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Description

Project Director – Expert in infrastructures & digital transformation

With over 20 years of experience, I support companies in managing and steering strategic projects: digital transformation, cloud migration, cybersecurity, critical infrastructures, and telecommunications.

Today, I leverage my expertise with clients on applied artificial intelligence projects, combining strategic steering, change management, and industrialization of AI solutions for complex environments (industry, energy, transport, services).

👉 My strengths:

Management of multi-site and multi-stakeholder programs (Steering Committee, Project Committee, Technical Committee)

Crisis management and organizational transition

Deployment of innovative solutions (Cloud, AI, automation)

Experience with major accounts: Crédit Agricole, SNCF, SFR, Groupe SEB, Airbus, EDF…

Available for freelance missions to support your complex projects, with seriousness, commitment, and care.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Lyon (up to 30km), Paris (up to 30km)

Prodatasec
AI Project Director
TECH
February 2022 - Today (4 years and 4 months)
Lyon, France
Steering of strategic AI projects and complex infrastructures, from the audit phase to production deployment

Multi-committee governance (Steering Committee/Project Committee/Technical Committee), France ↔ world synchronization, dependency mapping and milestones.
Definition and orchestration of the project roadmap (short/medium/long term): functional and technical scope, CAPEX/OPEX trade-offs, alignment of the solution and industrialization trajectory.
Gathering and formalization of business needs, translation into functional and technical scope for AI projects. Possible solution translations: (LLM, RAG, document automation, Computer vision, Predictive maintenance)
Change management and support for business units in adopting AI, automation, and digital transformation solutions.
Multi-stakeholder strategic coordination: steering multidisciplinary teams (AI, data, cloud, cybersecurity) and managing partners & external service providers.
Executive reporting & communication: KPI dashboards (value, adoption, quality, GDPR compliance), executive presentations, newsletters, and business roadshows to accelerate adoption.
Artificial Intelligence Change Management Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Strategic Roadmap
Freelance
Project Director & Transformation
TRANSPORTATION
September 2014 - January 2022 (7 years and 4 months)
Lyon, France
Steering of multi-faceted strategic transformation (IT Department): process portfolios, tools, data/AI, complex infrastructures.
Organizational transformation and evolution of IT Department services: (TIA, Business Analysis for organizational changes, infrastructure and process project redesign, outsourcing, ..).
Change management: adoption trajectories, training, executive and management communication; transition to Agility and DevOps for teams (60 FTEs) | budget >€5M
Security & compliance: validation of technical architectures with CISOs, audit and compliance with PAQ, PAS, Service Level Agreements.
Flagship project: managing the migration of 260 Datacenters within an exceptional timeframe.
Budget management (forecast vs. actuals): capacity trade-offs, variance control, and crisis management to ensure service continuity and quality.
Governance & committee system: Steering Committee/Project Committee/Technical Committee/CAB, milestone tracking, risks and decisions; development of executive materials and strategic dashboards.
Change Management Technical Project Management Agile Methodology
Freelance
Network & Telecom Architect (Airbus - EADS, EGIS France)
AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
January 2012 - December 2013 (1 year and 11 months)
Lyon, France
Design and validation of complex network and telecom architectures for critical environments: airports (France, Africa), international cities, Backbone interconnections.
Development of the technical governance framework: DAT, APS/APD, standardization and traceability repositories integrated into the portfolio.
Operational-business alignment: integration of operational constraints, availability, and service quality from the design stage (high availability).
POC conduction: validation of operator equipment and architectures before deployment.
Network Architecture Technical Project Management