Frédéric Dupont received engineering degree from INSA Lyon in France in Materials engineering in 1996. After several years at CEA-LETI in strategic marketing, he joined SOITEC in 2000 where he held multiple position as program manager in LED, RF and Power innovation programs, before taking the responsibility of the Specialty Electronics Business Unit (GaAs and GaN epitaxy). In 2014 he co-founded Exagan, spin off from SOITEC and CEA-LETI; that he leads today as the CEO to position Exagan as an emerging leader in GaN-based electronics.