6WIND, a French spin-off company from the Dassault/Thales (former Thomson-CSF) group, is the first one to market the 6WINDGate, a smart IPv4 and IPv6 router.

In Thomson-CSF, Eric Carmès was responsible of the Network department in charge of all the hardware and software developments related to real-time networks.

He also managed the development of the IPv6 technology now embedded in 6WIND's products.

He founded the company in September 2000 and is now the company's COO. He supervises all the technical teams of the company.