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Industrial IT engineer with solid experience in telecommunications as a Project Director for transformations involving services, business, financial, regulatory, and legal aspects.
Highly focused on innovation and technological disruption, I have developed in recent years in-depth practical and theoretical knowledge of AI and its use cases in industrial and tertiary sectors.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 30km)
Experience
- Microsoft.Data Center Business Program Manager (International Environment)SOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJanuary 2026 - Today (5 months)Paris, FranceIn a context of data center go-live, the challenge is to contractually agree on the maintenance for all technical lots in a timely manner and to structure financial governance:Contracts & partners: definition of services and SLAs, tender management, negotiation support.Financial steering: analysis of business issues, budget forecasting & monitoring, support for operational departments.Performance: international reporting, escalation management, and commitment tracking.
- ULTRA EDGE DATACENTERData Center and AI Innovation & Capacity Planning DirectorTELECOMMUNICATIONSMay 2024 - April 2025 (11 months)Courbevoie, FranceInterim Technical Director for the launch of Ultraedge- Scope: IT, network, data centers - 35 people- Recruitment of key profiles- Implementation of steering committees and minimal operational routinesStructuring the innovation approach- Impact analysis of new GPU cooling technologies (DLC) on data center design, urbanization, and maintenance (skills, costs)- Mapping of use cases automatable by AI and recommendation of action plans- Establishment of a green tech partner ecosystem (load shedding, battery regeneration, etc.)
- SFRData Center Relocation, Contracts, Referentials ManagerTELECOMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2015 - May 2024 (9 years and 4 months)Paris, FranceWithin the Data Center Department1) Renegotiation of a three-year contract (€8M/year, 40 sites) for maintenance:- Adjustment of services to evolving needs, partner improvement areas, regulations, and budget objectives. Organization of presentations, price/service arbitration with purchasing, recommendations to management.- Steering of the maintenance budget (€20M/year, 80 sites):Updating the strategy, prioritizing field needs, monthly budget monitoring, animation and steering of committees with partners and management.2) Implementation of a new local services partner (€3M/year, 30 sites, three-year contract)- At the management's request, organization of a tender with purchasing (specifications), adjustment of services and commitments in conjunction with user departments (B2B, IT, network), presentations, price/service arbitration, and recommendations.Reversibility managed over three months with the former provider.3) Steering of relocations (5 projects managed from A to Z, up to €12M for the largest)- Scoping with departments (B2B, IT, network), site selection, connections, creation of rooms and spaces, migration scenarios, refurbishment, landlord dispute management.- Preparation for the sale of data centers to Ultragedge- Contribution to the "Technical Due Diligence" (technical assessment, PUE, contracts, leases, etc.)Deployment of an operational network across 257 sites in 3 months in conjunction with IT4) 3 teams / total 15 people5) Preparation for the sale of data centers to Ultragedge- Contribution to the "Technical Due Diligence" (technical assessment, PUE, contracts, leases, etc.)- Deployment of an operational network across 257 sites in 3 months in conjunction with IT
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Education
- Diplôme d'ingénieur option Informatique Industielle1989Diplôme d'ingénieur option Informatique Industielle
- Executive Master Artificial Intelligence and Big DataParis Dauphine2023Concepts IA et Big et mise en oeuvre à travers une quinzaine de projets - Prédiction de retard de vol selon les prévisions météorologique (Spark/Scala) - Anonymisation de données sensibles dans des bases de données publiques (Python) - Leurre d'un système de reconnaissance d'images (Python - TensorFlow) etc.
Certifications
- In-depth AICNAM Paris2025
- Leading Corporate Transformation ProjectsCNAM Paris2025