Christophe ILLGEN

As the director of the INTITEK subsidiary, I lead a multidisciplinary team, from cable assemblers to experienced engineers, to design and manufacture connected industrial products for our clients. Engineering activities are based in Lyon and Toulouse, and small to medium-volume production takes place in Décines (69).

My mission covers the entire product lifecycle, from pre-sales through to after-sales service and end-of-life product valorisation, including equipment industrialisation.

I also serve as technical leader in electronics, electrical engineering, mechatronics and embedded real-time software, whilst maintaining active hands-on expertise in hardware/software design.

All of these activities are carried out in an environment certified ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO27001, with most projects also incorporating client-specific regulatory requirements (railway standards, avionics or medical standards).

• ALSTOM: test benches for railway electronic products
• THALES: ruggedised tablet for fighter jet radar configuration
• ALSTOM: connected industrial devices for predictive maintenance: bogie vibrations, door system wear
• CARMAT: qualification bench for embedded software of artificial heart prosthesis
• AIRBUS: maintenance tablet for AIRBUS A350
• LVMH: luggage tracker without GPS, approved by Air France

• 3 M€
• 18
• Lyon - Décines - Paris - Toulouse

• Creation and management of the ASTEK Group's Industrial Department, aimed at coordinating activities related to Quality, Security, Environment and all administration of the group's networks and systems.
• In 2021, the Industrial Department joined the Security Office, which is responsible for defence clearances.
• From 2024, founding member of the AI Strategy Committee, in charge of defining the uses of artificial intelligence within the ASTEK Group.
• International coordination for the alignment of systems and security across ASTEK's main foreign subsidiaries (Poland, Spain, Canada).
• Team composition:
  • An team manager, with 12 technicians and engineers, including 3 people offshore
  • A quality & environment director, also in charge of the Security Office with an assistant
  • A CISO and his assistant
• >Change management to support the group's growth from 2,500 employees (2018) to 10,000 employees (2025)
• Group IT management: infrastructure, cybersecurity, quality, environment
• Implementation and certification of an ISO 9001, 14001 and 27001 IMS
• Management of budgets and strategic plans, CODIR reporting

• €2.5 million
• 16
• Lyon - Paris - Antibes - Rennes - Mauritius

Within this logistics-focused start-up, I was responsible for all industrial computing development activities.

• Patented voice recognition solution for logistics
• Clothing sorting machine for ETAM group
• Cardboard lift for ETAM logistics warehouses
• Order picking system for GMR logistics warehouses

Design, manufacturing and implementation of special machinery and logistics systems.