Before DVN was founded nobody was conducting a systematic watch on vehicle lighting innovations, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Car Interiors, market and regulatory trends, or any suchlike. A man who’d spent decades devising successful innovations in vehicle lighting—Hector Fratty—saw that need and created the DVN Lighting community together with a small team. Over the years we’ve grown the DVN community by providing consistently high value. Today the DVN Community has grown with the DVN Interior community and the Lidar community. Our subscribers tend to be loyal, and they tend to bring their colleagues and associates along to our DVN workshops.
DVN Team
Jean-Claude Lebrun
Chairman
Multi serial entrepreneur, Jean Claude Lebrun was the founder of 2 IT consulting company in France and made the acquisition of SWISSVOICE in 2006 , spin off of ASCOM Terminals…
Geoffrey Lebrun
DVN President
Geoffrey has a long-standing experience in Finance. He started his career in Private Equity specialized in infrastructure & renewable energy and then shifted to the advisory world, to join…
Paul-Henri Matha
DVN CEO & Lighting General Editor
Graduated from Ecole des Mines Saint Etienne in 2000. 18 years’ experience in Renault France in the lighting department, from project leader position to lighting expert. 5 years’…
Emilie Bonnet
Marketing & Communication Director
Emilie entire career has been in event organization, content management, and crafting 360° marketing strategies across all communication channels to enhance brand visibility. Emilie started in 2007 at…
Christophe Lameiras
Back Office Manager
Christophe has extensive experience in finance with several successful internships in accounting firms. He joined a major business school and was able to study in Paris, San Francisco,…
Ann Ai
China Representative
Living in Shenzhen China, she is quite proficient in English Language, after 12 years international marketing working experience in general LED lighting, she joined DVN since 2021 as…
Eiichi Ono
Japan Representative
Since starting at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Product Development Division, most of the time I’ve been working in Automotive Industry with more than 40 years experience, through having…
Sophie Montibus
Marketing & Communication Coordinator
Sophie is currently studying International Business in English at ESCE (École Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur). She recently returned from a semester abroad in Liverpool, where she explored various…
Lighting Team
Daniel Stern
Senior Editor
Daniel Stern, DVN’s Chief Editor based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is considered by DVN President Hector Fratty as one of the five greatest lighting experts in North America.…
Gerd Bahnmueller
Senior Advisor
Gerd began his career in 1987 with six years in technical IT at Robert Bosch GmbH. He then spent 21 years at Bosch and Automotive Lighting in R&D for…
Jean-Paul Ravier
Senior Advisor
Jean-Paul Ravier graduated from ISAE SUPAERO and IAE Paris. He worked for over 41 years at Valeo, including 29 years at Valeo Lighting. He retired from Valeo in…
Thomas Fröhlich
Senior Advisor
Thomas Fröhlich started his professional career in Bosch on basic research for autonomous driving in 1989. Soon he joined the lighting division of Bosch to work on lighting…
Hans Joachim Schwabe
Senior Advisor
Eric Blusseau
Senior Advisor
Eric made most of his career at Valeo Lighting. He spent more than 30 years in Optics and Regulations. He started in research and developments at Bobigny for…
Franco Marcori
Senior Advisor
Graduated in electronics in 1996, has worked in Marelli Automotive Lighting for 20 years, holding various managerial roles from optics to electronic, from innovation and marketing to research…
Wolfgang Huhn
Senior Advisor
From 1987 to 2000, Wolfgang Huhn worked at BMW as head of lighting development then as Head of Production Planning Electrics / Electronics. In 1999, he got the…
Interior Team
Laurent Sérézat
Senior Advisor
PhD in Physics (LCPC) with over 25 years of experience in the automotive industry, I have built strong expertise in lighting (interior & exterior), rear vision, wiping systems,…
Stephan Hellmann
Senior Advisor
Andreas Friedrich
Senior Advisor
Andreas Friedrich is a Danish citizen, with 35 years of experience as a Designer and multi-talented creative problem solver. Based in Gothenburg Sweden now, he has held various…
Sebastien Adam
Senior Advisor
Sebastien Adam is a seasoned International Sales Manager with 25+ years of experience in negotiation, contracts closure, and program management. After completing his Engineering degree, Sebastien started his career…
Andrew Leuchtmann
Senior Advisor
Andrew Leuchtmann, a mechanical engineer from TU Darmstadt, has 42 years of experience in the automotive industry. For 24 years, he specialized in seat development, including 13 years…
Sensing & Application Team
Eric Amiot
Sensing & Applications General Editor
Eric Amiot, after graduating Supelec-Paris, has a long experience in managing high tech innovations incl. ADAS systems (27 years at Valeo, an automotive supplier) such as Blind Spot…
Martin Booth
Senior Advisor
Martin Booth is a technology executive, based in Silicon Valley. He has held a variety of engineering, marketing and business development positions at companies including Fujitsu, AMD, SanDisk…
Luc Bourgeois
Senior Advisor
Former “Expert Leader for ADAS and AD Systems at Renault Group” -Joined Renault in 2000 as manager of embedded software and Systems control. -Experience in embedded systems and automation…
Alain Servel
Senior Advisor
Since 1992, Alain has been a Research and Innovation Engineer at PSA Peugeot Citroën, in the area of Autonomous Driving Assist and Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems. In this position, he…
Jürgen Dickmann
Senior Advisor
Jürgen Dickmann was Global Lead Radar for highly automated and autonomous vehicles at Mercedes-Benz AG until October 2025. In this position, he was responsible for the entire value…
