# Ale Gicqueau

> Ale Gicqueau, also known as Vaillant Gicqueau, is a Franco-American software entrepreneur associated with Clinovo and ClinCapture, a former honorary vice-consul of Monaco in San Francisco, and the founder of AI consulting business UshAIA. His public writing also documents extensive travel, including drives from the United States to Costa Rica.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at UshAIA
- **Organizations:** UshAIA, ClinCapture, Clinovo, The Business Bridge, IBM, InterFrench, Honorary Consulate of Monaco in San Francisco
- **Nationality:** French-American
- **Education:** Master’s degree in engineering, École Centrale Paris (now CentraleSupélec), Master’s degree in engineering, University of California, Davis
- **Known for:** Founded Clinovo in 2003., Founded ClinCapture; its historical company profile dates the founding to 2010., Appointed Monaco’s honorary vice-consul in San Francisco in December 2009.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Started as a software engineer at IBM; subsequently worked in startups.
- **2003** — Founded Clinovo, initially a SAS consulting business known as The Business Bridge.
- **2003** — Identified as founder and CEO of InterFrench in a French expatriate election slate.
- **2009** — Appointed honorary vice-consul of Monaco in San Francisco on December 9.
- **2010** — Founded ClinCapture, according to the company’s historical Gust profile.
- **2011** — Clinovo released CDISC Express as an open-source tool.
- **2016** — ClinCapture appointed Scott Weidley CEO effective August 1; Gicqueau was quoted as the founder.
- **2023** — Published a multi-part account of driving a purchased Honda CR-V from Houston to Costa Rica.
- **2024** — Published a cost and registration follow-up to the 2023 road trip.
- **2026** — Publicly presents UshAIA and its AI assistant Pat; publishes another US-to-Costa Rica car journey.

## Achievements

- Founded Clinovo in 2003.
- Founded ClinCapture; its historical company profile dates the founding to 2010.
- Appointed Monaco’s honorary vice-consul in San Francisco in December 2009.
- Built and published software and educational material around open-source tools and data standards.
- Holds engineering master’s degrees from École Centrale Paris and UC Davis.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — UshAIA’s video catalog lists an October 13 episode about building an iPhone app for Pat without owning an iPhone.
- **2026-10** — UshAIA’s October 6 episode describes Pat identifying a hotel room-pricing configuration problem; this is his own published account.
- **2026-03** — Published a second US-to-Costa Rica car-trip account on March 24.

## Links

- Website: https://ushaia.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gicqueau/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VaillantGicqueau
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachvaillant/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gicqueau/posts/10159597734008242

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Last updated: 2026-10-16