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Manage your urgency today, shape your solutions for tomorrow.
IT engineer with 20 years of experience in digitizing processes and businesses. I am passionate about personal and collective transformation dynamics.
Thanks to my skills as a transitional manager and coach, I quickly adapt to your company culture.
Very attentive to business strategy, I strive to propose digital or managerial solutions aligned with strategic objectives.
On assignment, I work methodically and adopt a collaborative approach to involve all stakeholders.
My 3-step work method
1. Diagnose
Your organizational, digital, methodological, theoretical maturity...
2. Manage
Define a roadmap and engage IT teams in collective success with defined rituals.
3. Deliver on time
Empower, identify risks, solve problems.
My management style
When I join an already stressed IT department, I refocus attention on the essentials. I strive to stabilize work environments.
During a transition, it is important to create a positive and secure climate; that everyone feels heard and valued, as I build my mission around 3 pillars: accountability, performance, and the emotional well-being of your employees.
My expertise
- Lead programs
- Define a digital or IT strategy aligned with company objectives.
- Adapt the IT architecture and its guiding principles
- Leverage data management
- Reorganize an IT department
- Drive change
- Ensure the security of infrastructures and networks
- Support teams in transition towards success
My deliverables
- A precise diagnosis
- Frame objectives and key results to achieve
- Define a roadmap
- A final mission report
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Basic
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- VINCI ConstructionTRANSITIONAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERCIVIL ENGINEERINGSeptember 2025 - March 2026 (6 months)Vélizy-Villacoublay, FranceAssignment: Transitional IT Department to lead IT transformation, secure operations, and align the IT department with the business objectives of the delegation.• Diagnosis and definition of the IT roadmap aligned with business strategy• Co-construction with operational departments of digitization trajectories• Supervision of IT budget (CAPEX/OPEX) and infrastructure cost optimization• Management of IT risks, security, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance• Management of 15 employees (project managers, coordinators, architects)• Management of service providers (operators, integrators, software vendors) and steering committeesKey achievements:✓ SD-WAN migration over more than 40 sites (€2M budget) in 8 months – 100% success✓ Data Transformation Program: centralization, governance, analytics✓ Reorganization of the IT department, ITIL governance, and service KPIs implemented30% reduction in infrastructure costs through FinOps and contract renegotiation✓ Improvement in business satisfaction by 25% | IT System Availability 99.7%
- Media ParticipationsCTO - Transitional CISOPUBLISHINGJuly 2024 - Today (1 year and 11 months)Paris, FranceStrategic Responsibilities
- Define and implement the established strategy for group infrastructures as part of the IT department reorganization
- Implementation of governance
Managerial Responsibilities- Lead and develop the team of 25 people, including 7 middle managers
Operational Responsibilities- Arbitrate decisions (investments, technology choices for convergence)
- Build a common budget in coordination with the CIO
- Ensure service continuity
- Ensure the recruitment and onboarding of technical coordinators
- Lead transformation projects
- Assign projects based on skills and resource workload
- Consolidate alerts before dissemination
- Assist project owners in defining their needs and support the deployment of chosen solutions
- Define and implement a set of processes, methodologies, and best practices
- Produce all technical tools necessary for the smooth running of the project (documentation, roadmap).
- Manage relationships with suppliers and service providers
- JACQUEMUSTransitional Project ManagerLUXURY GOODSFebruary 2023 - April 2024 (1 year and 3 months)Paris, FranceStrategic Responsibilities:• Define and implement the digital strategy established for support, lead various actions, and ensure the team has a clear vision of the strategy,Operational Responsibilities:• Ensure the recruitment and onboarding of technical coordinators• Lead the support transformation project• Assign projects based on skills and resource workload• Consolidate alerts before dissemination• Assist project owners in defining their needs and support the deployment of chosen solutions• Define and implement a set of processes, methodologies, and best practices• Produce all technical tools necessary for the smooth running of the project (documentation, roadmap).• Manage relationships with suppliers and service providersMajor Projects:• Relocation of the new headquarters• Reorganization of the department
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Education
- Executive Certificate CIOCentrale Supélec2023• Reformuler la stratégie de l’organisation SI • Identifier les parties prenantes / Relations au COMEX • Documenter la feuille de route du numérique (et son processus d’élaboration) • Définir la proposition de valeur de la DSI • Expliciter les processus internes de la DSI • Décrire les activités de veille et d’innovation • Documenter les grandes lignes de l’architecture du SI et ses principes directeurs • Commenter l’approche de valorisation des données • Expliciter le plan de gestion des risques de sécurité et de continuité
- Executive MBA "Digital Transformation and Management", Expert in Information Systems ManagementEpitech Executive2021Executive MBA "Transformation Numérique et Management", Expert en Management des Systèmes d'Information
Certifications
- Cobit 5 FoundationCobit2019
- Microsoft Certified System Administrator (70-346, 70-347)MCSA2019