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Description

Over 30 years of expertise in Data Engineering, Data Governance, and Digital Transformation within agri-food cooperative groups.

Project management of multi-domain Data Factories, deployment of AI in production, modernization of legacy MDM, and GDPR compliance management.

In-depth knowledge of IT departments: team structuring, application portfolio rationalization, and business/IT relationship management.

Hybrid Manager: strategic vision validated by top-tier consultancies (McKinsey, BearingPoint) and operational execution in commando mode.

Sectors: Agri-food / Agricultural Cooperatives • Digital Agriculture • Distribution (Système U) • Insurance • Healthcare • Local Authorities • Defense / Military Intelligence • HR / Personnel Management • Biometrics / Security • Software Publisher

Sizes: SMEs, Mid-cap companies, Large corporations • Contexts: Post-merger transformation, crisis management, transition management, creation from scratch, legacy modernization

Languages

French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Rennes (up to 50km), Brest (up to 10km), Nantes (up to 10km), Bordeaux (up to 10km), Caen (up to 10km)

Groupe Cooperl,
Head of Data Department
AGRICULTURE
October 2024 - April 2026 (1 year and 6 months)
Lamballe, France
– Management of 25 people (Reference Data, Referencing, Data Engineering, BI, Data Steward, service providers) — Total budget ~€4.25M (BUILD €2M / RUN €1M + payroll)
– Construction of the AWS Data Platform: data collection, organization, and centralization (Data Lake / Data Warehouse)
– Implementation of DBT for transforming data into reusable and governed Data Products
– Data governance acculturation of the IT department: cataloging (Data Catalog) and implementation of half-outgoing interfaces to liberate data from ERPs and business software
– Creation of the Fast Track team (Dataiku / DigDash) and transformation of the Data organization: new roles, reinforced governance, skills development
Team Management Data Platform Data Quality Management
Capaure Data
Freelance Data
September 2023 - Today (2 years and 10 months)
– CirrusWare (Mérignac) — Software Publisher: design and implementation of an AWS Data Platform from scratch (architecture, ingestion, governance); tutoring and mentoring of a Data Scientist apprentice, trained in Data Engineering to acquire dual expertise, recruited by CirrusWare at the end of the mission
– Terres du Sud (Clairac) — Agricultural Cooperative: strategic scoping of an AI use case, definition of scope, prioritization, and deployment plan
– Cooperl (Lamballe) — Agri-food Cooperative Group: Transition Management for Head of Data Department: team stabilization and launch of structuring projects
Groupe Eureden, Theix & Landerneau
Head of Data & Digital Factory
AGRICULTURE
January 2023 - November 2023 (10 months)
Vannes, France
– Management of 22 people (Data, Digital, service providers) — Total budget ~€5.6M (BUILD €4M / RUN €0.5M + payroll)
– Industrialization of AI on AWS SageMaker (DataOps / API-first): Digital Twin - Marketing Automation, XRM member portal
– Project management of digital transformation and construction of the strategic digital partner ecosystem
Team Management Data Platform Architecture