Experience

Rakuten DX

• France
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pre-Sales & Professional Services Director

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Project & Solution Center Director at Rakuten DX, leading all projects management & deliveries for the last 3 years (Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid methodologies). Top projects driven: - eMotion: international Tennis tournaments (ATP 500 & WTA 500) mobile Apps development for eMotion Sports and Rakuten Group, covering 3 tournaments per year for the last 3 years, with 6 native mobile Apps (React Native), both iOS and Android, in 3 languages (FR, DE and EN), providing Tennis fans with all key data for each tournament (news, schedules, players, locations, Rakuten ecosystem services, live data, video streaming, etc.). Project direction & team lead (12 members across PM, PO, UX/UI, QA, Dev, DevOps and Data) and eMotion Sports + Rakuten Group + partners ecosystem supervision over a the 3-years. - eCare: native mobile App (iOS & Android) providing Rakuten Mobile International (RMI, Mobile Network Operator based in Japan) subscribers with a personalised space for SIM, lines, devices and accessories management, top-up options, multiple payment methods and access to their usage history. Targeting the 5M RMI subscribers. Project team co-supervision and lead, with up to 70 members (PM, PO, UX/UI , Dev, DevOps, QA and Data) across 3 countries (Japan, India and France) over the last 3 years. - Shift: Progressive Web App (PWA) developed for Rakuten EMEA Sustainability team, to empower Rakuten worldwide employees to shift their behaviour and make sustainable decisions at work and at home by providing them with an actionable resource. Key tool of the sustainability strategy (Learn. Act. Influence.) to engage and involve employees in making Rakuten a more purpose-led business. Project direction & team lead (12 members) over the last 3 years. Pre-Sales Director promoting enterprise solutions Aquafadas Suite (B2B & B2C Digital Publishing) & Rakuten Low-Code/No-Code Mobile Development Platform product against worldwide external/internal customers and partners, for the first 5 years. Show less



Stepnet Ingénierie

• France
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development & Project Management Director

  • Nov 2015 - Oct 2016

  Complete restructuration of the processes, methods and tools for the Web development & Support teams, management of the 15 technical team members and more than 50 projects (responsive Web sites, mobile Apps, SaaS solutions) across 10 big customers’ accounts (Arval/BNP Paribas, Capgemini, FranFinance/Société Générale, Michelin, Peugeot, SPIE, COLT…). Pre-sales activities to drive new business revenues in the Web-to-Print market (Bouygues, Louis Vuitton, GRDF, BNP Paribas, Société Générale…). Show less



Quark Software Inc.

• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sales Engineer Director - EMEA

  • Oct 2003 - Jun 2015

  Sales Support team management (up to 10 presales engineers) for Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Asia geographies. Key contribution to win $ +1 Million deals like: Louis Vuitton, Peugeot (PSA Group), BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Emirates Airline (Dubai), Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong), OECD (Paris), HP (Spain), Express-Expansion Group, Airbus/T-Systems, Publicis, Omnicom (TBWA), Lafarge, Bolloré, Hersant Media. Introduced some key partners (Aquafadas) to Quark for the first digital publication solution integrated to Quark Desktop & Enterprise software (Quark App Studio, version #1) and Web 2.0 frontends developments on top of Quark Enterprise solution for Peugeot, Lapeyre, Lafarge and TBWA customers. Numerous customers and partners (IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Dassault Systèmes) presentations, conferences (up to 600 attendees in the conference room), webinars, custom demonstrations, proof of concepts, RFP answers and customer support calls across Europe, Middle-East, Asia and United States. Active contribution to Product Management & R&D teams regarding digital content publication & dissemination solutions through key customers engagement like Louis Vuitton (first digital content dissemination solution deployment through managed servers over +7,000 mobile devices worldwide: iPhones, iPads, Windows 8 Tablet PCs, Web Apps), Emirates Airline (Service Delivery/Cabin Crew department), OECD, BNP Paribas, Peugeot and Airbus. Show less



CMP Group Inc

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & CTO

  • Feb 2000 - Sep 2003

  Print-on-Demand service with Digital Offset. Business plan writing, company creation & administration, fund raising (business angels & venture capitalists), e-commerce web site design, digital offset production & supply chains implementation (with Maury, 3rd French printing plant), partnership establishment with Quark Software Inc. (leading edge DTP software company) and Wam!Net Inc. (global provider for high-speed digital transfers). Official launch of www.printalis.com on the 21st of March 2001. Marketing & Sales operations up to 150 customers (big accounts, SME and SOHO). Show less



CMP Media

• Paris Area, France

• CIO Europe

  • Sep 1994 - Jan 2000

  Leading edge IT Publishing Company (17 IT magazines publishing worldwide). First IT Manager in Europe (Paris, London, Munich) and Press Organizational Methods manager (workflow design, data flows analysis, content management, digital processes optimization). European IT infrastructure (LAN, WAN) setup from scratch. 100% Digital Production Chain implementation. Leading edge IT Publishing Company (17 IT magazines publishing worldwide). First IT Manager in Europe (Paris, London, Munich) and Press Organizational Methods manager (workflow design, data flows analysis, content management, digital processes optimization). European IT infrastructure (LAN, WAN) setup from scratch. 100% Digital Production Chain implementation.



Blaise Pascal Institute - MASI Laboratory (Paris VI University)

• Paris Area, France

• System Engineer

  • Sep 1991 - Aug 1993

  Administration and support of all networks and operating systems (PC, Mac, UNIX on MicroVax/DecSystem/NCR/Sun SparcStations) for +150 stations (100 students and 50 researchers). Administration and support of all networks and operating systems (PC, Mac, UNIX on MicroVax/DecSystem/NCR/Sun SparcStations) for +150 stations (100 students and 50 researchers).



LcII

• Paris Area, France

• Co-founder & CTO

  • Jul 1986 - Aug 1988

  Design, development and marketing of a new Windows based accounting software named Themis. Design, development and marketing of a new Windows based accounting software named Themis.