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

Routa Digital

CISO, Partner and Startups Advisor

Partner

HCL Technologies

Associate Director

General Manager

Enterprise Architecture ● Strategic Planning ● Technology Direction, Design/Delivery & Implementation ● Leading Engineering Team
Other key roles:
•	Business leader for Messaging, Collaboration, UC, AD, DNS, Storage, Cloud, Command Center and Data Center services
•	Project Director for Logical Security initiative for HCL group
•	IT Architect for new JVs and Mergers
•	Head for new initiatives engineering (BYOD, Digital, DC Modernisation, Hyper-converged infra and others)

Head, Central Solutions Team, Global IT

Steria India Ltd

CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparing response to one or more domains or technologies encompassing:
DC Build & Transformation (Consolidation, Migration and Modernisation), Infrastructure services transition (service desk, RIMS and BPO)
Server, storage, backup, databases, networks, switches, routers, load balancers
OS platforms, web servers, applications (ERP, middleware, ITOM)
Virtualization, security, infrastructure monitoring and support tools, messaging etc.
Steria specific niche solutions in Homeland Security, Transport, Utility and Hospitalization space

Team management including induction, training, development planning etc.
Be a mentor, counselor and guide to the solutions and delivery teams
Responsible to use Marketing Department to prepare case studies, success stories, testimonials, video testimonials, and White Papers for demonstrating the IT Services delivery capabilities
Manage and lead the Innovation teams to ensure we are always on top of the latest technology and have POC to gain business in the new areas
To maintain close eye on the technology trends and growth areas
Budget management for Solutions team
Representing Steria during pre-bid meetings, managing a floor walk, discussing opportunities with prospective clients
Reporting to Solutions Director and Infrastructure Delivery Head with required set of reports
Responsible for keeping technology vendors engaged at strategic levels for achieving economy of scale for different bids

Head, Infrastructure Solutions, Steria India Ltd

Infrastructure Consulting
Enterprise Data Center Solutions
Disaster Recovery Services
Cloud Computing Consulting

Lead Consultant, Data Centre Transformation

MphasiS, An EDS Company

Infrastructure Services Manager - ITO

EDS, an HP Company

Project Lead - Apps Shared Support Center

Samtech Infonet Ltd.

Project Manager : Systems Integration

Ezode Technologies

MTS, Circulation

Startec Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Sr. Network Administrator

Ashtech Infotech Pvt Ltd

Customer Support Engineer

IT Delivery | Strategy | Transformation | Program Management | Consulting with 28 years of rich industry experience | Orchestrated and managed projects over USD 2 Billion of value

Area of Expertise
•	Executive Level Organization and Management - Create, manage and collaborate with executives in order to successfully bridge different parts of the business and IT organization to achieve successful results
•	Leadership & Organizational Change – Aces the role of leadership in dealing with culture and help facilitate and lead the roadmap that effectively leads to positive change within the organization
•	Business Transformation – Facilitate change driven by mapping business intent to technology capabilities through the assessment of customers, strategies and compliance/regulatory/governance requirements within the cultural framework of an organization
•	Developing Strategic Partnerships - Create strategic partnerships from within the organization as well as with vendors in order to achieve positive business and IT results for their best capabilities and assistance
•	Financial Management, Expense Control - Manage fiscal responsibilities in order to balance the needs of the business, technologies and requirements that are measurable in order to achieve financial success
•	Training and Education– Plan, Develop, and provide training and staff development programs. Coordinate, create and establish courses which are technically and professionally focused
•	Productivity Improvements - Realize significant improvements and efficiencies by performing in-depth team management and pro-active processes, technology based analysis and code reviews to maximize productivity
•	Technology and Innovation Analysis - Analyze current business objectives and capabilities through the use of proven tools architectural blueprinting tools; then create and lead strategic vision that leverages new and existing technologies through innovative use of implementable in-house or commercially available solutions

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