Gaël Youinou, PMP®

Software Sales Director - Head of Geovation Sales

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

Senior Software Engineering Director with a broad experience (more than ten years) in management of international distributed software development teams. Provide both technical and organizational leadership, management with KPIs to improve people’s performance. Strong experience in software engineering and development as well as High Performance Computing (HPC). Roadmaps definition and presentation during Comex meetings. Change management projects and Agile methodologies adoption. Cloud, Big Data and ML/DL strategies in scientific domain. High Performance Computing for Upstream technical committee member for EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers).

Experience

  • CGG (27 yrs 9 mos)
    • Software Sales Director
      Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

    • Senior Director Software Engineering
      May 2011 - Mar 2021 · 9 yrs 11 mos

    • Software Department Manager
      Dec 2004 - Apr 2011 · 6 yrs 5 mos

  • Software Developer then Project manager at Sema Group
    1989 - 1998 · 9 yrs

    SEMA-GROUP Société d'économie et de mathématiques appliquées 56, rue Roger SALENGRO - 94126 Fontenay-sous-Bois Projects: o AERO o ARENE o MORGAT o EPMF o OMEGA

  • internship and several fixed-term contracts at EDF
    1985 - 1989 · 4 yrs

    EDF - Direction des Etudes et Recherches Département Acoustique et Mécanique Vibratoire 1, Avenue du Général de Gaulle - 92141 CLAMART

  • Military Service at CEA
    Apr 1986 - Mar 1987 · 1 yr

    Scientifique du contingent