After over 13 years at Sun, Gilles is responsible for communicating Sun's security vision and strategy to Sun's key customers worldwide. He is also involved in the open-source community as a former open source author. He has been active in various countries around digital rights management, privacy issues and open standards implementations. Currently he is implementing a Sun program for startups in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Gilles holds an MS degree in computer systems design. He has held positions ranging from consultant to market development manager for security with an international focus for the past 10 years.