Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Operational to deliver robust architectures, applied AI, respectful management, and engaged collaboration for value.

• 20 years of experience in designing and deliveringfull-stack distributed systemsin **regulated environments**, through leadership and influence.

• Direction oflarge-scale programs**, managing **multi-teamexecution and the operational maturity of **delivery pipelines**.

• Reference inenterprise architecture**, ensuring **complianceandgovernancewith **executive bodies**.

•Technical and AI expertiseused to accelerate deliveries and foster new capabilities within teams and among users.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

Société Générale - CIB
Principal Architect & Head of Cloud Digital Transformation
BANKING AND INSURANCE
August 2015 - August 2025 (10 years)
Paris, France
As Technical Domain Owner for the Corporate & Investment Bank’s Cloud, Resilience, BI and AI platforms, Cedric helped align architecture ambitions with delivery reality through a decade of transformations, leveraging collaborations and full-stack, hands-on engineering.

He led AI architecture initiatives, cloud transformation programs, resilience frameworks, and BI modernization efforts, collaborating with executive stakeholders and technical teams to deliver compliant, scalable, and innovative enterprise solutions.

> Principal Architect for AI — bridging AI innovation with enterprise IT to enable compliant standardized adoption.

> Head of Cloud Digital Transformation — from platform and practice foundations to large-scale Apps transformation (8 M€/y)

> Principal Architect for Application Resilience — steering and collaborating across multiple transversal programs.

> Principal Architect for Business Intelligence — facilitating a large community of experts collaborating on a common standard.
Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Compliance Cloud Architect Kubernetes Digital Transformation and Strategy
Crédit Agricole CIB
Head of Trading Systems Development
BANKING AND INSURANCE
January 2007 - July 2015 (8 years and 6 months)
Paris, France
As Head of Development for the IRD & Hybrid desks, Cedric transformed traders’ requests into scalable solutions, modernizing the front-to-back trading platform. He led multiple teams, introduced Agile practices, and delivered a €30M program upgrading trading systems.

He also launched an intrapreneurship BI platform replacing third-party tools and established DevOps and code quality foundations for scalable engineering practices.

> Head of Trading Systems Development for IRD & Hybrid desks — from trade capture to Greeks analysis on grid.

> Intrapreneurship Venture — delivering a self-service BI platform that eliminated dependence on third-party BI vendors.

> DevOps and Code Quality Foundations — establishing fast, reliable, and scalable engineering practices.
Enterprise Architect Artificial Intelligence Trading Systems Grid Computing DevOps
Société Générale - CIB
Software Engineer, Trading Tools
BANKING AND INSURANCE
September 2005 - December 2006 (1 year and 3 months)
Paris, France
Refactored trader tools and Greeks within an Extreme Programming team for rapid iteration and user-driven feedback.
Trading Systems C++