1. How did you come to join SPIE?
Matthieu Dalloz: At the time I was studying electronic engineering and computer science
at the ESIREM engineering school in eastern France, I also used to organise mountain bike
competitions. It so happened that SPIE was one of the sponsors. Although I didn’t know
the company at all, I had the opportunity to meet senior managers in eastern France. I was
attracted by the diversity of its activities, and I was able to do my final-year internship there
in 2005, after which I was hired. At the start I worked on setting up a CRM (Customer
Relationship Management) platform, then I moved on to a post as a business manager
in the electrical department, and then I ended up specialising in protection and security.
Last year, for instance, I worked on a motor-racing circuit for which we have created a single
interface that manages all the systems – video protection, TV broadcasting, access control,
intrusion control, and so on. It was fascinating.
What have you gained from the SPIE Talents programme.
M.D.: I was asked to take part in the “SPIE Talents” programme intended to develop people
with what’s known as a “high potential” profile. It’s an extremely comprehensive training
package, covering management, marketing and leadership. Thanks to this training, I could
move on to a new project for 2017, setting up a Smart Buildings department as part of
our subsidiary.
You have spent just over ten years in the company. Why have you stayed?
M.D.: The diversity of the projects on which I work –supermarkets, hospitals, an air base –
means that I am constantly encountering very different environments behind the scenes, in
areas to which very few people have access. And so I have to face new challenges on an
almost daily basis.
Matthieu Dalloz, aged 34, is an expert in safety and security systems.
As a business manager at SPIE in eastern France, he is responsible
for providing protection for sensitive sites
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