Qarbon.com

Executive Bios


Jay LuckeJay Lucke, President and CEO
Jay has more than 10 years experience in the Enterprise software industry. His executive and operations roles in sales, marketing, strategic planning, and product development have prepared him to produce results on several levels within various organizations. While leveraging strong analytic skills in both small and large companies he has developed unique technology solutions in a broad range of industries and application areas. Throughout his career, he has successfully lead teams that have brought new technologies and business operations to new markets.
 
Patrick LeGranchePatrick LeGranche, Chairman, CFO and Founder
Patrick has more than twenty years of experience creating high-tech start-ups. In the early 1980s Patrick founded VIF, one of the pioneers of electronic software distribution in France. The company worked with many United States software vendors, including Borland, Lotus and Microsoft, to distribute their software via the Minitel, the French ancestor to the Internet. He was also the exclusive French distributor of McAfee antivirus products. Patrick sold VIF to McAfee (now Network Associates) in 1995. Prior to Qarbon, he was the founder and director of Premiers Pas, a start-up incubator developed in partnership with leading French groups such as Caisse de Dépôts, Cogema/Areva, Alcatel and EDF. Patrick holds an MBA from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC).