Jean Georges Perrin

Jean Georges Perrin

Jean Georges Perrin at IOD (IBM Information On Demand Conference, now IBM Insight) in 2013
Born Jean-Georges Perrin
(1971-10-05) 5 October 1971
Strasbourg, France
Nationality French
Other names jgp
Alma mater ESIG (Strasbourg), IUT Robert Schuman (Strasbourg)
Occupation Software Engineer, Serial Entrepreneur, Business man
Years active 1995–present
Notable work
  • Une Approche du C (1992)
Awards
  • IBM Champion (2009-2015)
  • Alsace Trophy Export (2015)
Website http://www.jgp.net

Jean Georges Perrin (born 1971) is an IT serial-entrepreneur from Alsace, France. He is the longest standing elected board member of IIUG after Stuart Litel, the first non-US citizen elected to this board, the first French IBM Champion and the co-founder of the first ISP in France, outside Paris.

IIUG and IBM

Perrin was elected at the Board of Directors of IIUG in 2002.[1] Perrin has been the first French citizen to become an IBM Champion in 2009,[2] along with Jean-Marc Blaise.[3] In June 2014, his IBM Champion title was renewed.[4]

Career

Perrin is an IT software engineer, lecturer, and serial entrepreneur. In 1995, he co-founded DX-net (and later, The Pandemonium Group), France’s first commercial ISP outside of Paris, later acquired by ISION.[5] In 2002, he co-founded Awoma, an ISV specialized in making Java development easier. In 2006, he founded GreenIvory, a pioneer in Content Marketing tools. GreenIvory France and GreenIvory Luxembourg closed in January 2014,[6] GreenIvory America closed a little later. Since 2015, Perrin is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of 2CRSI Corporation.[7]

Publications & Conferences

Perrin has contributed to the defunct DB2 Magazine, to The Futurist magazine[8] co-author with Elizabeth D. Leone. Perrin co-authored with Frederic Collet-Hahn a book on the C programming language in August 1992,[9][10] while a student at the now-Université de Strasbourg.

Perrin participates in numerous conferences[11] and lectures at various schools and universities, including the Université de Strasbourg.

Other recognitions

On April 3, 2012, Jean Georges Perrin was named one of the 60 Alsatians to be known.[12][13][14] On December 17th, 2015, 2CRSI was awarded the Alsace Export Trophy thanks to Perrin's work.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Profiling Jean Georges Perrin, IIUG Board Member.". 2002-11-02. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  2. ↑ "Jean Georges Perrin (jgp).". 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Jean-Marc BLAISE (jmblaise).". 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  4. ↑ "2014 IBM Champions for Information Management". 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  5. ↑ "PANDEMONIUM IS 80%-ACQUIRED BY ISION INTERNET.". 2000-03-23. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  6. ↑ "Présentation de la société GREENIVORY.". 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  7. ↑ "2CRSI Expands to North America; Perrin Named COO.". 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  8. ↑ "Bad Mood Is History: A Scenario.". 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  9. ↑ "Publications.". 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  10. ↑ "Profile de Frédéric Collet-Hahn.". 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  11. ↑ "Conference.". 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  12. ↑ "Soixante entrepreneurs qui font la région NR.29. Jean Georges Perrin à l’heure transatlantique". 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  13. ↑ "Pour nos 60 ans : 60 portraits d'Alsaciens connus". 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  14. ↑ "Jean Georges Perrin à l’heure transatlantique" (PDF). 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  15. ↑ "Huit buts pour l’emploi". 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
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