Freelancer profile translated to English.
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Innovation & Information Systems Leader, engineer, and serial entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in designing and managing large-scale critical technology programs.
Web, sovereign digital infrastructures, AI, and Bitcoin pioneer, I have led major transformations for large international groups (GEODIS, AXA, L’OREAL, CNES, RATP, ORANGE), SMEs, startups, and public institutions.
Recognized for my ability to structure complex visions, manage multi-stakeholder environments, and connect technological, industrial, energy, and geopolitical issues.
Advisor – French Tech Corporate Community Mission (Ministry of Economy)
KEY EXPERTISE
• Chief Information Systems & Critical Infrastructure Officer
• Innovation Strategy & Digital Transformation
• Digital, Energy, and Data Sovereignty
• AI, Distributed Architectures, Decentralized Web
• Cybersecurity & Data Governance
• Complex Program Management (up to €75M)
• Public-Private Partnerships & Innovation Ecosystems
• R&D Leadership, Scale-up & Entrepreneurship
French
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Rouen (up to 50km), Paris (up to 100km)
Experience
- IndépendantResumeDIGITAL AND ITMarch 1995 - December 2021 (26 years and 10 months)Consulting & large transformation programsSenior Manager / Consultant – ON-X GroupParis | 2020 – 20221. Management of blockchain and IS transformation programs for CAC 40 companies (e.g., Icade)• Budget management up to €5M• Management of multidisciplinary teams (consultants, engineers, architects)Founder – Postmodern.WorldParis | 2007 – 2017Design and management of strategic digital infrastructures• Management of project portfolios from €2M to €75M• Roles: Program Director / Chief Architect:• First embedded Ethernet systems in trains (RATP / SNCF)→ Wi-Fi ground/train, train/train, redefinition of embedded IT markets→ Co-author of the report for the market commission• First satellite ISP to combat the digital divide (CNES)• Launch of the first 3G services (Orange)• Redesign of customer spaces for banking & insurance (AXA)• Redesign of customer space (Bouygues Telecom)• Global e-commerce redesign (L’Oréal)• Complete IS redesign (GEODIS)→ TMS, CRM, GRC, data cube, mainframe migration, intelligent systems• Digitalization of all activities (FNAIM)• Digitalization of the gift voucher platform for banks (Isilis)
- Recherche & innovation en intelligence artificielleResearchFebruary 2007 - Today (19 years and 4 months)Co-founder – 4NK Tech2022 – Present• Design of a sovereign AI for notaries (OCR, RAG, local LLMs – Ollama, AnythingLLM)• Distributed graph architecture for decentralized AI• Writing BPI files and technical publicationsFounder – Instriit2015• Integration of NoSQL → graph databases• Early adopter Neo4j, first machine learning modelsDeveloper – TriTout (acquired)2007• Development of one of the first European NoSQL databases• Design of a big data file system• Contribution to the largest European web index of the time
- Bitcoin, Web décentralisé & souverainetéTechnical DirectorFebruary 2013 - Today (13 years and 4 months)Bitcoin, Decentralized Web & SovereigntyCo-founder – Bitcoin Villages2025• Development of sovereign communities integrating energy, currency, digital, andagricultureArchitect – DOCV2025• Sovereign DMS for notaries, SMEs, and local authorities• GDPR & ANSSI complianceCo-founder –4NK Energy2022• Mobile waste treatment units producing water, energy, fertilizer• Coupling with Bitcoin minersCo-founder –4NK Tech (Web5)2022• Development of the first complete Web5 infrastructure(identity, storage, relay, anchoring, oracle, login, payment)Founder – Chain Academy2020• Training of 30 professionals• Partnerships with 10 major clientsCo-initiator – Paris Blockchain Week Summit2019• +10,000 participants | +100 international speakers | Louvre, ParisCo-founder – Chain Accelerator, Station F2018• One of the first blockchain accelerators in Europe• +1,000 applications/yearCo-founder – Congo Digital Consortium2016 – 2018• Strategic consulting for the DRC and Mali• Financial inclusion, alternative currencies, mobile bankingPioneer BitcoinSince 2013
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Education
- EngineerEpitech2002