Romain LaVault leads corporate strategy development and execution. As the former chief operating officer for Pertinence, Romain successfully developed the Aerospace & Defense market in Europe and was repeating that achievement in the US at the time of the Intercim-Pertinence merger. Romain began his career as an aerodynamics engineer at EADS Space Transportation then moved to Starsem, a Euro-Russian subsidiary of Arianespace, where he held positions in project and sales management.