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

Leading LDC’s journey to become technology and data driven organization

Head of Data Science and Analytics

Heading Technology and Operations Services at Louis Dreyfus Company. On an exciting journey to transform LDC to become a leading technology-driven merchant and processor of agricultural goods worldwide.

Chief Technology Officer

Grand Cru Deli

Making the world of wine accessible, one glass at a time. 

Food and Wine, Wine Education, Wine Tastings, Corporate Events, Private Events, Co-working

Proprietor

Maple Leaf Foods Inc

Building Digital services at the most sustainable protein company on Earth. Focus areas:
- Connecting digitally with customers and consumers, establishing e-commerce channel
- Data and analytics services, acceleration of automation and AI
- Mobility and Voice solutions to improve employee productivity
- Improving speed-to-market for new initiatives
- Open innovation ecosystem

VP, Digital & Innovation

Levio

Expansion of Levio brand and services outside of Quebec - GTA, US. Established the presence and grown 4x the revenues and 3x the headcount.

Key industries: Insurance, Finance, Healthcare, Retail
Key services: Digital Transformation, IT modernization, Development, Program and Project Management

Partner and Strategic Advisor

Procter & Gamble

End to end accountability for transformation and delivery of IT and business services for P&G Canada and Puerto Rico. Organization responsibility for 120 IT and shared services professionals. 

Focus areas: Innovation, Design Thinking, Emerging Technologies (AI/ML, AR/VR, IoT, Blockchain), Digital, Data and Analytics, Cloud, Enterprise Security, End to End Business Planning Transformation, Project and Program Management.

Head of IT and Business Services - Canada and Puerto Rico

Led global program, with focus on digitizing and mobilizing major processes and tools at P&G. This resulted in 15-20% productivity improvement for the front end sales organization, real-time collaboration between marketing and sales, and jump in customer satisfaction.

Wide technology stack included: Hardware (iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows mobile), TelCo (AT&T, Verizon, Vodaphone), Device Management (Afaria, Airwatch), Security (Junos, Anyconnect), App development (Swift, Kotlin, Java, AngularJS, Cordova, HTML5), CRM (Salesforce, SAP CRM) and CMS (Sharepoint, Box)

Enterprise Mobility and Paperless Sales Systems

Innovated and implemented Real-Time Distributor Collaboration capabilities in Eastern Europe, and then in CEEMEA region, with over 100 distributors in scope. This capability allowed to gain visibility to distributor sales, gain insights on distributor performance, introduce new Pay for Performance bonus system, introduce perfect store programs and significantly improve supply chain metrics (case fill rate, inventory, cycle time).
Technology stack included custom-built collaboration platform, Big Data, Oracle BI suite (OBIEE), Spotfire.

Distributor Systems Manager, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

Led the transformation of the distribution network in Central Europe. This included implementation of central warehouse capabilities in Poland and Czech Republic; and transition of OSB (Order-Shipping-Billing) platform from AS400 mainframe to SAP SD.

Central Europe Supply Chain Systems manager

Managed regional and global portfolios for integrated supply chain systems. Key deliverables include integration of Wella and Gillette supply chain systems; qualification of advanced line scheduling systems (OMP, Smartplanner, SAP PPDS) and implementation of global demand and distribution requirements systems.

Integrated planning systems manager

Led regional acquisitions portfolio, including selection, due diligence and transition/integration efforts for the target companies.

Acquistion manager

ERP platform owner for P&G Eastern Europe. Led projects focused on improving manufacturing, finance & accounting and purchasing processes and systems in Eastern Europe.

Systems and Projects manager

UMRC (exclusive partner of ACNielsen Ukraine)

Engagement Lead

LiveRepair.com, Inc.

Led setup and scaling of the teams supporting B2C and B2B operations

Team Lead

My passions:
- Exploring disruptive technologis and applying them to solve real business problems. 
- Generating value with use of data and analytics.
- Creating great user and customer experiences.
- Mentoring and coaching future leaders.
- Enjoying great wines and delicious food.

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