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🎓 Graduate of CentraleSupélec and Télécom, I support organizations, primarily in the Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services sectors – on high-stakes missions combining IT strategy, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence.
🚀 Co-founder of an AI startup, I work on product, technical, and organizational issues, with an impact and results-oriented approach.
My key expertise:
🔹 Product Management & AI: Design, development, and scaling of artificial intelligence solutions (Computer Vision, LLM…), adapted to complex and regulated environments.
🔹 PMO & IT Transformation: Management of cross-functional strategic programs, from roadmap definition to delivery, in liaison with C-levels and business/tech teams.
🔹 Audit & Technology Consulting: IT Governance, IT M&A, cybersecurity, operational resilience, cost optimization, and IT risk management.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- Sygma.AICo-founder & Head of Product - AISeptember 2024 - Today (1 year and 9 months)Sygma AI is a startup specializing in the development of artificial intelligence solutions for the automation and expertise of automotive claims.â—Ź End-to-end AI project management: product discovery, scoping, functional design, creation of mockups on Figma, supervision of development and deployment.â—Ź Implementation of solutions based on Computer Vision and Large Language Models (LLM), with a user-centric and business value approach.â—Ź Projects completed:â—‹ Document digitization via OCR and LLM models to automatically extract structured data.â—‹ Automatic damage detection on vehicle images using computer vision and LLM models.â—‹ Repair cost prediction from images and historical data using supervised models.
- Shift TechnologySenior Manager - Product & DeliveryNovember 2021 - May 2025 (3 years and 6 months)Paris, FranceShift is an InsurTech (unicorn) that uses AI to transform the insurance industry by automating claims reporting and management while detecting fraud.Leading transformation programs for insurers to digitize claims reporting and reduce operational costs:- Pre-sales:
- Structuring and scoping programs: Defining methodologies and organizational models adapted to each program.
- Customer needs analysis and validation:
- Evaluating and formalizing customer needs to ensure alignment with product objectives.
- Post-sales:- Full supervision of Shift product implementation in collaboration with client business and technical teams.
- Defining the program roadmap and associated workstreams to achieve set objectives.
- Leading implementations by ensuring alignment and engagement of key stakeholders within teams.
- Reporting program progress, team performance, and risks to client SteerCo.
- Developing business cases demonstrating the value of Shift products (quantitative and qualitative).
AI Product Manager:- Defining a product roadmap based on value and customer needs to solve insurers' problems.
- Developing the product roadmap and gaining consensus on priorities to guide execution.
- SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE (Banque d'investissement et de Financement)Senior IT Audit Manager & Mission LeadJanuary 2017 - August 2021 (4 years and 7 months)Paris, FranceMain responsibilities:
- Providing analysis and recommendations to group directors to improve the performance and control of IT operations, based on effectiveness, risk, and compliance assessments in investment banking.
- Mission Lead Role:
- Supervising and managing a team of 4 auditors, including objective setting, individual coaching, performance evaluation, and mission budget management.- Planning and prioritization: Identifying and prioritizing audit areas based on critical issues and identified risks, with the development of detailed review plans.- Presenting findings and recommendations to CTOs, CIOs, CEOs of audited entities, and department heads, through detailed audit reports and debriefing sessions.Missions performed:- Digital transformation strategy (e.g., Open Banking and Azure Cloud).
- Agile@Scale transformation and Testing activities)
- Transformation programs for trading (structured products) and payments (corporate clients).
- Technical architecture and IT strategy for market activities, particularly trading and booking tools.
- Defining the target application architecture for market risk calculators.
- IT risk governance and resilience of entities in the UK and Turkey.
Other responsibilities:- Cyber risk supervision: Close collaboration with the entity's CISO to supervise and assess cyber risk management within the investment and corporate banking division, ensuring compliance with security standards and protection of critical assets.
- Talent recruitment and development
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Education
- Engineer specializing in Information SystemsECOLE CENTRALESUPÉLEC2017Ingénieur spécialisé en Système d'informations
- Engineer specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Engineer degree (Master of Science, MSc) in Computer ScienceINSTITUT MINE TELECOM2016Ingénieur spécialisé en Intelligence artificiel et informatique Engineer degree (Master of Science, MSc) in Computer Science
Certifications
- CISA - Certified Information Systems AuditorISACA2020
- CISM - Certified Information Security ManagerISACA2021