core features and loves to tackle challenges that keep our platform at the forefront of social media marketing. When he is not working on cool new innovations to delight Digibonus users, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son. Ivan holds BSc in electrical engineering from Belgrade University.
Board
Simon Guild, board member
Simon is a media and internet entrepreneur who provides advice to up-and-coming industry movers through his start-up, Bass Rock Media, and as a board member of numerous companies including XING, Bigpoint and Spreadshirt.
Simon is a media and internet entrepreneur who provides advice to up-and-coming industry movers through his start-up, Bass Rock Media, and as a board member of numerous companies including XING, Bigpoint and Spreadshirt.
Previously, he spent 14 years working in MTV, serving as Executive Vice President and COO. Simon is a graduate of Cambridge University and INSEAD.
Charles Letourneur
Charles is co-founder and a managing partner at Alven Capital, a Paris-based independent venture-capital firm.
Charles is co-founder and a managing partner at Alven Capital, a Paris-based independent venture-capital firm.
He joined the M&A department of Lazard in 1991 in New York and later Paris. In 2000, he was appointed member of the Executive Committee of Gaz & Eau (renamed Eurazeo). Charles is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, ENSAE and IEP Paris.
Thomas Galloro (observer)
Thomas has over twenty years of experience in venture capital and is the chairman of the Isle de France Capital venture fund.
Thomas has over twenty years of experience in venture capital and is the chairman of the Isle de France Capital venture fund.