The Hidden Logic of Misunderstanding: Why Smart Teams Fail Across Borders
A German colleague logs onto the Zoom call at 8:59 AM. A French colleague joins five minutes later, coffee in hand. A Japanese manager stays silent…
Founder • Engineer • INSEAD MBA
Commercializing
Building something new in Paris, after years between engineering and business.
About
Translating Technical Complexity into Commercial Advantage
In enterprise technology, value is often lost in translation between R&D and the C-suite. I spent four years at Dassault Systèmes closing that gap on global portfolios, then did my MBA at INSEAD. Now I'm building a company of my own in Paris.
€500M+
Strategic Portfolio Oversight
6 Countries
Cross-functional Governance
Global 500
Industrial Partnerships
Executive Roundtable
The Strategic Mandate of Enterprise IT
Convened with C-Suite leadership from TotalEnergies, Carrefour, and Capgemini to address the friction between technical infrastructure and business agility. A closed-door exchange on the governance frameworks required to translate digital capability into sustained commercial value.
Impact Orbit
Alignment drives adoption
Complex organizations struggle when strategic intent decouples from technical reality. My career has been defined by reintegrating these streams. Whether streamlining workflows for 10+ international teams or modeling M&A synergies, I focus on the structural integrity of business decisions.
This is not just about "understanding tech." It is about understanding the economics of tech, managing time-to-market, resource allocation, and account competitiveness at a global scale.
See career highlightsTrack Record
Strategic Recovery: Led the remediation of a critical €12M partnership. Partnered with VP leadership to resolve migration threats, delivering a comprehensive recovery strategy that safeguarded account value.
Portfolio Optimization: Directed portfolio strategy for a €500M+ pipeline. Established governance across 8 quartiles to prioritize growth-critical streams and accelerate partner time-to-market.
Operational Transformation: Engineered the digital turnaround of a flagship program, improving end-to-end solution efficiency by 40% through rigorous scope resetting and cross-border stakeholder management.
Global Strategic Fluency
My INSEAD MBA spanned two distinct commercial rhythms: the structural rigor of Fontainebleau, France and the venture velocity of Silicon Valley.
This dual exposure, bridging European industrial strategy with American digital scalability, equipped me with a transatlantic perspective on how to drive transformation in global markets.
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Writing
Ideas at the edge of strategy, tech, and culture
From digital transformation to strategic execution, insights from leading change at scale.
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