We bring together a multicultural and diverse team of seasoned professionals, passionate about the potential of data and artificial intelligence for health, thriving in developing better care for tomorrow.

Primaa’s Foundation

Primaa has been founded in 2018 by 3 Co-Founders with complementary skills and experience:

Fanny SOCKEEL MASSART(CEO)

Fanny Sockeel (CEO), with a business school education, who has 10+ years of experience in operations, consulting and finance and is experienced in managing large projects involving multiple stakeholders and with high financial stakes. She’s also board member of French Tech Grand Paris, and has been nominated among Forbes 40 women 2023

Stéphane SOCKEEL (CSO)

Stéphane Sockeel (Scientific Director - PhD), who graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure, is a doctorate in neuroscience, responsible for the development of solutions, practiced at the Pitié-Salpétrière hospital.

Marie SOCKEEL BORDARIAS (CMO)

Marie Sockeel (Medical Director - Md), is a Pathologist. She serves as the cornerstone of Primaa's development. She initially articulated the company's vision, identified core medical requirements, and forged partnerships with pathology departments, thereby galvanizing her peers to contribute to the project. Presently, her expertise extends beyond Primaa's internal landscape to shape our scientific credibility and institutional representation at various medical congresses and conferences.

Team Profils

We bring together a multicultural and diverse team of seasoned professionals, passionate about the potential of data and artificial intelligence for health, thriving in developing better care for tomorrow.

Our team is driven by an unwavering passion in digital pathology innovation. Our goal is to empower every pathologist with cutting-edge AI-enabled services, fostering a new era of healthcare excellence for all patients. Our dedication drives us to perpetually craft solutions that cater to the diverse needs of pathologists, ensuring enhanced healthcare outcomes for all.

Hugo Watel, Head of Product & COO

Hugo is the one leading the product strategy at Primaa. His passion for UX and UI drives him to craft top-notch products tailored for medical professionals. He graduated from both ECE Paris and ETS Montréal Engineering School.

Rémy Peyret Head of AI

After graduating from Ecole Centrale Marseille, Rémy completed his PhD at Northumbria University at Newcastle, focusing his research on « Automated Diagnosis and Classification of Tissue Patterns in Colorectal Tumours ». He has since been working as a Data Scientist in computer vision and deep learning. He joined Primaa in 2020 and now leads the Data Science team..

Héloïse Frantz, Head of Sales & Marketing

Héloïse is our Head of Marketing. With a strong interest in all communication challenges, she is responsible for sharing Primaa's story and latest achievements, producing the best content to promote our products and raising our brand awareness. She graduated from the University of Paris Dauphine.

Anaëlle Gallego, Head of QARA

Anaëlle is our Quality and Regulatory Affairs Director. She brings more than 10 years of experience in Regulation (CE Marking, 510K etc.) and Quality (ISO 13485 audit, MDSAP etc) in the medical device field. She graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy in Strasbourg..

Marceau Clavel, Head of Engineering

Marceau is a Machine Learning Engineer. He plays a pivotal role at the intersection of our Research and Engineering teams, seamlessly integrating our most advanced Artificial Intelligence models into production. He graduated from Centrale Marseille.

Dr Leslie Tessier

With a background in both AI and Pathology, Leslie bridges the gap between medical professionals and engineers thus helping Primaa develop relevant and useable AI tools not just for Pathology but also for pathologists.

Ahmed Adam D’Ala Software Engineer

A seasoned music producer turned software engineer, Ahmed brings a unique blend of creativity and technical skill to Primaa. His experience in high-performance software development, user-centric approach, and passion for machine learning enrich our team with an insightful perspective.

Chloé Balcer Python Developper

Chloé is a Python Developer at Primaa, where she builds the backend and core services for our medical AI. Focused on clean architecture and reliable systems for clinical use, she brings the same rigor to her code as she does to her Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitions.

Fabian Sinzinger Data Scientist

Fabian holds a PhD in Medical Technology and specializes in uncovering the structures and patterns within complex medical images. With a background in applied mathematics and computer science, he focuses on turning theoretical data into meaningful insights. At Primaa, he uses his analytical rigor to develop models that have a real impact on clinical diagnosis.

Fanny Hamayon AI Product Manager

At Primaa, Fanny turns complex clinical needs into intuitive AI products. With a dual background from IAE Poitiers and Gobelins Paris, she applies a design-driven approach to ensure our solutions are both technically robust and perfectly tailored to medical professionals.

Ghozlaine Haroun QARA Officer

Ghozlaine is our QARA Officer. Her main role is to monitor the different European regulations. She also makes sure that our medical devices are always compliant to regulatory and normative requirements. She holds a Master Degree in Biomaterials for Health from Cergy Paris University.

Josselin Manceau Data Scientist

At Primaa, Josselin builds AI models and optimizes them into high-performance code. Drawing on 8 years of R&D expertise, he ensures our technology is both robust and scalable. He holds a double degree in Naval Engineering and has a natural talent for translating complex data science into meaningful insights for medical professionals.

Marie Arrivat PhD Student

Marie is a dedicated PhD student at Primaa and Télécom Paris, specialising in developing novel AI methodologies for computational pathology. Her research focuses on advancing data-efficient, robust, and weakly supervised learning methods to address key challenges in histopathology. By creating innovative solutions, Marie aims to ease the pathologists' workflows, enhancing diagnostic accuracy and efficiency. She holds dual degrees from Télécom Paris and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden

Perrine Salembier Marketing Manager

A NEOMA Business School graduate, Perrine is our Marketing & Communication Manager. She focuses on turning strategy into concrete results, from organizing key events to managing our social media presence. Creative and results-driven, she is dedicated to making Primaa’s innovation visible and accessible to our community.

Youssef Karout Data Scientist

Youssef is the driving force behind our AI model development. After completing his PhD at CNRS and gaining extensive experience in the industry, he now focuses on building robust computer vision systems for medicine. He collaborates daily with medical experts to ensure Primaa’s technology meets the highest standards of clinical accuracy.