Louis Dreyfus Company

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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