Freelancer profile translated to English.
Back to original languageAbout Larry
Operations Director / Fractional COO / Interim Manager. Part-time or full-time. For established SMEs and startups.
15 years structuring organizations in motion.
My focus: SMEs, 30 to 300 people, that need to regain control over execution — multiple entities, misaligned workflows, unclear roles, pressured margins. I clarify, I stabilize, I hand over when things are solid.
How I work: start with the context, never with the solution. Propose reasoned options, not an imposed truth. Hard on the content, soft on the person.
What works well with me: leaders who want a right-hand person, who accept discussing the real issues, and who have zero tolerance for bullshit.
Three skills I push hard:
- Structuring multi-entity / multi-site organizations — Art Optic (45 people, 8 entities), Archionline (network of 400 partners + internal team of 15).
- Financial and operational management — margin tracking, cash flow, KPI/OKR. +6 points margin in 12 months on a recent project.
- Deployment of useful tools — Odoo (full ERP), HubSpot, Make, Notion. Not to tool up, but to free up useful time.
Three recent fields of operation:
- Art Optic — Operations Director, optics group 45 people / 8 entities. Restructuring + full Odoo ERP deployment.
- LSC — Independent consultant, 9 clients over 30 months. Sales performance and structuring.
- Archionline (Batiweb group) — Operations Director for 5 years. Revenue x2 for three consecutive years up to €1.4M.
Before that:
- Eximo (2023-2024) — Co-founder of a payment SaaS for architects. Ceased after 18 months.
- Larry's Foodtruck (2014-2017) — Created and managed for 3 years, 65,000+ hot dogs served, sold in 2017.
- WAW Group (2012-2013) — Business Manager Asia. 6 agents in China, 7 clients, €400k revenue.
- AMtoPM (2004-2011) — Side business for 7 years: 120+ events funded by own capital in Paris.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Levallois-Perret (up to 20km)
Experience
- Art OpticOperations DirectorJune 2025 - May 2026 (11 months)Neuilly-sur-Marne, France**Operations Director of a growing optics Group — 45 people, 8 entities**.Complete restructuring across all areas (HR, finance, sales, legal) and full deployment of the Odoo ERP (CRM, sales, billing, accounting) by Q1 2026.- Financial management: cash flow tracking, margin, reliability, and financial flow reporting- Functional scoping, workflow modeling, Odoo configuration (+125 hours invested)- Organizational structuring and role clarification- Implementation and continuous improvement of operational and administrative processes- Management of contractual matters, compliance, and operational risks- Retrieval and validation of historical accounting data
- Eximo.ioENTREPRENEURJanuary 2023 - December 2024 (1 year and 11 months)Levallois-Perret, FrancePresident and co-founder of Eximo.io,a SaaS platform for securing payments for architecture, surveying, and engineering firms.The problem addressed: professionals delivering digital files (plans, studies, deliverables) suffer from chronic payment delays, defects, and sometimes clients who disappear after the work is delivered.The solution: condition the delivery of files upon payment. Until the client pays, they do not access the deliverable. Secure, immediate, automated payment. No more chasing payments or providing additional services to push for payment.My role: structuring the offering, go-to-market strategy targeting architects (a segment I knew after 5 years at Archionline), prospecting initial clients, partnerships.Project ceased end of 2024 after model validation failure.Decision made by two without bitterness.
- LSCINDEPENDENT CONSULTANTDecember 2022 - Today (3 years and 6 months)Independent consultant in sales performance and business structuringAssisted 9 clients over 30 months, with contracts ranging from 3 to 9 months, in various sectors: construction, online training, architects (independent and networks), building companies, CRM agencies.How I work:Step 1 — Initial discussion to understand the real need.Step 2 — One-day on-site field diagnosis, followed by a detailed report: action plan, concrete recommendations, estimated budget.Step 3 — Personalized long-term support. No ready-made method — the context dictates the solution.Concrete results:+6 points in sales margin in 12 months for a client (pricing optimization + sales process overhaul + new revenue streams)Structured sales management and reliable reporting implemented on several projectsRestructuring of sales teams with clarification of roles and objectivesConcurrently: lecturer in business schools for 2 years (management and entrepreneurship courses) and co-founder of Eximo.io.
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Education
- MBA International BusinessEcole supérieure de Gestion2011MBA, International business
- BBA - major in Management & FinancePSB Paris School of Business2010Bachelor's degree, Marketing / Management