Jean-Michel Fournier

CEO & Board member

2023

Interaxon is a neurotechnology company specializing in brain computer interfaces (BCIs) through the production of their research-grade ambulatory EEG brain devices. It was founded by a team of neuroscientists and engineers with a focus on mental health, meditation and sleep. Interaxon has more than 140 EEG focused patents. The Muse headband uses EEG sensors to monitor brain activity, heart rate, body movement, breath coherence and provide real-time feedback to users about their mental state, including their level of focus, relaxation, and stress. It has been used by researchers, mental health & rehabilitation clinics, universities and sport teams to improve mindfulness, mental health practices, sleep and support neuroscience research and innovation. Interaxon is starting the FDA clearance process. Interaxon is known to be the largest EEG datasets in the world, with +1 billion minutes of brain data. Interaxon has had more than 500K users since inception. Research institutions: The Mayo Clinic, NASA, Harvard, MIT, UCL, UCSD, Inria, UBC, and more. Muse has been used in over 200 published research studies, including Mayo Clinic who demonstrated meditating with Muse increases quality of life, and decreases stress and fatigue in cancer patients and much more. " More information about Muse® by Interaxon is available at https://choosemuse.com/pages/science

BeachHead Advisor

2014 - 2023

France - Secretary of Economic Development & Commerce - French-Tech Due diligence process to select, coach & invest in French Start-ups in connection with international development in the US.

CEO LesMills Media

2016 - 2021

Jean-Michel (JM) Fournier led Les Mills worldwide consumer business, which included global B2B and direct-to-consumer digital portfolio of products and P&Ls, as well as worldwide music management. With nearly 7million weekly active users and 140,000 fitness instructors, Les Mills is one of the largest active fitness & wellness communities in the world.

Co-Founder & CEO

2014 - 2017

BitGym is a Start-up specialized in Computer Vision using 2D cameras. BitGym is transforming cardiovascular-exercise into an exciting & addictive experience. At BitGym we believe: (1) exercise should be fun instead of boring (2) people should be fully engaged in their workouts instead of being distracted and (3) technology should connect people rather than encourage isolation. Integration with LesMills International.

COO & Director of the board

2011 - 2014

Janalent is a start-up & an award winning technology solutions consortium of companies, providing collaborative enterprise management, technology Mobile Infrastructure, Cloud Services and software development solutions. Winner of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner of the Year Award for Unified Communications, Messaging & Mobile solutions. Sold in 2013.

Senior VP Technology Strategic Alliances & Joint Ventures

2009 - 2011

- Healthcare cloud solutions - Mobile Enterprise solutions - Security & analytics - M&A experience

Sr Director/Vice-President of Strategic Alliances & Consulting

1998 - 2006

Telco & Healthcare

Finance & Agency Director

1994 - 1998