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Bertrand D.BD

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About Bertrand

🔵 PHYSICAL SECURITY – DATACENTERS & CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
Consultant specializing in operational security in critical environments: datacenters, OIV, energy, high-sensitivity sites.

Key Skills:
. Access control (PACS), badges, authorization levels, escorts
. Video surveillance (CCTV) intrusion detection, incident analysis
. Security control room monitoring: alarms, logbook, patrols, access management
. SOP / instructions / operational procedures (creation & update)
. Security audits & vulnerability analysis
. Coordination of operations / maintenance / private security
. Security incident management & operational communication

🔵INCIDENT MANAGEMENT & HUMAN FACTOR
Trained by GIGN (regional crisis negotiator), DU crisis management RAID/SORBONNE

Expertise:
. Decision-making under stress
. Critical situation communication
. De-escalation & behavior stabilization
. Multi-stakeholder coordination (security, technical, management)
. Crisis exercises & simulations

I support datacenters, industrial sites, critical infrastructures, and exposed companies in structuring and strengthening their security systems.

🔵WHY WORK WITH ME?

. Solid experience in sensitive environments
. Operational rigor + calm demeanor
. Ability to quickly structure, clarify, and secure a system
. Technical expertise in PACS, intrusion, VMS
. Strong human factor expertise (a rare asset in this market)
. Adaptable, autonomous, field & results-oriented

Available for missions 5 to 20 days / month in the Île de France region
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Direct Assurance
    Senior Consultant Security & Risk Management
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    February 2026 - Today (4 months)
    Led physical security assessments as part of an international security program deployment.
    • Defined and implemented an evaluation framework covering governance, technical systems, and human factors.
    • Risk analysis, compliance control, and remediation plan development.
    • Contributed to the deployment of Group standards in several countries (France, Morocco, Poland).
    • Coordinated with business, real estate, IT, and security teams.
    • Supported the transformation of the security system and continuous improvement.
    Risk Management Negotiation Physical Security Leadership Action Plan
  • Pactium
    Consultant & Trainer - Complex Negotiation, Crisis Management, and Leadership
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 5 months)
    . Provided consulting and assistance in conflict management, crisis management, complex negotiation, and leadership for companies.
    . Trainer in complex negotiation, leadership. Training for management committees, HR teams, and operational/sales teams.
    . Taught operational leadership, stress management, and decision-making in degraded situations.
    . Practical workshops on effective communication during incidents and human coordination.
    . Prepared teams for managing critical interactions with internal or external stakeholders.
    . Developed behavioral skills essential for managing operational incidents (human factor, stabilization, tension management).
    Complex Negotiation Crisis Management Stress and Emotion Management Leadership and Team Management Human Factors
  • Gendarmerie Nationale
    Regional Negotiator / Judicial Police Officer
    December 2011 - Today (14 years and 6 months)
    . Regional negotiator engaged in complex situations: hostage-taking, suicidal individuals, barricaded subjects, armed and dangerous individuals, family conflicts.
    . Advised decision-makers for critical situation management: mayors, elected officials, business leaders, military commanders.
    . Internal training: intervention techniques, stress management, interpersonal communication.
    . Management and operational piloting of major incidents: accidents, serious injuries, collective violence, sensitive interventions, securing high-risk areas.
    . Inter-agency coordination (SDIS, SAMU, prefectures, municipal forces, technical services, infrastructure operators). Building a common language and tactical alignment in crisis situations.
    . Operational planning of security measures for major events: V13 Trial, Paris 2024 Olympics.
    . Operational reports, lessons learned, failure analysis, risk identification, and improvement proposals.
    . Directed judicial investigations: property offenses, offenses against persons, fight against criminal activities.
    . Supervised operational units: mission allocation, service management.
    . Interventions in civilian environments: maintaining order, securing crime scenes, mediation, managing unpredictable situations.
    . Institutional relations with prosecutors, elected officials, local managers, technical services.

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Education

  • DU Crisis Management
    Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/RAID
    2025
    - Analyse des vulnérabilités organisationnelles et anticipations des crises - Préparation et structuration de cellule de crise - Conduite opérationnelle en contexte multi-acteurs - Communication de crise, mobilisation des parties prenantes - Exercices immersifs, simulations et rédactions de retex
  • Security Management
    Ecole de Sûreté et Sécurité des Entreprises
    2024
    - Approche stratégique et opérationnelle de la sûreté en environnement sensibles - Analyse des menaces et élaboration des dispositifs de protection - Pilotage des dispositifs de sûreté, contrôle d'accès et gestion des incidents humains - Coordination avec les autorités externes : préfectures, forces de l'ordre, services techniques.

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