Andre Sousan

Andre L. Sousan (born 1930) is an early employee of Apple Computer who established Eurapple, its first international sales division.
==Education==
Sousan received a masters degree in electronics from the Superior School of Radio-electronics in Paris, France. He received a doctorate in physics from the .Appendix C: Eurapple Organization (PDF), Preliminary Confidential Offering Memorandum, Apple Computer Inc. 1977.
==Career==
Sousan worked at for 5 years as a European marketing manager. He then became a scientific director at . He then joined Varadyne as vice president of European operations.
===Commodore===
In 1971, Sousan joined , where he became the vice president of engineering and a member of the board. He tried to interest Commodore in acquiring the new Apple Computer Company, still operating out of the garage of Steve Jobs' parents in 1976. However, a deal was not reached, and Sousan soon left Commodore over product and management disagreements.
===Apple Computer===
In April 1977, Sousan approached Apple Computer with a proposal to distribute the forthcoming Apple II computers in Europe. He personally financed and established Eurapple, a separate entity that purchased inventory from Apple, and then adapted the products for European electrical and television standards with its own engineering and manufacturing teams. Eurapple's own sales and marketing group would also localize content and documentation from English to other languages. Apple agreed to acquire Eurapple from Sousan when both companies were at a "productive level". Following the acquisition in February 1979, Eurapple staff became official Apple employees, with Sousan becoming the president of international operations. Sousan then relocated to Montreal, Canada to lead the operation of Apple Canada.Vintage manual shows how Apple got dealers psyched to sell by David Pierini, Cult of Mac. 2019-01-10.Apple II Euromod / Apple II Europlus by Steven Weyhrich / peddy...@gmail.com, Google Groups / comp.sys.apple2. 2013-10-02.
1978 production room party at 10260 Bandley Drive.jpg|Sousan (center, arms crossed) in the Apple II production room in 1978.
Eurapple marketing tape by Andre Soussan (French) February 1978
Eurapple 1980 sales manual Sousan.jpg|Introduction to a Eurapple sales manual prepared by Sousan in 1980.
==References==
==See also==
*Jean-Louis Gassée, founder of Apple France
*List of early Apple Computer employees
Category:Former Apple employees