Christian Serra

Christian is Technical Director of a4ESSOR S.A.S., the industrial organization in charge of managing the ESSOR Program which defines and develops interoperable secure military SDR architecture and waveform for the MoDs of France, Finland, Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden. Previously, Christian was in charge of promoting and deploying Software Radio Architecture and Technologies throughout Thales SDR products. In these activities, Christian was greatly involved in establishing Research and Developments Programs on SDR, and especially the ESSOR Program, in close relationship with the French and European Administrations, Industries, MoDs and the Research and Academic communities.

Christian chaired from 2005 to 2007 the Software Defined Radio Forum (SDR Forum), now the Wireless Innovation Forum. Before these activities, Christian managed the Advanced Digital Department of Thales Communications - France and was largely involved in Telecommunication Satellite businesses. Christian received his degrees in telecommunication from the French Engineering School, "Institut National des Sciences Appliques".