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Pierre-Alain H.PH

Pierre-Alain H.

CTO | Data & AI, design and implementation

€900/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Pierre-Alain

Do you want to accelerate your delivery, make your technical decisions more reliable, or integrate AI concretely into your teams?

I act as a transitional CTO, Head of Engineering, or Data & AI Architect to transform your tech challenges into operational results: improved velocity, more predictable delivery, more robust architecture, and truly useful AI applications.

With over 15 years of experience in technical management, team leadership, and IT system modernization, I have supported scaling, transformation, and critical delivery contexts at AFD, Brittany Ferries, Sodexo, JCDecaux, and Fnac Darty.

My approach is pragmatic: start with your pain points, identify high-impact levers, define a realistic roadmap, and then support the implementation with your teams.

I focus on two key areas:

1. AI-Augmented Delivery
Implementing AI practices across the entire product and engineering cycle: scoping, specs, assisted development, code review, testing, documentation, automation, and delivery. I help your teams structure efficient workflows with tools like Codex, Claude Code, AI agents, skills, and specialized assistants, without gimmicks, with a clear goal: gain quality, speed, and autonomy.

2. Data & AI Architecture / Data Landing Zone
Designing and implementing open and scalable data foundations: ingestion, storage, transformation, data lineage, governance, data exposure, and LLM integration. I support the creation of concrete use cases around RAG, MCP, agents, APIs, and open-source solutions.

I have already used generative AI in industrial contexts to accelerate migrations, secure technical roadmaps, and develop AI solutions, including micro-SaaS.

I can help you structure a tech team, coach a CTO, secure a roadmap, improve velocity, define a Data/AI architecture, or deploy concrete AI practices to support delivery.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Maisons-Laffitte (up to 20km)

Experience

  • Upgile
    Founding Director
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    October 2020 - Today (5 years and 8 months)
    Support for major clients on missions:
    - Digital and agile transformation consulting
    - Technical project management: eCommerce / Retail / Marketplace
    - Transitional management (IT)
    - Scrum Master
    - Design and implementation of Data / AI foundations
    Transitional management IT Architecture Data Engineer Spring boot artificial intelligence
  • JCDecaux
    Backend Team Leader / Project Facilitator
    PRESS AND MEDIA
    September 2019 - September 2020 (1 year)
    92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
    As the backend manager, I oversee a team of 10 developers spread across 3 feature teams to ensure the maintenance and development of the self-service bike management platform.
  • Fnac Darty
    Backend Team Leader / Agile Transformation Coach / Backend eCommerce Expert Fnac Darty
    October 2014 - August 2019 (4 years and 10 months)
    93170 Bagnolet, France
    As the backend team leader responsible for technical components of the Darty.com eCommerce site, I held several roles: IT project coordination, managing a team of developers (from 4 to 8), organizing supervision, defining and planning the maintenance and development of new features, advising business representatives on IT solutions, promoting agility and continuous improvement.

    Key projects:
    • Integration of Mistergooddeal into Darty.com's backend components.
    • Integration with SellSecure, a project to redesign and migrate the order scoring system.
    • Technical migration from SIPS 1.0 to SIPS 2.0 to ensure PCI-DSS compliance.
    • Integration with Lengow to develop the external marketplace business.
    • Redesign of the customer area's ergonomics and functionality.
    • Development of new features for the internal marketplace sales activity.
    • Creation of a new component to switch between different marketplace partners.

    Agile Transformation:
    • Implementation of the SCRUM framework in my development teams.
    • Raising awareness among the business about the concept of business value to prioritize the development of new features.
    • Implementation of a code review process and gitflow.
    • Maintaining a positive and supportive environment.
    • Promoting a continuous improvement mindset.

    Main tasks:
    • Project management: macro estimation, impact analysis, kick-off, sprint planning, stakeholder communication, weekly follow-up.
    • Release management and system supervision.
    • Level 2 support: incident analysis during critical periods (Black Friday, Christmas, sales).
    • Team management: recruitment, training, agile coaching, team building, daily follow-up.

    Technical context: Java 1.8, Jenkins, Git, Websphere Commerce, JIRA, BitBucket, DB2, Linux, Rest, DropWizard, ELK, Grafana.

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Education

  • Engineering degree, MTIC
    EPF Engineering School
    2009
    Diplôme d'ingénieur, MTIC
  • Baccalaureate
    Lycée Saint Aspais, Melun
    2004
    Baccalauréat

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