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🔧 Is your CIO role in transition, understaffed, or undergoing significant change? I can step in with method, impact, and leadership.
✍️ I act as an interim CIO or IT strategic advisor, supporting clients during digital transformation or IT system restructuring.
🎯 My areas of expertise:
• Taking over or managing the IT department in a transitional or critical situation
• Restructuring or modernizing the IT system (governance, architecture, tools)
• Strategic support during mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures
• Managing complex projects (ERP, HRIS, AI, Cloud, cybersecurity…)
🤝 I work closely with executive, business, and IT teams in a collaborative manner, with a constant focus on clarity, coordination, and value creation.
👉 What I bring you concretely:
• 🧯 Transformation or crisis management without loss of control
• 🚀 IT governance aligned with your business objectives
• 🔍 Strategic insight into your data and its valorization (including Generative AI)
• 🧠Over 30 years of experience dedicated to your performance challenges
🚀 My conviction: to make the Chief Information Officer role a true lever for competitiveness.
âś… My approach: a resilient, concise, and motivating transformation leader, capable of bridging technology, human factors, and business vision.
đź“© Let's discuss your challenges: I am responsive on Malt messaging.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 50km), Grenoble (up to 50km)
Experience
- Vallée Sud Grand ParisInterim Chief Information OfficerPUBLIC SECTORMay 2025 - Today (1 year and 1 month)Fontenay-aux-Roses, FranceInterim missionInterim CIO roleImplementation of the new IT department organization as defined and desired by the EPTManagement of the IT team in this contextOperational execution of ongoing files and projects (e.g., ERP change)Management of the IT outsourcing provider change within the framework of a public contractSupport for the onboarding of the recruited CIOContinuity of the IT department with full transparency for teams and business unitsSuccessful transfer from the outgoing to the incoming IT outsourcing providerSupport and integration of the recruited CIOEfficient handover of CIO responsibilities
- ACTAChief Information and Digital Officer - TransitionDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2025 - March 2025 (2 months)Paris, FranceInterim missionRevitalization of the IT & Digital team (Acta Digital Services)Analysis of the budget + management control for fiscal year 2024Re-evaluation (confirmation / adjustments) of urgent decisions that had to be madeActive participation in the recruitment of the new CIO and Digital Officer2025 Budget: better visibility for its rebalancingSWOT analysis performed (confirmed leads + new proposals)Accelerated onboarding of the recruited CIO/DO
- SPIE BATIGNOLLESInterim Chief Information OfficerCIVIL ENGINEERINGFebruary 2024 - October 2024 (8 months)Neuilly-sur-Seine, FranceInterim CIO role while establishing myself as an independent Interim ManagerManagement of IT teams (CIO / IT Business Unit)Maintaining relationships with the Group's business unitsPreparation for the recruitment of my successorContinuity of the IT department with full transparency for teams and business unitsSupport and integration of my successorEfficient handover of CIO responsibilities
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Education
- Agronomist Engineer INA-PGInstitut national Agronomique Paris-Grignon1991Ingénieur Agronome INA-PG Mathématiques et Statistiques Appliquées (DAA, équivalence DEA) Spécialité Informatique Chef de Projet
Certifications
- ITIL Foundation v3APMG2011