PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
With over 30 years in IT and AI leadership roles at CGI, Sadie AI, and National Bank of Canada, I'm a dynamic leader passionate about driving transformational innovation. I specialize in strategic AI planning, roadmap execution, and building high-performing teams to deliver impactful, user-centric solutions. Deeply engaged in the AI community, I co-organize Generative AI Montreal, a vibrant network of 800+ members hosting monthly events to promote knowledge sharing and innovation. Analytical, rigorous, and collaborative, I’m dedicated to leveraging technology not just as a problem-solving tool, but as a catalyst for meaningful organizational change.
EXPERIENCE
Head of Technology
Sadie AI
May 2025 – Jul 2025 · 3 mos · Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Hybrid
- Led strategic and operational scaling of a voice AI platform for 24/7 virtual restaurant reception.
- Defined and executed a 90-day technology roadmap focused on stability, scalability, and integrations (e.g., Now Book It).
- Oversaw a cross-functional engineering team, managing daily execution, delivery milestones, and architecture decisions.
- Aligned technical delivery with go-to-market and customer experience goals in collaboration with CEO, Product, and Marketing.
- Delivered weekly executive briefings and detailed reports to CTO on progress, risks, and team performance.
- Spearheaded internal reorganization to reduce bottlenecks, clarify roles, and accelerate delivery speed.
- Improved dev workflows: GitHub automation, cloud infrastructure, and voice agent stability.
- Built technical foundations for scaling and long-term success in a high-growth, real-time AI environment.
Senior AI Strategy & Roadmap adviser
National Bank of Canada
Feb 2025 – May 2025 · 4 mos · Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Hybrid
- Accelerated AI adoption across SDLC to boost delivery efficiency and business value in Asset Management, Cards API Domain, and Compliance.
- Defined and executed AI vision and roadmap aligned with enterprise objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Led deployment of GitHub Copilot for developers and Copilot 365 agents for business users.
- Coordinated AI enablement across business analysts, developers, solution architects, and compliance specialists.
- Identified and prioritized high-value AI use cases, guiding initiatives from exploration to operational deployment.
- Drove AI literacy and change management programs to cultivate adoption and trust.
- Embedded generative AI in everyday tools and development environments to foster innovation.
Director Consulting Delivery Generative AI
CGI
Mar 2024 – Feb 2025
- Lead a 15-person AI consulting team delivering innovative solutions to global clients.
- Own CGI’s Generative-AI go-to-market, boosting operational efficiency and client engagement.
- Craft and present executive-level decks that win new business with VPs and C-suite sponsors.
- Recruit and mentor specialised AI talent, building high-performance delivery squads.
- Drive internal Gen-AI initiatives that streamline processes and foster a culture of innovation.
Team / Technical Lead IAC – Terraform cloud
CGI @ Canadian National
Dec 2023 – Feb 2024
- Shape the IaC roadmap and steer backlog grooming for a multi-cloud GCP environment.
- Prioritise and evangelise Terraform Cloud best practices across CN’s cloud teams.
- Set up end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with automated review, promotion and workflow regeneration.
- Govern DevOps tooling stack: Terraform Cloud, Azure DevOps, Git, NPM, Confluence, ADO Boards.
Generative AI / LLM Consultant
Tier Dev
May 2023 – Today
- Developed and fine-tuned Llama-2 and Mistral LLMs for domain-specific use-cases.
- Published vectors & datasets to Hugging Face; deployed models via Ollama + TGI.
- Launched educational YouTube tutorials and spoke at an industry Gen-AI conference.
- Founded the Generative AI Montréal meetup (12+ live events and counting).
GCP Platform Architect
Desjardins
Mar 2023 – May 2023
- Architected a secure, reliable, scalable GCP landing zone for enterprise workloads.
- Authored the migration roadmap ensuring compliance with stringent security controls.
- Partnered with Google engineers to overcome complex networking constraints.
- Championed SCRUM / SAFe practices using Jira and Confluence for knowledge sharing.
Developer Advocate – DevOps GCP
Desjardins
Jan 2021 – Apr 2023
- Advised engineering squads on GCP service adoption and DevOps culture.
- Created Java and Python IaC examples for GKE, Terraform, and serverless patterns.
- Wrote and maintained extensive Confluence documentation for 50+ internal teams.
Spring Dev/Ops Tanzu/Azure
Desjardins
May 2017 – Jan 2021
- Helped set up and use Pivotal Cloud Foundry (tools, methods, docs).
- Supported squads in incubation mode with pair programming.
- Built and deployed using TDD and CI/CD.
- Used Jenkins and Concourse pipelines.
- Applied SonarQube and XRay for code quality and security.
Senior Java Developer
Loto-Québec
Sep 2015 – Apr 2017
- Delivered features for the Hockey Pool platform and HR reporting applications.
- Tech stack: Spring Boot, Spring Batch, JBoss, J2EE, DB2 SQL, SOAP services.
Senior Java Developer
Visa Desjardins
May 2008 – Jul 2015
- Developed and maintained multiple J2EE applications in a high-volume payment context.
- Tech stack: Struts, Tomcat, JSF, DB2 SQL, Unix shell scripting.
Senior Java Developer
BNP Paribas
May 2007 – May 2008
- Gathered requirements, produced functional specs, sized workloads and led design.
- Delivered Timesheet (Tomnet), Onboarding (eEAF) and HR ClockNet portals for NYC teams.
- Tech stack: J2EE (Struts / JSP / EJB), Oracle, Agile iterations from Montréal near-shore.
Java Developer
Hydro-Québec
Apr 2002 – Apr 2007
- Contributed to RSSEP applications as part of the enterprise Java centre of excellence.
- Tech stack: Spring Framework, J2EE, Oracle, WebLogic.
EDUCATION
DUT Computer Science Management – IUT Orsay, Paris XI, 1993
Baccalauréat Scientifique – Lycée George Brassens, 1991