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Innovation and Technology Consultant with 20 years of experience at the intersection of cutting-edge tech, product, and premium brands. I have experimented with, deployed, and industrialized emerging technologies before they became mainstream: XR / VR / AR since 2016, generative AI and LLM agents in production since 2022. Accustomed to high-stakes environments (Nike, Chanel, Dior, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Intel); comfortable navigating between strategic vision and operational reality. International experience across 20+ markets; trilingual (FR / EN / IT); co-founder; international speaker.
Key Achievements:
- Generative AI in Production: Design and deployment of AI agents, RAG pipelines, and LLM systems for real business cases — document analysis, large-scale search, workflow automation (LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, GPT-4o, Claude).
- Award-Winning Immersive Innovation: Technical direction of XR / VR / AR platforms for premium brands (Nike, Chanel, Dior, Prada, Intel) — FWA of the Year (David Guetta Double Screen Project), FWA Cutting Edge Award; management of 50+ people.
- Chanel Boutique App: End-to-end technical direction of a premium retail application — 100% adoption in stores, +10% in sales; 3-year partnership with Chanel management.
- High-Load WebAR: Architecture of an immersive AR experience for La Vaudoise x Stan Wawrinka — 3M+ users in 3 weeks; technical and UX scaling in real-world conditions.
- Large-Scale International Delivery: Steering digital platforms across 20+ markets (Coty, Burberry) — scalable architecture, CI / CD, AWS; on-time deliveries for high-stakes projects.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 10km)
Experience
- Kally / Ourse SàrlFractional CTO & AI Expert — Co-FounderJanuary 2022 - Today (4 years and 7 months)Geneva, Switzerland•Design and deployment of AI agents and RAG pipelines in production for startups and enterprise clients; AI product strategy, governance, observability.•Technical leadership as Fractional CTO: architecture, recruitment, roadmap, delivery.•Clients: Coty Global · werft22 · SLB
- Buzz BrothersHead of InnovationJanuary 2020 - January 2022 (2 years)Geneva, Switzerland•Led digital and technical innovation; built and structured the engineering team (full-stack, DevOps); defined architecture standards and CI / CD practices.•La Vaudoise x Stan Wawrinka: high-traffic WebAR architecture — 3M+ users in 3 weeks.•Clients: JTI · La Vaudoise
- ROPRDRFounder & Technical Project DirectorJanuary 2010 - January 2020 (10 years)Paris, France2018–2020 · Head of Innovation → Buzz Brothers — JTI, La Vaudoise2016–2018 · Head of Immersive Production → DV Paris — Nike, Chanel, Prada, Dior, Intel, Coty, Peugeot, Universal Music, Jaeger-LeCoultre2014–2016 · Technical Project Director → Chanel — Boutique App (100% adoption · +10% in sales)2012–2014 · Technical Project Director → Mazarine — Chanel, Dior, Cartier, L’Oréal2010–2012 · Technical Project Lead → Ogilvy — louisvuitton.com (80+ people)
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Education
- Master 2 — Business Administration and ManagementUniversité Côte d'Azur (UCA) — Nice2007