Philippe has joined Michelin in 1984 after a Mechanical Engineering Diploma from INSA Lyon in France. Since 2011, he is manager of a team in charge of the predevelopment of Communication Systems to be integrated into the tyre. He is also one of the experts working in the ISO TC31 WG10 aiming at an industry-wide adoption of a RFID tyre tag standard.

Before this, he has taken different positions within the R&D organization of Michelin, in Europe and North America in relation with the development of Tools and Methods (tyre physics, tyre durability, simulation of tyre performances) and Tyre Design (Heavy Truck, Passenger car, SUV, Winter tyres, for both replacement market & original equipment).