Chief Operating Officer, I-Cube ResearchA graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers, Laurent Fériol joined Danfoss Socla as head of the engineering department. He then became Research and Development Director for Danfoss’ Water Valve Division. As a member of the steering committee, he managed and grew a design office in China and oversaw the development strategy of the group’s engineering departments. He was responsible for the technical audits of acquisition projects. Mr. Fériol worked for a period for the Suez Environnement group in the field of ultra filtration. As technical director, he developed products and managed the purchasing department. He joined I-Cube Research in 2011 to participate in the development of the WASP tool and to structure the supply chain and production. He leads the industrial strategy for I-Pulse's WASP tools and is responsible for quality management systems such as SAP and ISO 9001.