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Description

Technological and digital expertise

In a context where digital transformation is critical, my dual profile as a Polytechnic engineer and doctor in theoretical computer science, coupled with 25 years of operational experience, allows me to support companies in their most complex technological challenges.

Strategic vision and execution

My experience as a member of the executive committee and director (Infinity Advertising) has trained me in strategic decision-making under constraint. I know how to translate a vision into an operational action plan and mobilize teams for execution.

Ethical and collaborative approach

Throughout my career, I have favored a human approach to management, training and supporting teams in their development. My involvement in recruitment and mentoring demonstrates my commitment to ethical and transmission values.

Adaptability and rapid integration

My versatility, demonstrated by my simultaneous interventions in several startups (Shotgun, Ogury, Pledg) as a technical advisor, illustrates my ability to adapt quickly to different contexts and to provide immediate expertise.

My strengths:

Operational legitimacy: 25 years of experience in management positions (CTO, CDO, co-CEO)
Broad sector expertise: Retail, Tech, AI, Finance, with a specialization in digital transformation
Mobilization capacity: Experience in managing international and multicultural teams
Results orientation: Proven track record of value creation and performance improvement
Collaborative approach: Ability to unite around a common vision and support change

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 30km)

Groupe Casino,
Chief Data, Product and Technology Officer
September 2022 - Today (3 years and 9 months)
Paris, France
I am a member of the Executive Committee. I am responsible for the development, product, data, customer support and IT teams, and manage a total of 50 employees, including 4 managers.
I ensure the strategic alignment between product, technology, and business to drive a bold, user-centric vision.

My responsibilities encompass the definition and execution of scalable digital products, including advertising platforms (banners and sponsored search), a SaaS couponing platform, a digital catalog, a SaaS insights platform and a datahub.
Botfuel,
co-CEO, Founder
January 2016 - October 2022 (6 years and 9 months)
Paris, France
Co-founded Botfuel, initially a chatbot development platform with an open source node.js SDK and NLU apis.

Pivoted twice to attain product-market fit. Architectured and developed a no-code chatbot platform allowing e-merchants to automate their customer support and to launch conversational campaigns.
Applied state-of-the-art NLP techniques (transfer learning) to power a robust yet flexible conversational engine.

Raised a seed round of €1.3 million euros with Breega Capital and Seventure partners (this amount was doubled with some financing by the french BPI). Received a very selective grant of €1.6 million euros from the European Commission (H2020 program).

Hired more than 40 employees (technical and non-technical).
Various startups,
Technical Advisor
March 2014 - December 2015 (1 year and 9 months)
London, England, United Kingdom
❖ Shotgun - Built Shotgun's (a quick-commerce mobile application) technical foundations from scratch: a Ruby-on-Rails backend and Android and Swift mobile applications.

❖ SkinCar - Advised SkinCar (an automotive configuration website) on the technical side.

❖ Ogury - Joined Ogury as their CTO, in charge of Research & Development and Technical Operations.
Re-architectured the main building blocks of the Ogury platform (backend, machine learning and analytics).
Hired most of the initial technical team which I transitioned from London (UK) to Paris.

❖ Pledg - Worked on a proof-of-concept for a crowd-guarantee service.