Jean-Philippe Balança is Smile’s Chief International Operations Officer, a European open source service company, leader in digital and one stop shop provider, based in 9 European countries.

With over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, Jean-Philippe has been involved in numerous international projects spanning diverse origins including Morocco, UK, Benelux and Nordics.

As a founding member of the European open source consortium, he is dedicated in bringing together major independent open-source companies across Europe.

Through Smile and the EOS consortium, Jean-Philippe promotes an industrial, independent, sustainable and sovereign open technology sector in Europe.