About Damien
- Business process audit, pain point identification, data mapping
- Creation of internal tools with Retool or low-code solutions;
- Connecting tools via API, SQL, Google Sheets, Dolibarr, Pennylane, CRM, or ERP;
- Automation of commercial, administrative, financial, or logistics flows;
- Data consolidation and steering dashboards;
- Integration of useful AI into existing business workflows.
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Experience
- La PousseraieDirectorAGRICULTUREFebruary 2020 - May 2026 (6 years and 4 months)Nice, FranceCo-founder of La Pousseraie, a vertical farm specializing in the production of aromatic herbs and edible flowers for restaurant professionals.We built our operations from scratch: customer acquisition, order management, production planning, delivery, customer and supplier invoicing, commercial steering, and smart farming.I designed and deployed an MVP company platform by assembling open and cost-effective software components: ERP, CRM, banking tools, reporting, and business automation.From this foundation, we developed satellite tools in low-code, API, and AI to meet our specific needs with a key focus on reducing manual tasks and streamlining operations.This experience directly informs my freelance approach: understanding field constraints, structuring processes and data, connecting tools, and building simple and effective digital solutions.Areas: business automation, back-office tools, ERP, CRM, reporting, processes, production, B2B logistics, low-code, AI.
- Auchan Retail GroupIT ManagerRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)November 2017 - December 2019 (2 years and 1 month)IT Manager within the Datacentric department of the Auchan Retail IT division, I supported the transformation of project practices in an organization of 80 employees towards an agile at scale approach.I participated in the structuring of new specialized teams: UX Design, Software Factory, and Data Science, with the goal of strengthening innovation, development industrialization, and value creation through data.I also mentored 5 employees in their professional missions as a manager.Areas: agile transformation, IT management, change management, UX Design, Software Factory, Data Science.
- Auchan Retail GroupTeam LeaderRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)May 2014 - November 2017 (3 years and 6 months)End-to-end management of the Pilot’Auchan project, a commercial steering business application deployed to 115 hypermarkets, 30,000 users, and approximately 10,000 daily connections.The solution consolidated millions of lines of till receipts per day in a Teradata data warehouse, with reporting across three analysis axes: product, geography, and time.I managed an agile team of 5 developers and led the project from business design to production: scoping, UX Design, REST microservices architecture, AngularJS webapp, and iterative deliveries.Stack: Teradata, SQL, data warehouse, REST API, microservices, AngularJS, agile, UX Design.
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Education
- Advanced degree in Computer EngineeringEPSI Arras2007Cycle supérieur d'ingénierie informatique
- Preparatory program in Computer ScienceEPSI Arras2004Cycle préparatoire