Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

+10 years of experience in leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Passionate about the positive impact technology can have on organizations and society, I help teams design and deliver high-impact software products, from strategy to concrete implementation.

What sets me apart: an ability to deeply explore a problem to innovate, produce tangible results, and rally people around ambitious projects, even in contexts of uncertainty or high complexity.

Among my proudest achievements:

(Ongoing)Initiated Boréal, a new democratic process, with initial positive effects observed and the support of several town halls.
Researched until achieving strong product/market fit evidence for Inato, in direct collaboration with its CEO.
Originated the concept of "tribe" (business unit) at Theodo, launching the first one, specializing in serverless.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual
Portuguese
Fluent
Japanese
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 10km)

Boréal
Founder
February 2024 - Today (2 years and 4 months)
Paris, France
To contribute to exiting the democratic crisis, Boréal explores a new large-scale co-decision model based on dialogue. 👉 Learn more: https://democratie-boreal.fr/
Inato
Lead Product Manager (First PM)
December 2020 - June 2023 (2 years and 6 months)
Paris, France
Inato, a platform connecting hospitals and large pharmaceutical companies to improve their collaboration in clinical trials.

◉ Co-piloted product strategy and roadmap with the CEO, with strong evidence of product/market fit, leading to a $20 million Series A2 funding round in early 2023.
◉ Strengthened trust on both sides of the relationship by:
- Reducing administrative burden for hospitals with feedback on failures, increasing registered hospitals from approximately 500 in early 2021 to over 1,500 in early 2023.
- Evaluating hospital potential with proprietary technology for pharmaceutical labs, multiplying active clinical trials from 2 in early 2021 to over 20 in early 2023, with a high re-engagement rate.
◉ Managed and developed the product team between France and the United States, from 2 to 5 people.
Theodo
VP of Engineering
May 2016 - November 2020 (4 years and 6 months)
Paris, France
Theodo, a software development and product management consulting company.

I started as a software engineer and then moved into a VP Engineering role, where I:

◉ Created and led the company's first business unit, specializing in "serverless" technologies, paving the way for a new model that proved successful:
- 5 business units in 2022
- Staff grew from 150 employees in 2020 to over 200 in 2022.
◉ Managed software development projects for a wide variety of clients and technologies, up to managing teams of over 20 people.
◉ Shared my expertise with open-source communities:
- articles: https://medium.com/@xavierlefevre
- conferences: https://noti.st/xavierlefevre
- github: https://github.com/xavierlefevre