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Director Consultant – IT Programs & Integration: M&A, Digital Workplace, Infrastructures & Cloud.
20 years of experience in IT program management and consulting for general management and CIOs of CAC40 groups (BNP Paribas, Saint-Gobain, TotalEnergies, Suez, LafargeHolcim, Criteo, SOCOTEC). Track record: 30+ countries, up to 100,000 users, budgets from €2M to €26M.
▸ IT INTEGRATION & M&A
Management of IT carve-in / carve-out projects in an international context (separation and integration of user environments, infrastructures, applications).
- Technical due diligence, M&A playbook structuring,
- Harmonization of global IS/IT services.
- Recent M&A clients: Saint-Gobain, LafargeHolcim, Butachimie.
▸ GLOBAL IT PROGRAMS & DIGITAL WORKPLACE
Management of international transformation programs.
- Microsoft 365, Teams, Windows migration, virtualization, BYOD.
- Strategic scoping, IT master plans, TOM (Target Operating Model),
- C-level governance, large-scale change management.
▸ INFRASTRUCTURES, CLOUD & CIO PERFORMANCE
- Move-to-cloud, datacenter consolidation, network and security infrastructure modernization.
- Optimization of global IT support, service catalogs, IT economic and billing models,
- Cost rationalization (audits on bases of €30M to €60M).
▸ ENTREPRENEURSHIP & CABINET DIRECTION
- Founder of Ellipsia, an IT transformation, M&A, AI, and Digital Workplace consulting firm (10 consultants, ~20 partners, ~€1.5M in revenue).
- Former Director of the "Digital Advisory" consulting unit at CGI (up to 30 consultants, €4.8M/year, 8 years of growth).
Sectors: Banking & Insurance, Energy, Industry, Public Sector, Telecommunications.
Immediate availability – Assignments in France and internationally.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- Opérateur de marchés financiersMission Director, AI Scoping & ArchitectureCONSULTING AND AUDITSMarch 2026 - June 2026 (3 months)Paris, FranceEnd User Services & Engineering Services Teams – 100% on-prem environment, closed Entra ID tenant – GDPR / DORA Constraints – CIO Sponsor
- Conduct of IT audit: mapping of email flows, ITSM tickets, and monitoring systems (Zabbix/Dynatrace)
- Facilitation of the technical scoping workshop: validation of the LLM execution model, choice of API gateway and MCP architecture in a constrained on-prem environment
- Definition and documentation of the target AI architecture: LLM hosting, JIRA integration, Entra ID security, GDPR/DORA compliance
- Production of the roadmap for the following 4 AI initiatives (EUS triage agent, N1 Teams chatbot, ES infra diagnostics, skills transfer) with prerequisites and milestones
Result: AI deployment plan co-validated with the CIO; target architecture documented and adapted to regulatory constraints; risk matrix formalized, paving the way for the implementation of EUS & ES AI agents. - Groupe INVITASMission Director, AI Integration StudyRETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)December 2025 - February 2026 (2 months)Aix-en-Provence, FranceMotorcycle distribution SME – Multi-business scope (Sales, Purchasing, Logistics, Garage, After-Sales Service) – CEO Sponsor
- Scoping and kick-off facilitation: structuring the approach, planning, and stakeholder alignment
- Conduct of the Data and AI maturity assessment: technology mapping (ERP), identification of obstacles (AI Governance, Strategy)
- Facilitation of business workshops (remote + on-site immersion) and CEO strategic meeting
- Identification and prioritization of high-ROI AI use cases (qualified Long List submitted for arbitration)
Result: AI maturity assessment delivered (evaluation grid + mapping); 3 strategic imperatives formalized (data, acculturation, governance); Use cases validated for launching AI initiatives. - Saint-GobainDirector Consultant – IT & Digital Workplace M&A RepositoryRAW MATERIALS INDUSTRYDecember 2025 - January 2026 (1 month)Paris, FranceScope: Global M&A projects (carve-in / carve-out), Digital Workplace scope of the Group IT Department (France, India, Central IT)
- Inventory and critical analysis of existing documentation related to Digital Workplace M&A projects (processes, guides, checklists, templates).
- Definition of the target scope, repository mapping, and standardization work plan for the entire M&A cycle (carve-in / carve-out, M365 migrations).
- Design, drafting, and harmonization of priority documents (processes, templates, materials) according to Saint-Gobain templates and documentary standards.
- Facilitation of review workshops with French, Indian, and Central IT teams to validate the target repository and ensure terminological and functional alignment.
- Formalization of the documentary governance system and onboarding materials to ensure continuous updates and adoption by the teams.
Result: Implementation of a unique, homogeneous, and reusable Digital Workplace M&A repository, serving as a lever for securing and streamlining future M&A operations and M365 migrations in a multi-entity and international context.
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Education
- Master's degree in EngineeringEcole spéciale de Mécanique et d'Electricité / ESME Sudria2005
Certifications
- Digital TransformationBCG x University of Virginia2020
- Effectuation: Entrepreneurship for AllEMLyon Business School2020