Nicolas has spent many years in the telecommunications and information systems field. He was instrumental on creating the Telecom Infrastructure Product Division of Hewlett-Packard, where he held various technical and functional management positions. As the R&D manager of Inovatel, the advanced research organization of SFR, Nicolas led several innovative projects highlighting the impact of the internet technologies for Mobile Operator. Nicolas was awarded several patents, in relation to Mobile Data Charging. Nicolas is a founder member of Volubill.