Jean-Dominique (JD) Francois graduated as 'Ingenieur Civil des Mines' with a degree in microelectronics and has 25 years of experience in working with startups either as a co-founder, director or advisor, focusing on international strategy and business development activities, in Europe and Asia, mostly in Japan. JD has bridged the Japanese innovation ecosystem with worldwide partners as 'ambassador' or expert for public and private organizations in the U.S., France and Japan, most recently at Hello Tomorrow. JD joined Mat3ra to lead business development effort for the Japanese market.