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I am Philippe BOUPDA. For over ten years, I have been supporting strategic digital transformation initiatives in both established organizations and startup environments.
My motivation: transforming ambitious ideas into concrete and operational solutions.
Capable of designing hybrid architectures between banks and wallets while managing exchanges with banking, institutional, or regulatory partners, as well as digitally redesigning/transforming all manual processes and treatments of large and medium-sized industrial players, I thrive in financial services, tech, telecoms, or any other sector of activity.
My approach is systematically oriented towards the automation of critical processes, the securing of flows, the improvement of operations, and the creation of strong value for users, all through technological innovation.
I am convinced that my ability to structure operations, manage multidisciplinary teams, integrate different stakeholders – internal, external, executive decision-makers – but also ensure both coordination and end-to-end technical-functional coherence, would be a valuable asset to contribute to meaningful projects in committed structures in Europe, Africa, or elsewhere.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
German
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- DioolChief Operating OfficerJanuary 2020 - Today (6 years and 5 months)Douala, CameroonDiool is a platform offering B2B payments and invoice financing, particularly for retail supply chains. Oversight of sales, operations, and customer support, as well as the design and implementation of API connectors and technical integrations with partners and large clients. Development of customer acquisition and activation journeys by working with distributor networks, their small reseller networks, and cash payment agents. Contribution to foundational work on open banking, digital consumer protection, and regulatory supervision in collaboration with the CNEF (National Economic and Financial Council) and the UNCDF (United Nations Capital Development Fund). Diool has raised over €6 million from institutional investors.
- DioolCo-founderJanuary 2015 - January 2020 (5 years)Paris, FranceBefore shifting its focus to B2B payments, Diool offered a payment app designed for small merchants and mobile money service agents. With a payment infrastructure built from scratch—enabling fund settlement between various mobile money wallet services and bankpayments—the app was among the first payment aggregators in Cameroon, serving up to 20,000 small businesses within less than a year after its launch
- Zayo FranceProject DirectorTELECOMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2013 - January 2014 (1 year)Paris, FrancePlanning and management of large-scale fiber optic network deployments in Europe across Europe and US.
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Education
- MSc in Communication SystemsEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne2004Réseaux et infrastructures mobiles, banques et paiements mobiles