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John Guignard

đź’ˇ Enterprise Architect

€900/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About John

Are you leading a stalled IT transformation, a struggling program, or a legacy system that's hindering your strategy? I can help you regain control: define the target architecture, secure transformation decisions, and deliver results.

Specifically, I offer:

- A clear target architecture and transformation roadmaps that minimize business impact.
- Structuring mapping and documentation to support your decisions, not just illustrate them.
- Crisis management: taking over blocked programs, facilitating cross-functional arbitration, and translating technical challenges into business impacts for your executive committees.

What sets me apart: 20 years of experience intervening precisely when projects are under pressure: IT system mergers (SMACL/MAIF), strategic transformation under pressure (ASSIA), relaunching a failed European deployment in 24 months (800 sites, 10 countries, +€45M in generated revenue). I don't just deliver architecture diagrams: I drive arbitration to measurable results.

I work with both legacy environments (Java/Spring, Oracle, Cobol) and modern stacks (Node.js, React, Kubernetes), a versatility maintained by simultaneously leading La Carotte's technical platform as CTO.

Usual deliverables: target architectures and roadmaps, IT system mappings, architecture dossiers for committees (Steering/Project), transformation roadmaps, governance plans, executive arbitration support.

Immediately available, on a daily rate or fixed-price basis.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Fluent

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

Experience

  • La Carotte
    Co-founder - Platform Architecture & Strategic Structuring
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 6 months)
    Poitiers, France
    Methodology:
    • AI-assisted development (Claude, Copilot) to multiply velocity without sacrificing quality
    • From architecture to production in 14 months
    • AI Governance: generated code quality standards, systematic review of outputs
    IT Architecture Agile Methodology CTO Tech Lead Information Security
  • ASSIA, plateforme SantĂ© & Assurance
    Solution Architect
    January 2024 - January 2025 (1 year)
    Quimper, France
    Achievements:
    • Definition of the IT architecture target in a strategic transformation context
    • Scoping and structuring of transformation roadmaps (process, applications, organization)
    • Implementation of a structuring architecture mapping to secure decisions
    • Definition of architecture standards and principles
    • Support for cross-functional arbitration and executive communication

    Result:
    • Design and deployment of an automated mapping and documentation system, enabling the securing of transformation decisions
    IT Architecture Change Management CTO Agile Methodology Legacy
  • Smacl Assurances
    Solution Architect (Lead)
    June 2021 - January 2024 (2 years and 7 months)
    Niort, France
    Achievements:
    • Intervention in a context of IT system convergence and group strategic alignment
    • Scoping and arbitration of structuring architecture decisions
    • Definition of application transformation roadmaps limiting business impact
    • Supervision and coordination of architecture work
    • Translation of technical challenges into business impacts for executive arbitration
    Mergers & Acquisitions IT Architecture Change Management Agile Methodology Crisis Management

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Education

  • Master 1, Computing, Language
    ESAIP, Engineering School
    2008
    Master 1 , Computing, Language

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