Stéphane Hardy

API Enablement Lead | Je mets à profit mon expertise approfondie en intégration — REST, EDA, etc. — pour aider les grandes entreprises à exploiter en toute sécurité la valeur d’un écosystème IT moderne.

Switzerland

About

⇒ MY BACKGROUND Driven by IT and cultural curiosity, I chose an international course from university. I then worked for more than 20 years for various large companies, favoring long assignments offering a wide variety of challenges while working, over time and in trust, with clients. My motivation is mainly driven by finding and implementing effective solutions to customer problems. Since 2015 I have reconnected with the international market and am still inspired by the same technical and cultural curiosity of my beginnings. ⇒ MY SKILLS • API platforms - Speciality on Kong & Solace • Sync & async API | micro-services - Pioneer IT & API processes for 3 large companies • Authn/z | oAuth2 - OIDC • Technical Product Owner - API integration platform • Project and program management - More than 25 major projects, all successful • http architectures and portals - Co-designed and led a program for merging 3 portal services in the client's browser • Business analysis - Understand and remove any ambiguity is key for project success • Product design - 6 major projects and programs (API/ETL/BI platforms, API offers, portal services) ⇒ SOME RESULTS • 'Top project 2017' award at Orange Business Services • Several projects carried out 100% remotely • Restoration of customer confidence in a service center for project managers • Agile / Scrum project management within a Water-Scrum-Fall program ⇒ CONTACT ME To find out more, do not hesitate to contact me by instant messaging ⇒ SPECIALTIES • Soft skills: Servant-Leader | Collaborative | Organized | Communication expert | Quick learner | Efficient | Creative • Sectors: Luxury | Bank | Telecom | Insurance • Project Management: PMO | PMP | Agile | Scrum Master | Product Owner | PMO | Partners management • Tools: Kong | Apigee | Solace | Insomnia | Postman | Atlassian Jira | Atlassian Confluence | Microsoft project | Suite Office | Visio • Clouds: AWS | GCP | Alibaba • Project cycle: : SDLC | DevOps | CI | CD | Tests automation | Deployment • Micro-services: API REST | JSON | SOAP | APIGEE • Servers: Windows | Linux | Unix • Databases: Oracle | Sysbase | MySQL • IT languages: SQL | PL/SQL | Java | C# | .Net | HTML | Javascript | XML • Data: Business Intelligence | Datawarehouse | Datamart | ETL • Spoken languages: English | French

Experience

  • API Enablement Lead at Richemont
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • API Producer Lead at KEYTEO (Richemont)
    Aug 2021 - Aug 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • Supply Chain Finance - Project Manager & API Subject Matter Expert at KEYTEO (BNP Paribas)
    Mar 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Project manage a complex API creation and integration with an external platform using Java Spring Boot and Oracle. Parallel project management of major and minor BAU releases on existing systems. Provide business analysis (Proxy Product Owner for API project). Undertake system architecture and design (API, Load Balancing, Monitoring) Notable Achievements • On course to successfully deliver project on time and within budget • API architecture and process pioneer • Applied an effective API project Agile/Scrum organisation with non-Agile global major releases • Delivered a robust generic API design and solution, PoC, CI automated tests

  • Customer Care Services Portals - Program Director at KEYTEO (Orange Business Services)
    Aug 2018 - Feb 2019 · 7 mos

    IT Service Centre Deputy Leader directing 3 complex and heterogeneous Agile projects using Java, .Net and Oracle. Provided Customer Care Services Portal support and API Architecture contribution to Architect Board, building a global API guideline. Notable Achievements • Successfully delivered the project despite the challenging heterogeneity of projects, tools and processes • Wrote and shared the global API guideline

  • OPEN (Orange Business Services) (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Customer Care Services Portals - External API Designer & Project Manager
      Oct 2017 - Jul 2018 · 10 mos

      IT Service Centre Deputy Leader. Designed and led the creation of business external API for OBS customers. Applied REST/JSON, .Net and Oracle and provided support to Customer Care Services Portals. Notable Achievements • Opened API despite the lack of pre-existing processes, working with several internal entities and a series of strategy conflicts and security issues • Successfully completed the project 100% remotely over several time zones

    • IT Service Center Manager
      Sep 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Led and managed 15 Project Managers, resolved a challenging work environment, restored release quality and re-built the client's trust, facilitating a contract renewal with the client. Applied DevOps transformation between the external code developer company and the complex client organisation. Notable Achievements • Achieved all objectives set by the client • Increased headcount in the PM Service Centre by over +20% by hiring and training new Project Managers • Hired and trained a new PM Service Centre Manager

    • Remote Lead IT Project Manager / Product Owner
      Jul 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Digitrust project, matrix managing 15 people in overseas teams 100% remotely that involved deep securing the network device services and bringing up the web portal access at a cost of €570,000 (1,300 people days) over 14 months. Used JS, .Net, HTML, Unix and Oracle post full conception. Multi-role position involving project management, product ownership and testing. Also encompassed a DevOps pilot project and HTML5 WebSocket first usage and involved high security stakes and integration management. Notable Achievements • Delivered project on time and within budget with very high-quality rating and customer satisfaction levels • Won the ‘Top 2017 Project’ award