Experience

boldcode_

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director and co-founder

  • Feb 2018 - Present

  BoldCode is a France-based IT private company focused on providing digital solutions and cybersecurity services to private companies, INGOs, government-funded initiatives, media houses and disruptive startups. The projects we select focus on 4 main areas: • Human rights and Transparency, • Humanitarian, • Environment, • Medias monitoring. Key activities included: • Growing a new business from 2 co-founders to 20 full-time employee at the top, • Managing… Show more BoldCode is a France-based IT private company focused on providing digital solutions and cybersecurity services to private companies, INGOs, government-funded initiatives, media houses and disruptive startups. The projects we select focus on 4 main areas: • Human rights and Transparency, • Humanitarian, • Environment, • Medias monitoring. Key activities included: • Growing a new business from 2 co-founders to 20 full-time employee at the top, • Managing technical teams across different geographical locations and cultural contexts, setting ups offices in Paris and in the Himalayas - Kathmandu, • Building and managing relationships with clients and partners, preparing and reviewing contracts, • Building strategic partnerships to support business objectives, • Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company, allocating resources to various projects and functions. • Defining and streamlining IT processes for efficiency, • Qualifying data projects, drafting dataflows and infrastructure schemas. Key projects and clients included: • New York University / GRC, Promoting governments accountability and data transparency. (public url : https://talatala.org/ ) • New York University / GRC, Map violence, analyze trends, and documents human rights violations in Eastern Congo with the Kivu Security Tracker. (public url : https://kivusecurity.org/ ) • Veilleur des Médias, Press panorama production automation (urls : restricted accesses) • The DEEP, guaranteeing the cybersecurity of DEEP, an application used for needs assessment during humanitarian crises (public url : https://app.thedeep.io ) • Data Fiendly Space, various Project Management and cybersecurity services for most of the project listed above. • UNCDF, with Gauunbata, optimizing supply chain in Nepal, connecting farms to cities • 50A, with various website and web development projects • NDA - INGO, Database decentralization to protect personal data of beneficiaries from potential internal corruption. Show less BoldCode is a France-based IT private company focused on providing digital solutions and cybersecurity services to private companies, INGOs, government-funded initiatives, media houses and disruptive startups. The projects we select focus on 4 main areas: • Human rights and Transparency, • Humanitarian, • Environment, • Medias monitoring. Key activities included: • Growing a new business from 2 co-founders to 20 full-time employee at the top, • Managing… Show more BoldCode is a France-based IT private company focused on providing digital solutions and cybersecurity services to private companies, INGOs, government-funded initiatives, media houses and disruptive startups. The projects we select focus on 4 main areas: • Human rights and Transparency, • Humanitarian, • Environment, • Medias monitoring. Key activities included: • Growing a new business from 2 co-founders to 20 full-time employee at the top, • Managing technical teams across different geographical locations and cultural contexts, setting ups offices in Paris and in the Himalayas - Kathmandu, • Building and managing relationships with clients and partners, preparing and reviewing contracts, • Building strategic partnerships to support business objectives, • Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company, allocating resources to various projects and functions. • Defining and streamlining IT processes for efficiency, • Qualifying data projects, drafting dataflows and infrastructure schemas. Key projects and clients included: • New York University / GRC, Promoting governments accountability and data transparency. (public url : https://talatala.org/ ) • New York University / GRC, Map violence, analyze trends, and documents human rights violations in Eastern Congo with the Kivu Security Tracker. (public url : https://kivusecurity.org/ ) • Veilleur des Médias, Press panorama production automation (urls : restricted accesses) • The DEEP, guaranteeing the cybersecurity of DEEP, an application used for needs assessment during humanitarian crises (public url : https://app.thedeep.io ) • Data Fiendly Space, various Project Management and cybersecurity services for most of the project listed above. • UNCDF, with Gauunbata, optimizing supply chain in Nepal, connecting farms to cities • 50A, with various website and web development projects • NDA - INGO, Database decentralization to protect personal data of beneficiaries from potential internal corruption. Show less



Data Friendly Space

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of IT Development

  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2023

  Supported DFS growth from 169k in 2019 to 3M ARR in 2022 at the organization level Data Friendly Space is an INGO based in the United States. DFS IT department focuses on creation of custom data centric applications to support humanitarian organizations in extracting actionable insights from their data and execute their missions. I have been in charge of the Development of the IT depatyment of Data Friendly space. Key activities included: • Leading a rapidly expanding IT… Show more Supported DFS growth from 169k in 2019 to 3M ARR in 2022 at the organization level Data Friendly Space is an INGO based in the United States. DFS IT department focuses on creation of custom data centric applications to support humanitarian organizations in extracting actionable insights from their data and execute their missions. I have been in charge of the Development of the IT depatyment of Data Friendly space. Key activities included: • Leading a rapidly expanding IT department, supporting hiring process, and managing a remote team of 40+ full time employee and contractors. • Establishing and executing strategic plans to scale up the IT department and its operations, setting up long service agreement with key partners including the UN, UNHCR, OHCHR, UNEP, UNDP, UNFPA, NRC, IFRC, DFID, JIPS and IDMC. Detailed case studies are available here: https://datafriendlyspace.org/case-studies/. • Management and coordination of business development, fundraising and grants activities at the organization level from 2019 to 2020, and at the IT department level from 2020 to 2023 • Leading the commercial process for data-centric and NLP projects development, from qualification and specifications to contract review and signature • Managing the budget for IT operations and projects, optimizing costs while ensuring quality. DFS IT department represents 25% of DFS revenues, but 50%+ of its net profit. • Negotiating with and managing vendors for IT services. • Overseeing the delivery of IT projects, processes, risks, deliverable and quality.

• IT Project Manager

  • Sep 2019 - Nov 2020

  I have been working as a Project Manager for data and cybersecurity related projects, for UN agencies and INGOs that includes IDMC, UNEP, IOM, UNFPA, and IFRC. Structuring DFS IT team to secure production capabilities, from 3 core team members to 20 FT employee and contractors. Key activities included: • Planning, executing, and overseeing IT projects to ensure they are completed on time, within budget, and meet the defined business objectives and quality standards. • Leading… Show more I have been working as a Project Manager for data and cybersecurity related projects, for UN agencies and INGOs that includes IDMC, UNEP, IOM, UNFPA, and IFRC. Structuring DFS IT team to secure production capabilities, from 3 core team members to 20 FT employee and contractors. Key activities included: • Planning, executing, and overseeing IT projects to ensure they are completed on time, within budget, and meet the defined business objectives and quality standards. • Leading and coordinating a team of IT professionals spread between US, France and Nepal • Communicating with different stakeholders including clients, team members, vendors, and management. • Developing and managing project budgets, ensuring cost efficiency and effective resource allocation. • Managing changes to the project scope, timeline, or resources in a way that minimizes disruption and keeps the project on track. Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating potential risks that could impact the delivery of the project. Key projects managed: • NRC / IDMC, Centralizing data collection and analysis (urls : restricted accesses) • NRC / IDMC, Public database: GIDD (public url : https://www.internal-displacement.org/database ) • UNEP, Nexus Environment Assesment Tool (public url : https://neatplus.org/ ) • UNFPA, Tracking Gender-Based Violence, (public url : https://gbvaor.net/ ) • IOM, Missing Migrant Project, (url : restricted accesses) • IOM, Women’s Participation Project website, (public url : https://www.womenindisplacement.org/ ) • DEEP / IFRC Emergency Questionnaire Builder (public url : https://app.thedeep.io ) Jumping into the humanitarian world !



Ticket for Change

• France
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  6-month social entrepreneurship program & pre-incubator led by Ticket for Change, with HEC Business School as key educational partner. https://www.ticketforchange.org/ 6-month social entrepreneurship program & pre-incubator led by Ticket for Change, with HEC Business School as key educational partner. https://www.ticketforchange.org/



ENGIE

• France
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategy Analyst

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2017

  HQ Strategy Division Strategy Energy Economics and Risks Department ENGIE was the 3rd largest global group in the energy sector - excluding oil - in 2015 Key activities included: • Macroeconomic Analysis, analyzing global and regional macroeconomic trends and indicators. • Modeling and Forecasting, developing and calibrating models for macroeconomic and energy demand forecasting. Use and improvement of bottom-up and top-down models to forecast macroeconomics indicators… Show more HQ Strategy Division Strategy Energy Economics and Risks Department ENGIE was the 3rd largest global group in the energy sector - excluding oil - in 2015 Key activities included: • Macroeconomic Analysis, analyzing global and regional macroeconomic trends and indicators. • Modeling and Forecasting, developing and calibrating models for macroeconomic and energy demand forecasting. Use and improvement of bottom-up and top-down models to forecast macroeconomics indicators and energy demand in France, EU and World. • Data Analysis, collecting and analyzing large datasets to derive insights and inform forecasts. • Communicating economic and energy concepts to partners and clients, • Strategic studies included: . Market research and Investment analysis . Policy impact analysis, . CO2 emissions life cycle assessment, . Behavioral economics and neural networks. Show less HQ Strategy Division Strategy Energy Economics and Risks Department ENGIE was the 3rd largest global group in the energy sector - excluding oil - in 2015 Key activities included: • Macroeconomic Analysis, analyzing global and regional macroeconomic trends and indicators. • Modeling and Forecasting, developing and calibrating models for macroeconomic and energy demand forecasting. Use and improvement of bottom-up and top-down models to forecast macroeconomics indicators… Show more HQ Strategy Division Strategy Energy Economics and Risks Department ENGIE was the 3rd largest global group in the energy sector - excluding oil - in 2015 Key activities included: • Macroeconomic Analysis, analyzing global and regional macroeconomic trends and indicators. • Modeling and Forecasting, developing and calibrating models for macroeconomic and energy demand forecasting. Use and improvement of bottom-up and top-down models to forecast macroeconomics indicators and energy demand in France, EU and World. • Data Analysis, collecting and analyzing large datasets to derive insights and inform forecasts. • Communicating economic and energy concepts to partners and clients, • Strategic studies included: . Market research and Investment analysis . Policy impact analysis, . CO2 emissions life cycle assessment, . Behavioral economics and neural networks. Show less



EDF

• France
• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Business Developer - Internship

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Investment & Market Department Électricité de France (EDF) is the leading producer and supplier of electricity in France and Europe. It is the second largest in the world. China’s hydropower resources rank first in the world, its geography and hydrology are very favorable to hydropower development, but today most of the economic exploitable resources have already been exploited. Ressettlement costs usually reach more than 30% of the total construction cost of hydro-project and are… Show more Investment & Market Department Électricité de France (EDF) is the leading producer and supplier of electricity in France and Europe. It is the second largest in the world. China’s hydropower resources rank first in the world, its geography and hydrology are very favorable to hydropower development, but today most of the economic exploitable resources have already been exploited. Ressettlement costs usually reach more than 30% of the total construction cost of hydro-project and are critical for the projects profitability. Key activities included: • Due diligence on past projects carried out by EDF (Nam Theun 2 in Laos), and national Chinese companies. • Process design improvement opportunities and cost reduction opportunities in the resettlement process in China, with improved cost-efficient compensation • Competitive analysis to find public and private partnership between EDF and Chinese hydropower companies • Presentation of the resettlement process in China according to the Chinese laws and regulations to EDF Hydro top-management (design of the process, means of compensation for the resettled people, costs analysis). Internal Report : Resettlement Practices for Hydropower Project Development in China - October 2014 Show less Investment & Market Department Électricité de France (EDF) is the leading producer and supplier of electricity in France and Europe. It is the second largest in the world. China’s hydropower resources rank first in the world, its geography and hydrology are very favorable to hydropower development, but today most of the economic exploitable resources have already been exploited. Ressettlement costs usually reach more than 30% of the total construction cost of hydro-project and are… Show more Investment & Market Department Électricité de France (EDF) is the leading producer and supplier of electricity in France and Europe. It is the second largest in the world. China’s hydropower resources rank first in the world, its geography and hydrology are very favorable to hydropower development, but today most of the economic exploitable resources have already been exploited. Ressettlement costs usually reach more than 30% of the total construction cost of hydro-project and are critical for the projects profitability. Key activities included: • Due diligence on past projects carried out by EDF (Nam Theun 2 in Laos), and national Chinese companies. • Process design improvement opportunities and cost reduction opportunities in the resettlement process in China, with improved cost-efficient compensation • Competitive analysis to find public and private partnership between EDF and Chinese hydropower companies • Presentation of the resettlement process in China according to the Chinese laws and regulations to EDF Hydro top-management (design of the process, means of compensation for the resettled people, costs analysis). Internal Report : Resettlement Practices for Hydropower Project Development in China - October 2014 Show less