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Description

For 25 years, I've been working at the intersection of tech and business. Not as a developer. As someone who looks at an organization, understands how its technology hinders or supports it, and tells its leader what they truly have in their hands.

I've been CTO and CIO in demanding environments — ultra-low latency finance, video SaaS, industrial IoT — before creating Privateer. A tech consulting firm for non-technical executives.

What I do concretely: IT audits, tech transition support, architecture arbitration for CEOs who don't want to rely on a single internal opinion.

No 80-page specifications. No 6-month mission to say what can be said in 2 weeks. An external, quick, and structured perspective.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Basic
Spanish
Basic
Polish
Basic
Russian
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Angers (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Rouen (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km)

Privateer
Founder & CEO
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
January 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)
Angers, France
Privateer assists executives (CEOs, COOs, Managing Directors) when technology becomes a strategic issue: runaway costs, disrupted delivery, failing architecture, organizational friction.

Short and focused interventions. Diagnosis in a few days. Clear and actionable recommendations. Support on decisions and implementation.

Intervention formats: Fractional CTO/CIO · C-level advisory · recovery task force · due diligence · audit readiness.
Exegy
Director of Platform Engineering
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
September 2022 - January 2026 (3 years and 4 months)
Paris, France
Exegy is a global provider of ultra-low latency technologies for the financial industry.

I led the Platform Engineering function through a major organizational transformation, coordinating teams in Paris, Montreal, Belfast, and St. Louis.

Most tangible result: 67% reduction in R&D infrastructure costs — from $600k to $200k over a comparable 3-year period — without degrading delivery capacity or SLAs.

Demanding context: microsecond latency, non-negotiable availability, institutional clients under strict regulatory constraints.
Enyx
Technical Director
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
June 2021 - September 2022 (1 year and 3 months)
Paris, France
Enyx is a leading provider of ultra-low latency FPGA technologies for the financial industry.

Directed the entire software technical function. Team management, product roadmap steering, coordination with hardware and sales teams.