Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

23 years of experience in the consulting and new Information Technologies sector, more than 100 clients supported in all business sectors with particular expertise in banking/finance.

Accustomed to advising company management on understanding, analyzing opportunities, decision-making for strategic choices, and supporting the implementation of innovative technologies: blockchain and crypto assets, artificial intelligence, RPA, dematerialization, electronic signature, metaverse.

Alain combines business and technological expertise with great methodological rigor, solid experience in team management, and mastery of corporate financial challenges.

Author, speaker, lecturer in schools and universities.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Fluent
Russian
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

Blockchain EZ
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
January 2019 - Today (7 years and 5 months)
Paris, France
Experienced consultant on technological innovation, particularly on blockchain and crypto asset technologies.

23 years of professional experience in the banking/finance/fintech sector. Since 2018, I have been particularly addressing the digital asset theme, from a cross-functional perspective: business model, regulatory framework, IT impacts.

360° vision, from defining a C-Level strategy, to the technical feasibility study with business units, and then supporting the implementation.

More than 60 blockchain projects supported in 8 years (references available upon request):

o Retail Banking: launch of crypto offerings (regulation, IT impacts, business model).
o Private Banking / Family Office: how to expose clients to crypto (gain/risk analysis, product typology, IT and organizational impacts)
o CIB / Investment Funds: asset tokenization, stablecoin, tokenized deposit, CBDC.
o Industry: traceability and DPP on blockchain
o Sports federations, football clubs, basketball clubs (marketing, customer relations, sponsorship, web3)
o Digital proof on blockchain (electronic signature, content certification, etc.).
o Web3 Start-ups (offering launch, obtaining labels, fundraising)

Author of several books and articles, speaker, trainer.
Blockchain Cryptocurrency Banking Architecture Consulting
Coexya
Director - Coexya Blockchain
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
May 2011 - Today (15 years and 1 month)
Paris, France
Several senior positions within the Sword Group over the years. In 2021, Sword Group in France goes independent and becomes Coexya.
2019+ Currently heading the Coexya Blockchain activity We help our hundreds of clients understanding and integrating blockchain technologies within their daily operations and IT systems.
2017-2018 : Senior Director of the Sword Performance division (acquired in 2018 by Altersis group) Sword Performance was a leading consulting company for Application Performance Management, with a presence in 4 countries.
2011-2018 : Senior Account Manager for Sword Apak (acquired in 2018 by Sopra Banking Software)
2011- 2016: Director of the Sword ECM Paris Business Unit (50+FTE expert consultants) Creation of a new Business Unit in 2011 focusing on providing expert consulting services and IT integration capabilities around electronic document management and output document management (editique).
Sopra Banking Software
Senior Account Manager
SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
June 2011 - Today (15 years)
Paris, France
1/ Senior Account manager for the SFP Wholesale platform, previously known as Apak. In charge of French banks and continental Europe financial institutions. SFP Wholesale is the global software leader for the wholesale floorplan and stock financing activities of banks, leasing companies and captive financial institutions of the largest manufacturers. In October 2018, Apak Group has been acquired by Sopra Banking Software. From 2007 to 2018, Apak Group was part of the Sword Group.

2/ Crypto-assets expert for the SBS Banking division