2024-03-13 07:44:00
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In 2023, Véronique Torner became the first woman to take the helm of Numeum. This union and lobby of the digital industry represents more than 2,500 companies. She is also an entrepreneur and mother of two children. Multiple hats, ensuring a busy daily life. Siècle Digital met him to talk about his journey and his struggles.
Véronique Torner, 3 main priorities for a more responsible digital world
Her story is partly that of a businesswoman who put her experience in digital at the service of more sustainable and accessible technology. However, Véronique Torner did not grow up in an environment linked to the virtual. “ I don’t come from a family of entrepreneurs or a family that was in the digital sector. I grew up in a bourgeois environment where studies and the value of work are important things. “, she explains. Daughter of an Alcatel executive, the new thinking head of Numeum thus approached digital technology during her higher studies. “ I hadn’t touched a computer in my life before my prep school. I discovered computer science, and I loved algorithms “, she remembers. As a student, she first became an engineer. Subsequently a developer, Véronique Torner experimented with employment for 2 years in a small digital services company (ESN), before switching to entrepreneurship to “ chart my path ».
Co-founder of the e-commerce site Black Orange with the successful entrepreneur Francis Lelong (Sarenza.com) and the billionaire Pierre Edouard Stérin (Smartbox), “ I was the CTO of the band. I learned how to grow a business alongside them », she founded AlterWay in 2006, specializing in open source. “ I have always given great importance to my family. But it’s true that I have a busy schedule during the week. The key is great organization, and being very well supported “, she asserts with confidence. In 2024, Véronique Torner is still director of Alter Way, in addition to president of an organization representing thousands of members, who generate 85% of the sector’s total turnover, including 1,100 SMEs. Before taking charge, the businesswoman led various missions within Numeum for 10 years. She is notably at the origin of the Planet Tech’Care initiative, intended to accelerate the decarbonization of the sector.
His 3 main priorities at the head of the lobby seem to reflect his career: “ First the territories, at the European level but also at the regional level. The second priority is skills. We are sorely lacking in talent, it’s our glass ceiling […]. Then the last priority is responsible digital », she explains. Before adding that “ digital is essential today, but it has a potion – poison dimension. It is our duty to propose a digital future that will be responsible, to support society “. Not only responsible, Véronique Torner is also keen to work towards the development of sustainable digital technology: “ It is also an industry that has an environmental footprint. But it is a huge lever in many sectors to solve the problem of ecological transition. ».
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