VP of Engineering and Artificial Intelligence

• Jul 2021 - Present

Leading the development of an AI based SaaS product for businesses Leading the development of an AI based SaaS product for businesses

Head of Engineering

• Apr 2020 - Jun 2021

- Management of a SaaS Development team totaling 55 persons - Agile scaling and improvement of the organization - Management of a SaaS Development team totaling 55 persons - Agile scaling and improvement of the organization

VP of Engineering

• May 2018 - Apr 2020

• Management of a R&D team totaling 30 persons in Dortmund, Germany and Budapest, Hungary • Member of the leadership team defining the vision and the strategy for the company • Management of a R&D team totaling 30 persons in Dortmund, Germany and Budapest, Hungary • Member of the leadership team defining the vision and the strategy for the company

ODM Senior Director

• Apr 2014 - Apr 2018

Senior Director of the Operational Decision Management Team • Management of a complete R&D team including development, QA, DevOps, architecture, documentation, project management office totaling up to 160 persons in 4 locations in France, the US and the UK • Communication and coordination with Product Marketing, Localization, Technical Support, Professional Services, Marketing, Sales and Production Senior Director of the Operational Decision Management Team • Management of a complete R&D team including development, QA, DevOps, architecture, documentation, project management office totaling up to 160 persons in 4 locations in France, the US and the UK • Communication and coordination with Product Marketing, Localization, Technical Support, Professional Services, Marketing, Sales and Production

Director Engineering

• Apr 2006 - Mar 2014

Acquisition of ILOG by IBM in December 2008 Director Engineering of the Operational Decision Management (new name of ILOG JRules) Team • Deputy of the ODM Senior Director • Direct management of 10 R&D development teams totaling 90 developers in 5 locations in France, the US, China and the UK in addition to the Agile Coaching and Release Management team Acquisition of ILOG by IBM in December 2008 Director Engineering of the Operational Decision Management (new name of ILOG JRules) Team • Deputy of the ODM Senior Director • Direct management of 10 R&D development teams totaling 90 developers in 5 locations in France, the US, China and the UK in addition to the Agile Coaching and Release Management team

Director Agile Coaching and Release Management

• Sep 2003 - Mar 2006

Agile Coaching and Release Management Leader of the ILOG JRules team• Creation of the Agile Coaching and Release Management team: agile coaching, release planning, Scrum team coordination, portfolio and project management of several products lines• Software Development process management: led the definition and evolution of the overall development process to sustainably deliver high quality software on time by introducing Agile methodologies

Product Manager

• Jul 2002 - Aug 2003

Executive Assistant of ILOG CPO• Market validation for our Business Rules Management Systems product line on the .NET platform• Company-wide licensing policy definition and implementation

Team Lead

• Apr 1999 - Jun 2002

Manager of a team of 4-12 persons, working on development of the software graphic component ILOG JTGO • Building, coaching, planning and management of a team of up to 12 persons over 5 locations• Communication and coordination with other departments: Marketing, Sales, Public Relations, Support• Responsible for technical partnership with international companies: Nortel in Canada, Nokia in Germany, TTI in Israel

Software Engineer

• Feb 1998 - Mar 1999

Conception, specification and development of graphic components ILOG TGO and ILOG JTGO that allow the representation of telecom networks in several forms• Parallel development of two versions: C++ and Java using ILOG Views and ILOG JViews• Human factors consulting on several ILOG projects

R&D Software Engineer

• Mar 1996 - Jan 1998

Employee 14 of the startup InfoVista, editor of quality of service software for information systems • Conception, specification and development in C++ of different versions of front-end • Network Consulting: creation of an InfoVista library of indicators and reports templates allowing the supervision of WAN and LAN links Employee 14 of the startup InfoVista, editor of quality of service software for information systems • Conception, specification and development in C++ of different versions of front-end • Network Consulting: creation of an InfoVista library of indicators and reports templates allowing the supervision of WAN and LAN links

Co-Founder, Lead Software Engineering

• Nov 1994 - Mar 1996

Co-Founder of a startup realizing multimedia projects in Berlin, Germany: • Conception and realization of 3 multimedia software of mathematics for children including video games “Käpt’n Numero” for the company SCHROEDEL Verlag, Hannover, Germany • Conception and realization of the main graphical interface of the CD Multimedia catalogue (30000 articles) of the company CONRAD Electronic; also featuring a video game inspired by Pacman Co-Founder of a startup realizing multimedia projects in Berlin, Germany: • Conception and realization of 3 multimedia software of mathematics for children including video games “Käpt’n Numero” for the company SCHROEDEL Verlag, Hannover, Germany • Conception and realization of the main graphical interface of the CD Multimedia catalogue (30000 articles) of the company CONRAD Electronic; also featuring a video game inspired by Pacman

Trainee

• 1992 - 1993