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Pascale Sourisse

Pascale Sourisse is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pascale Sourisse rather than just read about it. In short: Pascale Sourisse (born 7 March 1962) is a French businesswoman. Early life Born in Nantes, Pascale Sourisse graduated from the École Polytechnique (class of 1981) and Télécom ParisTech.

Key takeaways

Pascale Sourisse belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Pascale Sourisse to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Pascale Sourisse from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Pascale Sourisse (born 7 March 1962) is a French businesswoman.

Early life Born in Nantes, Pascale Sourisse graduated from the École Polytechnique (class of 1981) and Télécom ParisTech.

Career She held management positions at the Compagnie Générale des Eaux (Vivendi) in 1984/85, and Jeumont-Schneider (JS) Telecom in 1985/86. Between 1987 and 1990, Pascale Sourisse worked for France Telecom as head of the enterprise network division for the greater Paris region. She spent four years at the French Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade as head of the Consumer Electronics and Audiovisual Communication Division. She was president of Eurospace, the Association of European Space Industry, an international non profit organisation which gathers 90% of the European space industrialists, from 2002 to 2008. Pascale Sourisse joined Alcatel Space in 1995, as director, strategy and planning. In 1997 she was named president and CEO of SkyBridge LP, a company incorporated in Delaware, US, to develop and operate a global broadband satellite based network and deliver broadband services. In July 2005 she was nominated president and CEO of Alcatel Alenia Space (former name of Thales Alenia Space, and previously CEO of Alcatel Space since January 2002). She is a member of Thales's executive committee. In May 2007, she was appointed president and CEO of Thales Alenia Space. On May 1, 2008, she was appointed senior vice president for Land and Joint systems division of Thales Group. Since February 2013, she has been the senior executive vice-president, international development. She is a director of Renault, Vinci and Areva, and board chairman of Telecom ParisTech. Pascale Sourisse is also member of the French Academy of Technologies. In February 2025, at Aero India, Sourisse noted Thales's efforts to pair its expertise with startups to advance technological solutions; in May 2025, during the DEFEA defence exhibition in Greece, she highlighted the company's ongoing commitment to Greek defense modernization.,

Distinctions 2013 : Officer of France's Légion d'honneur 2010 : Commander of the French National Order of Merit

References

External links Thales Alenia Space website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pascale Sourisse

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pascale Sourisse claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pascale Sourisse before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pascale Sourisse ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pascale Sourisse

In research: Pascale Sourisse appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pascale Sourisse in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pascale Sourisse is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1962 births, 20th-century French businesspeople, 20th-century French businesswomen, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pascale Sourisse outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Pascale Sourisse in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Pascale Sourisse means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Pascale Sourisse in simple terms?

Pascale Sourisse (born 7 March 1962) is a French businesswoman. Early life Born in Nantes, Pascale Sourisse graduated from the École Polytechnique (class of 1981) and Télécom ParisTech.

Why does Pascale Sourisse matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Pascale Sourisse?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Pascale Sourisse.