Presentation of candidates
Members are invited to consult the applications before taking part in the vote. Each submission follows the same format: video, full application text, LinkedIn profile and confirmation of acceptance of the code of conduct.
at midnight
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Marc BRUYERE
I am standing for election to the FRNIX Board of Directors on the basis of a simple conviction: public peering is the place where the Internet remains free, and this place needs committed people to keep it going.
Chairman of the Toulouse Internet Exchange, member of the Euro-IX programme committee since 2015, co-founder of the citizen ISP TetaNeutral.net, I have spent twenty years in the interconnection ecosystem - less as an operator in the strict sense than as the bearer of a vision: that of an Internet where everyone retains control over their infrastructure, without finding themselves the captive of an equipment manufacturer, software or imposed business model. It's this mindset that guided my thesis on an entirely open source approach to IXPs, my work on automation for operator autonomy, and my ongoing commitment to open hardware and free communities.
FRNIX's articles of association state that its ambition is to federate, train and support - which is exactly where I want to get involved, by building on the links forged between regional, European and international peering communities. I believe that the association should be the place where a small operator who is reluctant to connect can find as much a place as an established player, and where we can work together to build the conditions for open interconnection throughout the territory. It is to this collective work, based as much on conviction as on the ground, that I wish to contribute as a member of the Board of Directors.
Gabriel CHENEVOY
Hi, I'm Gabriel Chenevoy, who has been a director of FRNIX since 2023 and is standing for re-election.
In my professional life, I manage Terralpha, SNCF Réseau's B2B telecoms operator, and I co-chair Infralliance, a think tank dedicated to sovereign digital infrastructures. Over the past three years, I've put this dual experience of operator and ecosystem coordinator to work for FRNIX.
I've been lucky enough to work with the Board of Directors, the FRNIX and France-IX teams, and many of you who are members of the association.
I'd first like to take a very brief look back at what we've achieved together since 2023, and then present to you the project I hope to carry forward for 2026-2029.
Christine Guillaume
With 30 years' experience at SFR, where I have always been close to the ground and to operational realities, I am submitting my application today to join the FRNIX Board of Directors.
My career path has enabled me to develop solid technical expertise in the telecoms and network interconnection sector. At the same time, I've been involved with associations for 10 years as Treasurer of Rezopole. This experience gave me a clear vision of the challenges of governance, financial management and development of a structure serving the French digital ecosystem.
Today, I'd like to put these two skills - technical and associative - to good use once again in the development of FRNIX. As a member of the Board of Directors, I'm particularly keen to take charge of and monitor the association's Intranet/Extranet project. I would also be able to provide practical technical support for any hosting and server deployment needs we may have for our infrastructure.
I'm convinced that my hybrid profile, combining strategic vision and technical expertise in the field, will enable me to make an active contribution to the Board's missions and meet the expectations of the peering community in France.
Cécilia JOURT PINEAU
My roots in the telecoms and Internet sector are both operational and strategic: currently L&D Manager in the Technical Department of Orange France, I am responsible for upgrading the skills of over 3,000 technicians in critical network infrastructure areas. Before that, I taught for ten years at ENSIETA and ENST Bretagne, two establishments that train top-level civil and military engineers.
As a teacher at CNAM Bretagne, I design and run the MCP008 micro-certification «Identifying, analysing and thwarting cognitive biases in digital security», which is also being rolled out internationally in partnership with the Université Rose Dieng Dakar and Expertise France.
But it's a complementary angle that I'd like to bring to the FRNIX Board: that of the human factor, governance and organisational resilience.
Founder of CY MIND - a start-up that won the Grand Défi Cyber (Government & Bpifrance) - and an expert in cognitive cybersecurity, I have developed an understanding of contemporary vulnerabilities that is not limited to the technical. Author of Pilotage stratégique 5.0 et résilience des organisations (L'Harmattan, 2021).
Interconnection infrastructures are critical assets whose solidity depends as much on the quality of their governance, the robustness of human behaviour and the resilience of the organisations that operate them, as on their technical parameters.
It is precisely this human and cognitive dimension, which is often absent from predominantly technical governance bodies, that I want to bring to the Board: an ability to identify organisational blind spots, to strengthen community cohesion, and to contribute to the association's strategic development with rigour and a collective sense of purpose.
I am ready to commit myself fully to this mandate.
