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Independent consultant with 8+ years of experience in managing strategic projects and infrastructure transformation.
I support companies in the industrial and energy sectors in the structuring, governance, and execution of complex projects, ensuring clarity, performance, and strategic alignment.
My preferred areas: Energy, Telecoms, IT & Industry.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Bougival (up to 50km)
Experience
- RTENational WAN Deployment Project ManagerENERGY AND UTILITIESMay 2022 - Today (4 years and 1 month)La Defense, Puteaux, FranceContext:Structuring and operational management of a national project to modernize a unified IP network of 400 sites.
- Structuring project processes, planning, and deliverable management.
- Coordination of stakeholders (IT, business units, and technical providers).
- Management of a technical team for the realization of deliverables prior to deployment.
- Strategic decision-making regarding services to be deployed on sites.
- Leading strategic committees on the strategy to adopt based on needs. Result: Rationalization of infrastructure costs and improvement of network performance.
Result:Rationalization of infrastructure costs and improvement of network performance. - CovageWDM Backbone Deployment Project ManagerTELECOMMUNICATIONSMarch 2020 - April 2022 (2 years and 1 month)Covage, Sèvres, FranceContext:Increase transport network capacity to offer more capacity for internal services and clients.Management of a multi-site WDM optical network modernization project.
- Implementation of governance, coordination between different technical actors, providers, and the commercial department.
- Project execution management with the coordination of 15 people (Network Architects, Engineers, Site Managers, Network Support).
- Leading a strategic steering committee to stay aligned with strategic objectives.
- Project phase and budget planning and monitoring.
Result:Deployment of a secure WDM network that carries all Covage traffic as well as client traffic. 15% reduction in OPEX costs. - CovageFTTH Infrastructure Migration Project ManagerTELECOMMUNICATIONSOctober 2018 - February 2020 (1 year and 4 months)92500 Rueil-Malmaison, FranceContext:1000 FTTH clients were operating on an obsolete Aurora technology that needed to be migrated to Huawei GPON.
- Audit of sites to be migrated across the entire FTTH base.
- Management of the initiation phase, business case, and investment budget.
- Ordering of equipment for deployment and negotiation of pricing conditions.
- Establishment of a steering committee to monitor work progress.
- Management of intervention risks and stakeholder coordination.
Result:Successful migration of 1000 FTTH clients to the Huawei GPON network
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Education
- Engineer from ENSEA in Industrial Electronics and InformaticsENSEA2015Ingénierie électronique généraliste. Gestion de projet. Programmation informatique (java, langage C etc...). Vie des affaires, gestion d'entreprise.
- University Diploma in Technology in Electrical Engineering and Industrial ComputingI.U.T Creteil-Vitry2012Electronique Informatique industrielle ( Langage C, assembleur)
Certifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP)Project Management Institute2022
- Design, Lead and Evaluate a Training ActionEmpower The People (formerly Forentem)2025