Cyril Cottaz Bessette

Intervention to recover projects facing a lack of organization, uncontrolled budgets, team coordination issues, and major conflicts.

- diagnosis of the organization and processes

- definition of a pragmatic framework

- creation and structuring of backlogs

- performance management (KPIs, ROI, ...)

- delivery management

- contract review and supplier negotiations

- recruitment and skill development

- skills transfer

- I ensure risk management and communication with stakeholders to guarantee project success

- re-establishment of a positive team dynamic

- drastic reduction in delivery delays

- process optimization freeing up 10 to 30% of team time depending on the context

- technological expertise serving business strategy

- alignment of product, tech, and business teams

Mission within a strategic Cybersecurity program following a massive data leak. The objective was to structure project management and operational monitoring in an environment with heavy processes, to cover security flaws (human and technical).

- design and evolution of working methods and steering rituals

- facilitation and interface between program management, Project Managers, and technical teams

- scaling support: structuring team growth (from 4 to over 100 people)

- operational optimization: automation and simplification of processes to free experts from administrative burden

- hybrid management of Build activities (new Azure solutions, etc.) and Run (alert processing)

- internal recognition: organization identified as a "model to follow" by management and deployed on other group programs

- growth support: successful transition from a 4-person team to a structured organization of over 100 employees

- cross-functional impact: coaching and structuring of over 10 teams in various domains (HR, Application, Infra)

- operational efficiency: drastic reduction of administrative workload, allowing experts to focus 100% on technical security actions

- security reinforcement: coverage and resolution of numerous flaws (human and technical) on NAS, USB, and Azure environments

- sustainability and autonomy: implementation of a self-management system where the team manages its Run and Build with minimal need for external intervention

Occasional support for Startups and Scale-ups in structuring their Product department. Targeted interventions to unblock operational situations and clarify the long-term vision.

- quick process audit: diagnosis of friction points in the product and tech organization

- mentoring founders/PMs: support in decision-making and prioritization (Quick wins)

- structuring assistance: mapping out roadmaps and defining simple, effective monitoring frameworks

- strategic supervision: regular checkpoints to ensure alignment between business objectives and technical developments.

- AI & LLM technical scoping: definition of concrete use cases based on Generative AI and feasibility validation (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

- product architecture arbitration: advice on integrating AI components to optimize information retrieval or automate complex tasks

- roadmap clarification: alignment of teams on concrete and shared priorities

- operational unblocking: identification and resolution of organizational "obvious" issues often invisible from within

- product acculturation: upskilling of stakeholders on good backlog management and discovery practices

- founders' peace of mind: provision of an expert external perspective to validate or challenge technical and product directions

- technological acceleration: implementation of AI roadmaps enabling the transition from concept to prototype (PoC) on RAG architectures

- product value optimization: identification of AI-driven efficiency levers, reducing information processing time for the end-user