Eric Vatonne, 57 years old, joined Schneider Electric in 1981. Starting as Automation Expert in PLC controllers, he was appointed National Sales Engineer for automotive projects in 1985, OEM Sales Engineer in France in 1995. Than, acting as International Account Manager in 2000 he built solutions business model for HVAC machines in a world context. His career has been developed largely in commercial functions in France and other countries such as USA, China, India, Russia, Middle East and also most of the European countries. After serving as Business Development Manager at Schneider Toshiba Inverters in Building applications, he was appointed Business Development Manager for Machine Struxure before being named OEM Segment Manager for HVAC and pumps applications in 2015. Eric holds a degree in automation and industrial computing engineering.