Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Hello, I’m Loic, a seasoned technology leader with a 20-year track record of driving digital innovation and creating transformative customer experiences through cutting-edge technology. My journey in tech is built on a robust foundation: a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Computer Science focused on Artificial Intelligence, along with a Postgraduate Degree in Entrepreneurship and Management from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Throughout my career, I’ve gained a comprehensive skill set spanning system architecture, software engineering, operations, supply chain management, and strategic planning. This breadth has allowed me to cultivate a holistic approach to digital operations, enabling both seamless customer experiences and strategic business impact. In my recent role at Philip Morris International, I led the development and launch of PMI’s Consumer IoT ecosystem—powering our heat-not-burn and vaping product portfolio across a multi-million-device base. Leading a team of 175 and overseeing an 8-figure annual budget, I delivered PMI’s IoT Cloud infrastructure from the ground up. Today, as Global Head of Digital Product Innovation, I shape and execute digital strategy for next-generation products, including electronic devices, accessories, and consumables. My mission is to integrate advanced technology that supports PMI’s reduced-risk portfolio, delivering intelligent, proactive, and seamless experiences that exceed our customers’ expectations. With a unique blend of technical expertise, strategic insight, and a true passion for leveraging technology, I’m dedicated to fueling business growth and enhancing customer experiences. I welcome opportunities to connect with other tech leaders, innovators, and like-minded professionals. Please feel free to reach out if you’d like to connect.
Driving PMI digital vision, strategy and prototyping implementation for next generation connected and intelligent consumer electronic products, accessories and consumable across PMI Categories.
Driving the digital strategy for our next-generation products. Leveraging innovative technologies within PMI's reduced risks product portfolio to deliver a seamless consumer experience.
Drive PMI vision, strategy and delivery for connected and intelligent consumer products across PMI Categories. Drive PMI IOT Cloud architecture, delivery and support towards a modular, highly scalable, sustainable and flexible Platform, capable of managing tens of millions of active devices. Co-own with Product Electronic Engineering the execution of PMI roadmap for consumer products connectivity
After the acquisition by Philip Morris of Indonesia's largest cigarette manufacturer, Sampoerna, Loic was sent there for a 13 months project consisting of adapting PMI’s Corporate Quality Management systems to the specific requirements of our first SuperLab in Indonesia.
In this role Loic was on multiple projects as an IS Architect. This included more than 2,000 man-days of effort including CTI (Commission pour la Technologie et l’Innovation) projects conducted jointly with the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (LIA) of the EPFL. Leading and coordination of activities between our different groups (Lausanne/Frankfurt/Sofia) was also one of Loic’s main responsibilities at i:FAO.
Iconomic Systems was a Start-up created by the director and a team of researchers of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (LIA) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). This company specialized in the development of distributed client/server architectures targeting complex constrained problem resolutions. It April 2001, the company got acquired by a German competitor, i:FAO and became i:FAO future lab (R&D center). Loic’s main accountabilities were around the development of the company’s solutions backend and communications framework. The underlying technology was based on distributed client/server solutions written in Java and using the Weblogic application server and Oracle databases.