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Manager in infrastructure, digital transformation, and IT governance within international companies. Proven experience in managing large-scale operations, resource optimization, and implementing strategic technological initiatives. In-depth IT expertise complemented by solid training in Artificial Intelligence.

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French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

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Can work on-site

Paris (up to 10km)

SONEPAR France
Director of Infrastructure and Networks - CTO
RETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)
September 2025 - February 2026 (5 months)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
In charge of IT operations, services, and infrastructure for Sonepar France, serving 5000 users, 400 agencies, and 6 logistics centers with 7 departments under my responsibility, 50 people (40 internal, 10 external), and an annual budget of €20 million.
Infrastructure and Networks: Hybrid Data Center environment (on-premise, Kyndryl contract, Azure Cloud) - Windows/Linux/iSeries systems, WAN MPLS/SDWAN/LAN/WLAN networks, security: Zscaler, Fortinet, Palo Alto.
Industrial IT: 24*7 management of critical industrial IT for 6 logistics platforms.
Operations & Production: 24/7 production monitoring and operations tasks.
SecOps: Cybersecurity implementation and management.
Service Desk, user support, local support services.
Workplace: primarily around M365 and Citrix.
Project Management.
Governance and budget management.
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IT Infrastructure Management IT Service Management IT Strategy CTO
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Audit, Consulting, Training, and Automation in Artificial Intelligence
DIGITAL AND IT
February 2025 - Today (1 year and 4 months)
Paris, France
I assist and advise companies in identifying and implementing automation and AI solutions when it makes sense (productivity, quality, responsiveness).

Consulting, audit, training, opportunity identification, and implementation of automation and Artificial Intelligence tools.

Solutions: n8n, Make, workflow, Python, Claude code, machine learning, Deeplearning, OpenAI.
n8n Make Automation Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence
SAINT-GOBAIN DSI Groupe
Operations Team Lead, Group Digital & IT
CIVIL ENGINEERING
February 2022 - August 2025 (3 years and 6 months)
Paris, France
In charge of infrastructure operations managing the hosting and management solution for Saint-Gobain's critical applications worldwide in a Private Cloud.
Over 1700 servers (Windows, Linux, AIX, iSeries) across 2 Data Centers.
Team of 7 people in France, 8 in India, and management of the outsourcing provider responsible for operations (+150 people in France and India for the service line).
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IT Infrastructure Management IT Strategy IT Service Management System Integration

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Data Science & AI Specialization
2026
Data Science & AI Specialization
Engineering Degree
SUPAERO-ENSAE
1997
Engineering Degree

DESIGNER DEVELOPER IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA ANALYSIS, DATA SCIENCE OPTION
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Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Deep Learning Python

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