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Francis Pradel

CTO / R&D Director / Industry / Digital / AI

€950/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Francis

Freelance R&D Director and CTO with over 25 years of experience in industry, energy, and technical/scientific software development.

I specialize in high-stakes missions: structuring R&D teams, managing complex technical programs, securing critical software projects, and industrializing R&D solutions (simulation, AI, digital twins).

My background covers the entire value chain, from upstream research to the deployment of software and industrial solutions, in demanding and international contexts. I have led and developed multidisciplinary teams (software, data, AI, mechanical, thermal), often in transformation or crisis situations.

My approach is pragmatic and results-oriented, focusing on decision-making: rapid diagnosis, clear technical choices, a realistic roadmap, and controlled execution.

Objective: Deliver, secure, and industrialize high business value technical solutions.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

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

Experience

  • Compte-R
    Technical Director
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    March 2026 - Today (3 months)
    - Transition mission.
    - Management of mechanical, automation, and electrical engineering departments.
    - Management of R&D and performance.
    - Implementation of strategic projects.
    - Support for the introduction of AI within the technical department.
    Team Management R&D Thermal
  • Faactopi
    Technical Director
    TECH
    July 2025 - January 2026 (6 months)
    Villeurbanne, France
    • • Development of R&D on production as a service and management of advanced, reconfigurable adaptive manufacturing systems.
    • • Architecture and management of industrial IT development.
    . . Offshore development monitoring
    • • Construction and monitoring of innovation roadmaps.
    .. IT Development: Python, GIT, Github, JIRA
    .. DevOps: AWS Cognito, AWS ECS, AWS ECR, Terraform
    Python AWS Algorithm Development EKL CTO as a Service
  • FARECO
    Head of Software Development Department
    CIVIL ENGINEERING
    October 2022 - October 2024 (2 years)
    Gennevilliers, France
    • • Creation and structuring of the highway toll software development department.
    • • Management of urban mobility development using embedded AI.
    • • Coordination of product innovation: sensors, AI, digital continuity.
    • • Budget and resource supervision: 9 developers, 3 project managers.
    • • International support with service level agreements (SLA) and pre-sales.
    .. Language: PHP, C++, Python
    .. Database: Mongodb
    Team Structuring Embedded Software Agile Scrum Methodology Practice Artificial Intelligence SLA Management

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Education

  • PhD in Structures and Materials
    Ecole des Ponts ParisTech.
    1998
    Docteur Structures et Matériaux
  • Engineer
    Ecole des Ponts ParisTech.
    1994
    Ingénieur

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