Louis Dreyfus Company

Leading core technology and cybersecurity for LDC, a $59B trading business across 100+ countries. Focused on accelerating innovation, leveraging data, and optimizing costs.
Spearheading initiatives in cloud and edge computing, cybersecurity, digital workplaces, and network modernization.

Key achievements 
✦ Orchestrated C-suite strategy to achieve key business milestones.
✦ Saved $9M over 5 years via Azure cloud migration and DC shutdown.
✦ Cut 18% in technical debt in 1 year through modernization.
✦ Doubled bandwidth while reducing costs by 15% via SD-WAN.
✦ Increased project delivery speed through Agile methods.
✦ Boosted operational scalability via infrastructure automation.
✦ Initiated a multi-year digital resilience program.
✦ Improved cost-efficiency leveraging near/offshores locations.

Global Head of technology & Group CISO

Accelerated the cybersecurity transformation. Managed a multimillion-dollar budget and forged C-suite alliances to strategically expedite cybersecurity initiatives and risk management.

Key Achievements:
✦ Directed cybersecurity strategic planning aligned with business goals.
✦ Spearheaded IT/OT cybersecurity strategy, mitigating key threats.
✦ Built 24/7 SOC; cut incident response to <1hr.
✦ Led cross-functional teams to raise NIST score by 54%.
✦ Halved vulnerabilities via targeted patch management.
✦ Secured digital projects via DevSecOps integration.
✦ Cut phishing clicks from 16% to 4% via user training.
✦ Orchestrated crisis management and disaster recovery plans.

Global Head of Cyber Security & Risk | Group CISO

Define, deliver, and support end-to-end IT services for Digital Workplace, Service Desk, Process Automation, HR, and Communication worldwide. Managed 34 professionals and a $12M annual budget. 

❖❖  Digital workplace ❖❖ 
✦ Create a blueprint for action that aligns digital initiatives with company business objectives.
✦ Deploy new collaboration landscape (Office 365, Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams)
✦ Global migration of 12k PC and 6.5k mobile devices to Windows 10 and Intune 
✦ Sustain existing unified communication with Cisco VoIP and deployment of WebEx
✦ Create digital usage adoption plan to boost collaboration and elevate usage by 140% in 1 year.
✦ Drive cost optimization thanks to an extensive revamp of digital workplace support model 

❖❖ Intelligent process automation ❖❖
✦ Setup process automation IT services from ideation / business case to industrialization.
✦ Provide ongoing management and leadership for Robotic Process Automation (RPA / UiPath) and rapid application development (low code BPM / Pega) 
✦ Enable creation of 4 RPA center of excellence in Brazil, US, India and France which automated 26 process in 9 months.
✦ Setup lowcode delivery team in Bulgaria 
✦ Deployment of 4 “lowcode” application in less than 12 months in agile mode (Pega platform) 

❖❖ HR and communication ❖❖
✦ Extend workday HRIS scope by deploying absence management and employee self-service in 25 countries
✦ Manage HR contract renewal & negotiation generating 1.2m$ savings over 3years
✦ Implement the company’s first Learning Management System (Litmos LMS)
✦ Lead corporate website redesign

❖❖ IT transformation ❖❖
✦ Supporting creation of a new competency framework, culture, communication plan, and organization design
✦ Create an organizational change management practice integrated to facilitate adoption of new usage.

Senior IT Service Manager - Digital workplace, Process Automation

Develop and deliver best in class services for Communication, Collaboration and Human resources worldwide. Manage and hire a team of 10 people in France, Italy, Bulgaria and India. Budget of 5.3m$

❖❖ Collaboration & portals ❖❖
✦ Rationalization of SharePoint application portfolio: service offering, delivery model, infrastructure & migration.
✦ Deployment of Office 365: SharePoint online, OneDrive, Office Groups, Nintex
✦ Setup of rapid delivery team for small app & process; 40+ apps deployed. (2 persons in Bulgaria / India)
✦ Build and animation of change management practices & community for the group. 

❖❖ Communication ❖❖ 
✦ Deployment of corporate & 20+ market specific websites: (www.ldc.com)
✦ Roll-out of corporate & regional intranets, Newsletter for 18 000 employees (SharePoint)
✦ Manage rebranding of internal & public facing IT systems following company identity change (177 apps, 16 teams, 4 month)

❖❖ Human resources ❖❖ 
✦ Roll-out of HR ERP for 55 countries in 3 years. (Workday)
✦ Build HR reporting system providing analytic capabilities on global workforce (Organization, performance and cost)

I'm also participating actively on major IT department transformation including: IT process & operating model -  Make or buy strategy - Shared service center creation in India then Bulgaria.

IT Service Manager - HR, Collaboration & Communication

Evanta, a Gartner Company

A peer-driven community with an agenda shaped by a leadership team of influential CIOs and CISOs from the France's largest organizations, all with a focus on driving real-world solutions to the leadership challenges CIOs and CISOs face in today's business climate.

By CIO/CISO, Leaders learning from Leaders.

The Governing Body determines topics, nominates speakers, peers and vets technology partners.

CIO/CISO Community Governing Body Member

Served as the end-to-end owner of the Collaboration solution and finance Business Intelligence for the European and Black Sea region, ensuring the solution was in sync with the service strategy and ran smoothly. Continually monitored KPIs to maximize value, adoption, and satisfaction of the solution across the organization. 

★ Managed a team of three people to develop all new solutions and provided dedicated Tier 1, 2 and 3 escalations to maintain operations and continuity. 

★ Supported and deployed the Operational BI for Finance ERP, consisting of Dynamics AX, SSRS, and SQL. 

★ Oversaw SharePoint and its collaborative solutions, including SharePoint, Nintex, C#, and Asp.net. 

★ Acted as project manager for multiple small initiatives, and managed all solution evolutions, changes, new requirements, infrastructure, and documentation.

Solution manager - Finance BI & Collaborative solutions

Orange Business Services

Acted as technical lead, manager, and support for 5 development team members, while also defining software architecture, writing functional specifications, and facilitating the creation of project methodology for the Lyon agency. Prototyped applications, optimized its performance, and developed complex features to appeal to targeted audience segments. Animated the global architecture community for both Paris and Lyon agencies. 

★ Overhauled the Intranet’s “CasWeb” as well as several collaborative portals for the Casino Group, serving as the SharePoint team lead and delivering the project within nine months. 

★ Assembled “Espace Fournisseur,” which paved the way for an easily manageable RFP process for La Poste, acting as the SharePoint team lead and completing the project in six months. 

★ Architected the dematerialization of the invoicing process for Bouygues Immobilier, finishing the project in seven months and generating a significant improvement in vendor and invoicing management. 

★ Worked as the Technical Project Manager on a year-long project to redesign seven “Group Seb” websites across 30 countries.

Architect & Technical Project Manager

Established and maintained the integrity of 2 projects throughout their entire lifecycle, delivering all results on time and within budget. Promoted to a position of increased authority due to strong teamwork, customer service, technical knowledge, and strong leadership skills of a dedicated, three-person team. Cultivated and managed partnership with our client, as well as answering to RFPs. Oversaw the technical architecture, software development, and quality insurance protocols for the department.  

♦ Restored the “aeroportsdeparis.fr” portal, delivering the final product within three months. 
♦ Guided a nine-month-long roadmap to create an "asset inventory and monitoring" application for Nokia/Philips.

Project Manager

EADS

Garnered valuable training in software development, while designing applications for various computer and integrated systems.

♦ Complied with all requirements while creating a data management application linked to SAP.
♦ Led the development and roll-out of the solution to 60K end-users.

Software Developer

Symetrix

With over 20 years in the tech and cybersecurity sectors, I've led digtial transformations for multi-national companies, managing budgets in the millions and teams across continents. 

I'm passionate about aligning technology with business vision. Whether it's saving millions through strategic cloud migration or enhancing cybersecurity postures, my focus is on delivering tangible results.

I'm always eager to collaborate with professionals who are as passionate about tech innovation and cybersecurity as I am. 

Let's turn a LinkedIn connection into a meaningful collaboration.

Sébastien Carriere

-	Accountable to provide seamless Edge Computing services across all global regions supporting LDC operations and digital transformation in a cost-effective way.
-	Create, publish and implement the strategy and roadmap for computing services solution in Edge Computing domain.
-	Accountable to lead highly engaged teams of internal and external resources in different locations, cultures and countries, delivering the enterprise mission and vision and adhering to enterprise commitments/values.
-	End to end accountability for plan, build and run and the successful delivery of technology projects and services as measured through value, cost, quality (service levels) and schedule. This includes the full lifecycle of the solutions, projects and services, including strategy, planning, architecture, design, operations, maintenance and decommissioning.
-	Ensure compliance with and participate in continuous improvement of organizational standards, practices and methodologies.
-	Define, track, measure and report on critical success factors and key performance indicators.
-	Partner for success across the Information Technology ecosystem and with our business partners and our suppliers.
-	Efficiently plan and manage projects and services budgets, according to enterprise investments and strategies.
-	Deliver projects, platform or service analysis, design, and build on computer technologies for Edge Computing as necessary in a self-motivated manner and consistent with Engineering Release Plan and project deliverables.
-	Accountable for technical solutions that meet the needs of our business units in a cost-efficient manner.

Main achievements:
-	Inventory of global assets at Edge Computing in all local sites in Industries, Warehouses, Offices, Ports and farms.
-	Created a strategy for Edge Computing are to support LDC Digitalization Strategy
-	Created a refresh and optimization plan with each Regional IT organization
-	Supported Industry 4.0 projects implementation around the globe

Global Head of Edge Computing

Mais Vívida

Membro do conselho consultivo

Executive responsible for strategic planning, roadmap creation and management of technology teams and suppliers. Engaging the company to use technological resources more efficiently. 
Contact with Startups ecosystem, innovation Hubs, Venture Capital and academic institutions. Growth director for new markets, B2B contracts and partnership alliances.
Main achievements:
-	Supported contacts and relation with VCs
-	Launched the Web-App to support the first B2B contract
-	Implemented technological stack framework
-	Introduced Slack and later Discord as collaboration tools
-	Use shortcut.com as sprint planning tool
-	Supported adoption of prototyping and testing tools Figma and Useberry
-	Initial contacts with Portugal and Spain innovation ecosystems

CTO and Product & Growth Director

Mobye - Mobilidade Elétrica

Board of Advisors

Scania Group

Regional Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for LATAM
Digitalization Officer for Latin America
Senior Executive Manager of 06 teams (20 persons), responsibilities:
-	Information Security: Policies, education, audit & compliance and security tools
-	IT Enterprise Architecture (Enterprise framework and blueprints)
-	Digitalization and Innovation Architects
-	Data Management (BI, Advanced Analytics, Data Lake, Data Governance)
-	Cloud Architecture ( Infra, methods, tools, onboarding – IAAS, PAAS, DevOps, CI/CD)
-	Systems Integration (B2B, A2A, API Management, Data streaming, IOT Platform)
Main achievements:
-	Established Digital Office Network in Brazil, connected to the Global Digital Office team.
-	Contacts with Startup ecosystem, open innovation, and academy institutes.
-	Use of BI and Advanced Analytics to analyze production tools applying predictive maintenance using PowerBI and Alteryx.
-	Industry 4.0 projects, connectivity, IOT, AR/VR, Computing Vision, data to data lake, etc.
-	Created technical education tracks with HR for Information Security, Data Scientists, Industry 4.0 and Digitalization.
-	LGPD/GDPR project on IT to be compliance with law in accordance with corporate DPO.
-	Information Security Awareness program to all employees in Brazil.
-	SOC ( Security Operations Center ). Connected to the global ISec Team.
-	Security incident handling and response to threats and support to forensics analysis..
-	Risk analysis, BCP ( Business Continuity Plans ), DRP , Internal and external audits and penetration tests.
-	Agile methodology implementation (SCRUM / KANBAN ).
-	Business Process Automation with RPA tools reducing repetitive tasks and increasing performance. 
-	Electronic document signature, reducing the lead time, paper and transport costs.
-	Development of Chatbot for Customer Support.
-	Cloud adoption to AWS (VPN, VPC, Direct Connect), education and mentoring of IT Developers.
-	WSO2 for API Management and evaluated KAFKA for data streaming.

Head of Digital Transformation and Information Security

Executive Senior Manager of 03 teams in Sweden/India ( ~25 persons) globally responsible for:
-	SAN & File Storage and Backup platforms and services
-	X.86 Server hardware for Windows, Linux, VmWare and HPC
-	Virtualization platforms mainly with VmWare and KVM.
Active Board Member of Storage, Backup and Compute platforms at Volkswagen Group, globally responsible for defining strategies, technologies and suppliers for the entire VW Group.
Coordination among Main Site in Sweden, Regional sites in Brazil/Hong Kong and Local Production sites in Europe (Sweden/France/Netherlands/Belgium/Finland). 
Managing yearly investments above 30M EUR 

Main achievements:
-	Created together with other VW Brands 02 Technical Expert Communities to define Storage and Compute strategy to all Volkswagen Brands Worldwide (VW, Porsche, Audi, Seat, Skoda, VW Financial Services, Scania, MAN, MAN Energy Solutions)
-	Defined, procured and implemented New Storage Platform together with VW Group Brands, reducing ~50% of storage costs.
-	Introduced and implemented HUAWEI as storage supplier to Scania Group worldwide.
-	Defined, procured and implemented New Compute platform based on x86 technology together with VW Group Brands, reducing ~45% of server hardware costs.
-	Implemented Managed Services with provider LTI (India) with onsite and offshore resources, reducing costs in ~15% while extending service hours from 9x5 to 24x7.
-	Redefined Storage and Server Services, creating different performance steps to adapt to new business demands like HPC, Mainframe, Cloud pools and low latency applications.
-	Established Global vendor management to entire Scania Group for storage and server HW.
-	Agile methodology implementation in all 03 teams.

Global Head for Storage, Server and Virtualization

Senior Manager of 04 teams in Brazil (45 persons), with the following responsibility:
-	Information Security: Education, audits (COBIT), compliance and tools (antivirus/IPS)
-	DataBase Oracle and SQL, AD, IIS, Windows / Linux Servers, Exchange and Citrix
-	Infra Base (LAN/WAN/WLAN, Firewall, Proxy, VPN and Data/Tele communication)
-	Application Integration (B2B and A2A) and IT Architecture (Software, Infra and IT4IT)
IT manager for Scania Production in Tucuman (05 persons).
Responsible for several finance activities and presentations to LATAM executive board, such as IT Portfolio (Products & Services calculation), Investment Plan and Forecast (CAPEX/OPEX).
Main achievements:
-	Consolidated and virtualized server platform to reduce license costs and data center space.
-	IT Infrastructure, communication, workplace equipment and operation to the new Logistic Parts Center in Vinhedo and New TopCoat Cabin Factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo.
-	WAN Service provider review, consolidation and segmentation reducing costs ~30%.

Head of IT Infrastructure LATAM

Senior Manager of 03 teams in Brazil (57 persons), with the following responsibility:
-	Service Desk (Customer Support and Access Management)
-	Workshop and workplace technicians
-	Back Office (Focal Point, Level 2 and IAS-Infrastructure and Application Support)
Responsible for several finance activities and presentations to LATAM executive board, such as IT Portfolio (Products & Services calculation), Investment Plan and Forecast (CAPEX/OPEX).
Data Center Responsibility for Regional and Business Units sites – ( 10 Data Centers ).
Main achievements:
-	Implementation of Global Process for Incident, Change and Problem management in Brazil based on ITIL v3 and creation of Scania Focal Point in Brazil.
-	Customer support 24x7, as part of the global Customer Support (following the sun concept)
-	Implementation of Application Service Desk for LATAM, consolidated in Brazil.
-	Execution of second Data Center in Brazil to split load, create Disaster Recovery (DR) site and Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

Head of IT Operations LATAM

Manager of a team of 08 persons responsible for:
-	Data Center operations and facilities infrastructure (24x7 operation)
-	Infrastructure Monitoring
-	Change management process
-	ISec : Education, audits and compliance
-	Document management and graphical production
Main achievements:
-	Implementation of monitoring aligned with main site in Sweden
-	Development of DC Operations technicians to became Level 2 support
-	Improvement of document scanning platform at Digitalization area

Manager for Back Office Area in Brazil

IT coordinator for Windows Services and platform, responsible for: Microsoft Active Directory (MS-AD), Windows Terminal Server (WTS), Exchange Server, IIS application server, Proxy Server and Windows File server.
-	Process alignment and way of working with global teams in Sweden.

IT coordinator

IT Architect responsible for, design, implementation and support for IT base services (LAN, WAN, WLAN, Firewall, DNS/DHCP, Proxy, Video Conference and VPN for remote access and site connection)

IT support analyst

Technical Responsible for Network design and implementation (LAN-WAN-WLAN) for the regional site in Brazil, Dealers Network and Business Units in Latin America.
	Technical Responsible for IT-Security services (Firewall, VPN, McAfee ePO server and PointSec disk encryption).

Senior Network Analyst

TLS Manutenção de equipamentos Ltda.

IT Technician responsible at SCANIA customer for LAN/WAN connectivity, Firewall design and administrator, Proxy Services

Joint Owner

More than 30 years of experience in IT business developed in Brazil and abroad, working in global companies like Louis Dreyfus Company, Scania Latin America, Scania CV AB, Grupo Volkswagen
•	Global Head of Server & Edge Computing, Storage & Backup and Virtualization
•	Regional Head of IT business areas: Digitalization, Innovation, Data Management, Cloud, Information Security, IT Infrastructure/Operations and Architecture
•	Leading global teams for more than 20 years supporting Industrial & Commercial Operations, R&D and Finance Companies in Brazil, Americas Region and Sweden.
•	Great international experience, leading project, change management in several countries including 4 years as expatriate at Scania Headquarter in Sweden with Global responsibility. 	
•	Regional Data Center responsible for Americas Region ( 10 sites )
•	Regional CISO for LATAM region connected to Global CISO
•	Regional Digital Officer for LATAM
•	Board member of Volkswagen IT Global Group.
•	Entrepreneur, investor, founder and board advisor of startups
•	Connected to Innovation Hubs, Venture Capital, Acceleration, and academy.   
•	Financial processes, handling Investment Plan (CAPEX), Rolling Forecast (OPEX), IT Budget, Cost Follow-up, IT Services Price List calculation, Vendor Management, purchasing and leasing processes.

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