Quentin Ladetto is research director at armasuisse Science and Technology. He leads the Technology Foresights program which goal is to anticipate and get the necessary understanding of the emerging technologies which might have implications for the military in general and the Swiss armed forces in particular.

After a PhD in Geomatics from the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Quentin joined Safran Vectronix AG to produce the pedestrian navigation system developed during his thesis.

The product was successfully selected to be part of the US Land Warrior military program. Prior to joining armasuisse he worked with different start-ups companies helping developing various hardware and software solutions in the field of Internet mapping, fleet and asset management, Internet of Things (IoT).

In parallel Quentin completed an Executive MBA in management and corporate finance from HEC Lausanne and a diploma in Technology Management from IMD.