Toulouse, Occitanie, France
** Career path bridging from Management Consulting, Business Development to leading AI Growth Roles** After many years of consulting and business development serving major aerospace industry players, I have built a strong expertise in engineering, IT, and digital transformation within complex industrial environments. My role than expanded beyond Aerospace to cover all markets, enabling strategic growth and innovation for our clients worldwide, as global Business Development Director at ALTEN Today, in my role as Vice President for AI, Marketing & Partnerships, I focus on leveraging AI to transform engineering and IT services, building strategic partnerships with leading AI technology providers, and scaling AI-driven innovation across industries and geographies. 💡 Key Areas of Expertise: ✔ Go-To-Market Strategy ✔ Business Development ✔ Engineering ✔ Manufacturing Engineering & Industrialization ✔ Customer Services ✔ IT Solutions ✔ Digital Transformation & AI integration -- Also a former Skydiving National Athlete, current Triathlete and sport enthusiast as a whole
This global position is a unique opportunity to shape cutting-edge AI solutions, forge high-impact partnerships with leading AI technology providers, and showcase our expertise through market-defining initiatives. Building on the network and experience I previously developed as Development Director at ALTEN, I will focus on expanding AI expertise, scaling talent, and deploying AI assets across industries and geographies to accelerate innovation and create value for our strategic clients worldwide. This role is part of ALTEN Group’s central AI program, led by our CAIO, reinforcing our ambition to lead in AI-powered engineering and IT transformation.
Similar to previous Role but expanded from France to 8 countries across Europe and NORAM. Building and managing local teams
Managing Business development / Key Account Management teams across all ALTEN markets: - Aerospace & Defense (A&D) - Automotive & Railway - IT Services - Telco & Media - Energy & Life Sciences Typically includes: - Defining and rolling out a development strategy for each business sector (business roadmap, targeted markets/clients, C Level / executive meetings, market positioning, value proposition, company assets) - Driving Sales prospection efforts - Leading Alten referencing campaigns world-wide (lobbying, supplier panel selection, master contracts negociation, steering committees, RFIs...) - Managing Bids & Tendering process - Ensuring Business development and coordination across ALTEN group (transnational) key clients, ensuring targets are met with operational Directors - Building market analysis, competitive landscape studies - Contributing to M&A opportunities / studies - Member of board of directors for France. + Specific responsibility : Still acting as development director for AIRBUS account (all divisions, all Natcos) & Aerospace and Defense sector globally
In parrallel to my Business Development career, I am also a professional skydiver: - member of french national teams (until 2013) - instructor for beginners and advanced practionners - Coach for professional teams - World record co-holder for Skydiving (biggest formation, since 2015) - French record co-holder (biggest formation, since 2011) - European champion in canopy piloting - distance (2011) - Vice-World champion in canopy piloting - distance (2011)
Strategy & Management consultant within Aerospace industry.
Client: Airbus Mission: Support industrialization of A350 programme. Activities: - identify and cure issues regarding Manufacturing and assembly operations - share best practices across sites - support plants in their manufacturing processes - rethink and strenghten industrialization department by aligning processes & organization Scope: Manufacturing engineering CoC + 10 plants across Europe involved in A350 build process. Previous role: - Involved in several phases of great IT projects within Aerospace industry to improve our clients Manufacturing and supply chain processes.
Financial audit for legal purposes in several domains: banking, insurance, distribution and aeronautic industry