Acoustic Products Management

Christian Giroussens VP Acoustic Products Division

Christian graduated from Ecole Centrale de Paris. He began his career in 1987 in the field of ship and submarines acoustic discretion. He joined the Thales group in the Underwater Activities division in Sophia-Antipolis (1990), where he worked on the development, integration and sea trials of a submarine program. He then moved to Brest site (1998), where he was in charge of bids and technical studies for Airborne sonars, and then Head of Airborne Technical Group (2001). In 2005, he was appointed Technical Director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Business Unit. In 2009, he moved to Avionics Division in Meudon as Director in charge of the development of processing platforms for Airbus A350 XWB program. Christian joined iXSea in December 2010, as Director of the Acoustic Products Division.

Hubert Pelletier Sales & Marketing Director

Hubert graduated from the Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Brest in 1981, with specialization in analog and electronic engineering. He began his carrier as R&D engineer in a small business manufacturing oceanographic equipment, and designed some of the first micro-processor based self-contained ocean monitoring tools. With a solid technical background and accumulated experience in marine industry , he progressively switched to a commercial position and developed the domestic and international business with a few years spent abroad (UK, US). After almost 30 years experience spent in the marine industry and specialization in underwater positioning sensors and systems, good communication skills and still same enthusiasm, Hubert Pelletier is now  Sales and Marketing Director with the iXSea Acoustic Product Division based in Brest-France.