CHALLENGING, REWARDING & DIVERSE

The Virtualiens *

VirtualExpo is a team of 180 members from different nationalities, expertise, and talents. We are multicultural, multilingual, with different life experiences and age groups. We all enjoy working together to reach bigger goals. This is what makes VirtualExpo unique.

* Virtualien : n. An energetic, creative and driven individual who is part of a bigger international family known as VirtualExpo.

All Board of Directors Content Finance Human resources Information Technology Marketing Sales

Sara
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Corentin
FOUNDER
Board of Directors
Jason
HEAD OF CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
Content
Cécile
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
MAISSA en
HR ASSISTANT
Human resources
Vincent
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Antoine
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
Sales
Nadia
HR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Human resources
Sébastien
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Board of Directors
Information Technology
Felix
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Sylvie
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE & FINANCIAL OFFICER
Board of Directors
Finance
Annick
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Diane
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
John
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Guillaume
SYSTEM AND NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR
Information Technology
Robin
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Information Technology
Céline
QUALIFIED SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Information Technology
Gilles
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Francesco
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Aurélie
MANAGER AND AGILE REFERENT
Information Technology
Information Technology
Aurélie
MANAGER AND AGILE REFERENT
Previously a JEE developer and development team leader, Aurélie is now an agile methodology referent. She coaches workshops to help the company adopt the agile philosophy.

Aurélie studied math and computer science. After discovering coding, she fell in love with software development and got her masters in computer science. She honed her IT consulting skills at Capgemini and Thales before joining VirtualExpo in 2014.

“VE is an atypical company, a comfortable cocoon. There’s a good balance between private and professional life. Everyone who’s motivated and committed can manage their career while implementing company strategy.”
Naoual
Accounting Assistant
Finance
Finance
Naoual
Accounting Assistant
Born in Morocco, Naoual moved at the age of 5 to the South of France where she has lived ever since. She has a BTS as a Management Assistant in a small and medium-sized business in a metalworking company that unfortunately did not survive the real estate crisis.

“After that, I decided to redirect myself towards a BTS in Accounting and Management of Organizations because I liked accounting very much. In 2014, I applied for a position as an accounting assistant at VirtualExpo Group.”

Her function and missions as Accounting Assistant at VirtualExpo Group include accounts payable, general purchasing, outstanding recovery, administrative, expense report, etc.

Naoual spoken languages: French and Arabic

Favorite Company Value: “Living Diversity is the value that suits me since I have a double culture. I think it’s a strength. I’m proud to work in a society where there is great diversity. It allows us to learn from each other and open up to the world around us.”

Fun fact: “I like traveling and foreign cinema (I like to watch foreign films and series like Korean, Turkish, Lebanese, Indian, Danish, Dutch)!“
Amandine
RH Manager
Human resources
Stephanie
PRODUCT MANAGER
Marketing
Dante
MARKETPLACE DEVELOPMENT AND SALES SUPPORTS
Sales
Eva
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Marketing
Monica
TRANSLATOR TERMINOLOGIST
Content
Diego
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Alain
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Content
Alain
CONTENT MANAGER
Alain is one of our Senior Content Manager in Customer Service at VirtualExpo Group. He supports our customers in the optimization of their stand as well as animates our training webinars for our clients so that they can have the best experience selling their products on our websites.
Alain has a background in scientific studies: a diploma of Engineer Centralien and a PhD in Material Science. He started his career as a Researcher (doctoral student) in a CNRS laboratory and university lecturer.

“I am an entrepreneur at heart! I like to discover new horizons and push knowledge a little further. I am curious about everyone by nature and I am interested in everything. When I tackle a subject I like to go all the way and in-depth. I like to be at the junction between two worlds to establish bridges of knowledge between others. Most importantly, I like to teach and help.”

Alain’s spoken languages: French, Spanish, and English

Favorite Company Value: “Proud of your success because my job at VirtualExpo Group is to give the client the tools and the means to strive for success. I like to help, listen, teach, and guide. These are altruistic values that are part of my DNA in everyday life.”

Fun fact: Alain is passionate about photography and even does professional photography outside of his job!
Mari
TRANSLATOR TERMINOLOGIST
Content
Guillaume
PRODUCT OWNER
Information Technology
Khalid
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Fabien
QUALIFIED SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Information Technology
Jie
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Federica
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Yann
HEAD OF TRANSVERSAL SERVICES
Content
Camille
SALES & EVENTS COORDINATOR
Finance
Benjamin
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
Sales
Safae
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Rachel
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Nathanael
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
Sales
Isabelle
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
Board of Directors
Marketing
Emmanuel
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Nicolas
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Yannick
CONTENT TEAM LEADER
Content
Milena
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Nawel
CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM MANAGER
Marketing
Beatrice
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Damien
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Roland
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Information Technology
Etienne
CHIEF OPERATING DIRECTOR - DISTRIBUTORS
Board of Directors
Sales
Francesco
CONTENT TEAM LEADER
Content
Elhouaria
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Vincent
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Board of Directors
Rémy
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Janusz
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Valentine
GRAPHIC DESIGNER MANAGER
Marketing
Asmaa
BRAND CONTENT MANAGER
Marketing
Pascale
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Anja
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
Sales
Sales
Anja
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
Born in Vienna, Austria, Anja obtained her Master’s Degree in Tourism Management starting her professional career in the organization of international sports events.

Then, Anja continued her career as Marketing & Sales Manager in the headquarters for an Austrian Hotel Group. In 2011, she moved to Rome, Italy to work for an American company in International Business Development/B2B Lead Generation for the IT & High-Tech industry.

In 2015, life led her to Marseille, France where she began working with us at VirtualExpo Group! She quickly made her way to becoming a Team Leader in our International Sales department after only 6 months in the company.

She accompanies our clients in closing sales, using our services, improving their sales, utilizing their stand to the max to attract the best buyers ready to make purchases. In addition to developing its customer portfolio, about 50% of Anja’s job revolves around management.

Anja’s spoken languages: German, English, Italian, French, some Spanish too
Anja’s favorite company value: Stronger Together
Anja’s mojo: “SMILE ALWAYS! We have our clients in the whole world but we all SMILE in the same language— even on the phone you need to smile in order to succeed 😄 ”
Cyprien
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Rossella
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
CLAUDIO
CRM DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Makhlouf
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Candice
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Valeria
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Chloé
COMMUNICATION & PR MANAGER
Marketing
Frédéric
WEB PROJECT MANAGER
Marketing
Michael
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Soukaina
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Tatyana
SALES ADMINISTRATOR
Sales
Ervin
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Sales
Ervin
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
As a key account manager, Ervin is developing long term business through renewal and continually searching for new business opportunities.
Born in Albania, Ervin settled in the UK where he acquired a solid sales experience before joining VirtualExpo in 2011.

“VirtualExpo is like a metropolitan city : a fast evolving, multicultural company with a lot of sales opportunities and possibilities to prosper. You can’t help it but to grow fond of it !”
Hiacine
THIRD-PARTY APPLICATION TEAM MANAGER
Information Technology
Silvia
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Badroudine
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Victoria
SALES ADMINISTRATOR
Sales
Francesca
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Julia
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Pierre
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Mohamed
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Cédric
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Christophe
CONTENT TEAM LEADER
Content
Sylvain
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Radia
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Carine
ACCOUNTANT
Finance
Malia
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Alessandra
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Elena
CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Nathalie
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MANAGER
Marketing
Lilia
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Marketing
Aurélie
SALES DIRECTOR
Sales
Meryll
SENIOR CONTENT MANAGER
Content
Helena
TRANSLATOR TERMINOLOGIST
Content
Julie
TRANSLATOR TERMINOLOGIST
Content
Cédric
PRODUCT OWNER
Information Technology
Alexandra
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Alessandro
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
Sales
Niley
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Sandra
Sales Director Assistant & Internal Training Coordinator
Sales
Qiongyao
CHINA MARKET COORDINATOR
Information Technology
Fabiano
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
Sales
Andréa
INTERNATIONAL SALES - CONSULTANT
Sales
Drissia
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Alexis
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Information Technology
Alexis
DEVELOPER
Former developer within the TMA team (front, back, batch), Alexis has integrated our “project” teams during 2018! From now on, he develops Java back-office applications for the company’s internal functions and for our clients.

After obtaining a Master’s degree in computer science in La Rochelle and working in Niort for 5 years, Alexis was looking for a change of scene and headed for VirtualExpo Group here in Marseille in 2017 !

“Open culture, flat structure, open-space office…VirtualExpo Group is a company where everyone is accessible, without the hierarchy and barriers of traditional offices.”
Selma
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Fabienne
CHIEF SALES OFFICER
Board of Directors
Sales
Sergio
TRANSLATOR TERMINOLOGIST
Content
Caroline
TRAINING MANAGER
Content
Juliette
PROJECT & INTERNAL AUDIT MANAGER
Information Technology
Omar
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Barbara
CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Board of Directors
Human resources
Sebastien
QUALITY MANAGER
Content
Manon
E-MAILING ASSISTANT
Marketing
Manuel
TRANSLATOR TERMINOLOGIST
Content
Victoria
SALES ADMINISTRATOR - TEAM LEADER
Sales
Allyson
BRAND CONTENT MANAGER
Marketing
Marketing
Allyson
BRAND CONTENT MANAGER
Allyson comes all the way from Brooklyn, New York and moved to France 3 years ago right after graduating from university. She quickly learned French and launched her career in Marseilles.

Graduated with a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Art History and Communication from the State University of New York, she worked on the marketing teams of major museums in New York City such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In 2017, Allyson joined VirtualExpo Group marketing team and, as Brand Content Marketing, she works on creating online content to reinforce our six marketplaces’ brands and online reputation, to educate and accompany clients on using our services, and promote content. She also manages the company’s social media and promotes client products and posts on industry news and trends on various platforms.

Allyson spoken languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, and French.

Favorite Company Value: “I think the company value I strongly believe in is 100% ‘Living Diversity’ because it embodies so much of my identity and personality! It’s part of the reason I am so comfortable at work. Everyone is so culturally diverse, it’s beautiful. It’s a very international environment.”

Fun Fact: “I’ve met or run into over 20 celebrities back in NYC…I’m really good at sneaking into places where I don’t belong.”
Laurie
QUALITY & PRODUCTION MANAGER
Content
Laetitia
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Nicolas
COMPUTER OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN
Information Technology
Olivier
CHIEF CONTENT MANAGER
Board of Directors
Content
Victoria
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Marketing
Filippo
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Aurélien
PRODUCT OWNER
Information Technology
Fabien
CUSTOMER SERVICE TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
Marketing
Vincent
JEE DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Information Technology
Vincent
JEE DEVELOPER
Vincent develops back-office Java applications for internal company functions and for our clients. As scrum master, he is responsible for keeping the team on task and maintaining progress toward established goals.

With a degree in computer science, Vincent acquired experience in Java development at DCNS, Eurocopter and Spir Communication before joining VirtualExpo in 2016.

“In addition to the pleasant atmosphere here, I’m at home with VirtualExpo’s philosophy and start-up spirit. Decisions are made quickly and everyone pulls in the same direction.”
Célia
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Marketing
Quentin
SALES COACH
Sales
Eric
MANAGER AND AGILE REFERENT
Information Technology
Information Technology
Eric
MANAGER AND AGILE REFERENT
Originally from Marseille, France, Eric started his career at The Autonomous Port of Marseille and Le Havre (management of the port, equipment, and calls), and finally, at the naval defense industry DCNS working on communication encryption, tactical table of military submarines, and more.

Then, he joined the IT department at VirtualExpo in 2012 where he started as a developer, then architect, project manager, team leader, and today, he is the agile reference manager.

“My field of action is very rich and varied at VirtualExpo. For example, I work with testing, development, work processes, user requirements, management, agility, recruitment, tool implementation, and more. As an engineer, I like to understand a subject in its entirety to produce a simple and efficient solution!”

Eric’s spoken languages: French and English.

Eric’s favorite company value: Think Smart, Play Hard

Fun Fact about Eric: “Among my colleagues, I’m often teased about greens because I ate tons of them on my diet in 2012. That’s how I got the nickname Mr. Broccoli.😄”
Samara
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Lionel
SEO / SEM MANAGER
Information Technology
Damien
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Stefanie
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Helge
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales
Arshad
QUALITY MANAGER
Content
Content
Arshad
QUALITY MANAGER
Originally from the island of Maurice, Arshad came to France in 2001 to study Architecture! Today, he is a Quality Manager for VirtualExpo Group’s six online marketplaces. Arshad has been working with us since 2013.

As a Quality Manager, Arshad ensures that all company products and services meet quality standards before they go online as well as a post-online control. His primary responsibilities include understanding customer expectations and needs, outlining quality standards, and developing quality control processes for all our B2B marketplaces. This facilitates the customer journey and makes it the best experience possible.

What languages do you speak: French, English, and Mauritian

Your favorite company value: “Stronger Together” because I truly believe there’s strength in numbers!

Fun fact: I’m the Vice President of an Astronomy and Astrophotography Association called AstroGeek 13.
Joanne
MARKETING TEAM MANAGER
Marketing
Michelle
OFFICE MAINTENANCE
Finance
Oanh
PRODUCT MANAGER JUNIOR
Marketing
Djamel
DEVELOPER
Information Technology
Nathalie
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
Sales
Sales
Nathalie
INTERNATIONAL SALES - TEAM LEADER
After training in lead generation, Nathalie is currently responsible for an AgriExpo portfolio. She still has a hand in lead generation as a tutor for new arrivals.
After a career as an Italian teacher, Nathalie joined our sales team in 2016. She’s a perfect example of the career shifts common at VirtualExpo.

“At VirtualExpo, we recruit individuals before recruiting professional profiles. Interesting personalities, enriching contacts—we enjoy an environment of mutual support and goodwill.”
Imane
INTERNATIONAL SALES - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Sales