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CTO/CPO with over 15 years of experience building critical technical products, from scratch to industrial scale. Co-architect of the first eIDAS qualified ERE in Europe (AR24, acquired by Docaposte), auditor on the most demanding standards (eIDAS, PVID, SecNumCloud, PASSI), and a key player in the digital transformation of fast-growing scale-ups. Recognized expert in high-availability systems, complex regulatory compliance, and leadership of technical teams of 30+ people.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Montpellier (up to 50km)
Experience
- SCOP3 / SWIDEE / SELIARISChief Product & Technical OfficerSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJuly 2024 - Today (1 year and 11 months)Montpellier, FranceRecruited following a €5.2 million funding round to structure and lead the technological dimension of a fast-growing scale-up. Built the tech team from scratch, designed and deployed tools, processes, and automations, leading to the generation of an autonomous SaaS product (Seliaris) marketed under a white label.Key results:▸ Context: arrival post-€5.2M funding round — mission of tech structuring and product acceleration▸ Growth: +30% revenue driven by digitalization and automation▸ Operational efficiency: administrative load reduced from 50% to 10% of team time▸ Product creation: internal tools become Seliaris, a white-label SaaS platform open to other companies▸ Management: improved management data reliability and implementation of decision-making dashboardsAchievements:▸ Definition of the technological vision and 18-month product roadmap — make/buy decisions, stack choices, prioritization by business value▸ Identification of growth opportunities through technology and translation into concrete product initiatives▸ Creation of the tech team from scratch: recruitment, structuring, rituals, and engineering culture▸ Design and development of internal business process automation tools▸ Implementation of operational and management processes (data, dashboards, KPIs)▸ Transformation of internal tools into a marketable SaaS product — the birth of Seliaris
- FreelanceCPTO | Architect | SRECONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2021 - Today (5 years and 5 months)Montpellier, France▸ Technical audits & due diligence (SaaS startups, scale-ups in funding or acquisition phase)▸ Definition of product vision and roadmap in fast-growth contexts▸ Clients: HR SaaS Scale-up, LegalTech SaaS, ERP SaaS▸ Definition of cloud-native architectures and migration to modern stacks▸ Support for agile transformation and implementation of product rituals▸ Coaching of junior CTOs/CPOs and onboarding of new technical managers▸ Infrastructure and reliability audits for growing SaaS scale-ups (HR SaaS, LegalTech, ERP)▸ Definition of SLOs, implementation of observability, and structuring of on-call practices▸ Support for cloud-native migration and Kubernetes adoption
- AR24Application Manager | Production Manager | Architect - First EmployeeSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJune 2015 - July 2024 (9 years and 1 month)Paris, FranceAR24 is the leader in 100% electronic registered mail, a startup founded in 2015, the year I joined the entrepreneurial adventure as the first employee.We succeeded in developing the first qualified ERE service in France and the first qualified ERE service in Europe with remote visual identity verification – a process that has become a standalone service designated PVID.In 9 years, starting from nothing, we managed to develop a legaltech champion, becoming a benchmark for notaries, lawyers, condominium trustees, etc., achieving over €15 million in annual revenue and growing to over 70 employees. In 2020, AR24 was acquired by Docaposte, the digital branch of the La Poste group.During this journey, I had the opportunity to wear multiple hats and participate in various company projects aimed at becoming a leader in its field.This includes, but is not limited to:- Design & Development of client/server applications- Design and management of a billing tool with direct debit, reminders, debt collection, and invoicing management- Implementation, architecture design, management of resilient and high-availability infrastructure (ModSecurity, MariaDB, Redis, Maxscale, HAProxy, RHEL, Proxmox, Docker, Postfix, iRedMail, Bull HSM, Gitlab CI/CD, Kubernetes, etc.) capable of handling over 300 RPS- Datacenter Migration- Mass mailing, anti-spam rules, mail server operations, spam rate monitoring and tracking (+ 200k emails/day, +99.9% deliverability)- Audit, documentation, diagrams, compliance, and eIDAS/PVID qualification with ANSSI/LSTI/Sealweb/Lexfo- Management, Leadership, Structuring, Recruitment- Project management, roadmaps, and design for IT & products- Management of budgets and suppliers- Change management (Agile / Scrum / Squads / Autonomy)- Definition of standards- Technological innovation
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Education
- Expert in Digital Communication EngineeringHETIC2018Expert en Ingénierie de la Communication Numérique
Certifications
- ISO 27001 Lead ImplementerSkills4All2026