Sandrine Catrou obtained an Electrical Engineering diploma from ENSERB and a Master Degree in Microelectronics from Bordeaux University in 1991. She has spent more than 20 years in the semiconductor industry working for different companies and taking on various positions ranging from integrated circuit designer to program manager, product marketing and business manager.
During her industrial career, she had the opportunity to develop many miniaturized solutions and semiconductor processes in close collaboration with medical device manufacturers including Boehringer, William Demant, Sorin Group, Medtronic, Siemens Healthineers... In 2005, she became responsible for STMicroelectronics Foundry Business, which focuses primarily on medical device applications.
In 2011, she joined CEA Technology Transfer Office as Market Research Manager with global responsibility for CEA Electronics and Healthcare technology transfers. She has been involved in the creation of half a dozen CEA healthcare startups.
In 2015, she joined CEA-Leti CTO office as Strategic Marketing Manager to work on the institute technology roadmaps. In addition, she took on responsibilities in 2021 for certain CEA-Leti strategic industrial accounts.