Maitre Thibault

Entrepreneur and Agile Coach

Location: Paris

Phone number 0033 6 67 89 73 54

maitre.thibault@gmail.com

About me

I am a seasoned professional with more than 10 years of experience in managing projects and programs in complex environments including a variety of domains (online gaming, banking, B2B, online advertising, automotive industry). I have an established reputation for dedication to client success and delivery of complex projects/solutions and am skilled at coordinating teams and working in international environments. I am knowledgeable in several in project management tools, processes, and techniques (Prince2 certification, agile methodology coaching and training).

Language skills

Languages

French - Native or bilingual proficiency

English - Native or bilingual proficiency

Education

09/2001 - 08/2005

Master in Management (Marketing Major)

HEC Paris

09/1999 - 07/2001

Classe Préparatoire Eco Cyr

Lycée Henri IV


Work experience

09/2016 - present

Founder (CFO and Agile Coach)

Datawhere, Paris (France) / Chennai (India) / Atsugi (Japan)

Operations Management

  • Business plan definition and follow-up
  • In charge of both financial and legal aspects (relationships with accountants, contract negotiation, billing)
  • Participation in hiring process


Consulting Activities

  • Agile Coaching
  • Support to delivery teams using Scrum and Kanban (product definition, agile best practices implementation, event moderation...)
  • Scrum Master training and support
  • Impediment identification and removal
  • Agile Change Management
  • Workshops and seminars moderation using serious games
  • "As-is" analysis and identification of areas of improvement
  • Support to both operational and managerial teams (business and IT)
  • Training
  • Agile introduction (values and principles, events, artefacts, best practices...)
  • Consulting 101: Introducing the basics

06/2010 - 08/2016

Senior Manager

InovenAltenor, Paris (France) / Bradford (England)

CRITEO - Salesforce Implementation 

  • 3000+ mandays
  • Program direction and coordination with business and technical teams (Salesforce development, interfaces, migration, testing, LoBs)
  • Supervision of business processes definition and implementation in Salesforce
  • Delivery follow-up
  • User training coordination and on-site support 
  • Budget follow-up and direct reporting to CTO


CREDIT AGRICOLE - Licensing Management Process Implementation

  • 100+ mandays
  • Documentation of "as is" and "to be" licensing management processes
  • Agile workshops moderation to help the team define how they could best work together and improve the current licensing management process


KOMPASS - E-Commerce Strategy Definition and Operational Implementation

  • 4000+ mandays
  • Redesign of Kompass' product offering (including features, supporting material, and pricing)
  • Coaching of the Marketing Department on competition analysis, SEO implementation, and market studies
  • Agile implementation of an e-commerce platform to support marketing and sales ambitions (69 countries, 26 languages)
  • Redesign of the corporate website and contribution to content definition and production
  • Program reporting for the CEO and Board of Directors
  • Supplier relationship management


AXA GLOBAL DIRECT - Online Subscription Platform Design & Implementation

  • 20000+ mandays
  • Atern DSDM definition and implementation of an online insurance subscription platform for Spain
  • Coordination of 4 teams spread over 3 different sites (France, Spain, Poland)
  • Release management in coordination with business and technical teams
  • Program reporting for the CEO

 

FULLTILT - Internal Audit

  • 30+ mandays
  • Collection of all relevant documentation
  • Technical audit of the datacenter located in Dublin
  • Process gap analysis (claimed vs. implemented)
  • Relationship management with the French Regulation Office (ARJEL)


REDCATS UK - Mainframe Decommissioning

  • 200+ mandays
  • Audit of remaining applications on the mainframe
  • Analysis of technical, financial, and human impacts of decommissioning
  • Supplier relationship management (both internal and external)
  • Operational reporting for the CEO and CFO


EUROSPORTBET - Consumer Behavior Analysis

  • 60+ days
  • Analysis of behavioral patterns to determine ways to maximize revenues
  • Qualitative interviews with selected players
  • Operational reporting for the CMO


08/2008 - 12/2009

Research Assistant in Behavioral Marketing

Cornell University / Stern School of Business, Ithaca (NY) / New York City (NY)

  • Main topics: fluency, emotions, decision-making
  • Definition of experimental designs
  • Literature reviews
  • Result analysis using SAS


11/2006 - 07/2008

Sales Representative (Account Manager & WebSphere on zSeries)

IBM, Paris

  • Participation in an international Consultative Selling Training Program (1-year program mixing training sessions all over Europe and customer-facing experience)
  • Customer relationship management for a major French player in the Energy & Utilities industry
  • Coordination of internal teams (prospection, commercial proposals)
  • WebSphere on zSeries sales including both software and appliances


09/2005 - 10/2006

Consultant

Eurogroup, Paris

French Department of Defense - Business Support System Implementation

  • 1000+ mandays
  • Implementation of a business support system for the French Department of Defense to manage the availability of resources (people, supplies, vehicles)
  • Coordination with the technical team to secure data flows and software integration
  • Change management preparation
  • Project reporting to Program Director