A graduate of École Polytechnique and Télécom Paris, Alexandre Tisserant began his career working on the digital transformation of the French State, leading the mon.Service-Public.fr project. He spent four years at the Budget Directorate between 2007 and 2014, with a two-year period at the electronics startup Always Innovating in San Francisco from 2009 to 2011.
From 2015 to 2017, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Axelle Lemaire, France’s Minister of State for Digital Affairs and Innovation, where he was responsible for the Digital Republic Bill.
In 2017, he joined CLS Group — Collecte Localisation Satellites — to launch Kinéis, a project aimed at developing and deploying 25 nanosatellites dedicated to space-based connectivity for the Internet of Things. He served as President of Kinéis until 2025, after raising €100 million in 2020 and successfully launching the Kinéis constellation.
He joined IGN in March 2025 and has since served as Director of Earth Observation and Positioning
