Abdelkrim Benamar has served as CEO of French deep tech startup PowerUp since November 2021. He has over 30 years of experience in the energy and telecom industries. Before joining PowerUp, he held several executive roles at leading high-tech companies such as Astellia, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Motorola, in areas such as R&D, strategy and sales. He holds an engineering degree from Telecom SudParis and a PhD in electrical engineering from Paris-Saclay University.