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DenyAll appoints new R&D Director
April 2015 by Marc Jacob
Frédéric Le Bars joins DenyAll as Director of Research & Development. A seasoned R&D manager, the new executive’s mission is to deliver quality products according to DenyAll’s accelerated innovation roadmap.
DenyAll announces the appointment of a new member of its executive team, Frédéric Le Bars, as Director of R&D. Frédéric joined the company on March 31. He manages the R&D team and is responsible for delivering quality products based on the roadmap that was announced in September 2014, following the acquisition of BeeWare.
Creating an innovative team
The appointment of Frédéric Le Bars is an important milestone for DenyAll, as the company executes on its accelerated innovation strategy and gets ready to release several incremental versions of its Next Generation Web Application Firewall in the next 18 months.
Frédéric Le Bars is based in Montpellier and will be managing a team distributed between the South of France and the Paris region, at corporate headquarters in Sèvres. He will be working closely with Vincent Maury, Product Management Director, on the planned deliverables.
A seasoned R&D manager
Frédéric Le Bars, 35, has over 13 years of experience in software development. He worked for Amadeus, Satin Technologies and ITESOFT. In his last tenure, he managed a team of developers and quality assurance engineers. He contributed to the product development process definition and the organization of the 50 strong R&D team. He animated the architect community and led the definition and adoption of a new product development process based on agile methodologies.
