PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dynamic Leader with a commitment to driving transformational innovation. I excel in strategic planning and people management, driving innovative solutions that enhance operational efficiency. Passionate about talent acquisition, I have successfully built high-performance teams and delivered impactful presentations to secure key business opportunities.

EXPERIENCE

March 2024 - Present
Director Consulting Delivery Generative AI
CGI
  • As Director of Consulting Delivery Generative AI at CGI, lead a team of 15 AI specialists in delivering innovative AI solutions to clients.
  • My focus is on building CGI's Generative AI proposition, enhancing operational efficiencies, and driving client engagement through innovative AI applications.
  • Passionate about leveraging AI for complex problem solving and digital advancement.
  • Lead and manage a high-performing team of 15 professionals in delivering client consulting services.
  • Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations and decks tailored to customer needs and expectations.
  • Collaborate with Vice Presidents to effectively pitch proposals and secure business opportunities.
  • Supervise the recruitment and assembly of specialized teams to capitalize on emerging AI-powered solutions.
  • Drive the development and implementation of Generative AI initiatives for internal use, fostering innovation and efficiency.
January 2024 - Present
Team/Technical Lead IAC - Terraform cloud
CGI
  • Organize and plan the backlog of the team according to the roadmap.
  • Prioritize all Terraform cloud / ACO giving practice at CGI for cloud deployment (GCP).
  • Set-up of the CI/CD automated pipeline, review, delivery, protection, promotion, and auto-workflow regeneration routines.
  • Tools: Terraform Cloud, Azure DevOps/VSTS/Git, NPM, GCP, Confluence, Teams/ MS Board
November 2023 - December 2023
Generative AI / LLM
TIER DEV
  • Developed LLM model for a specialized use.
  • Fine-tuned model based on Python data sets.
  • Vector and dataset published on Logging (fine-ttine/model/api_public_bme).
  • Development based on the open-source model Vicuna/Alpaca/Lama-2/open/mistral.
  • Successfully deployed applications with Ollam in GCP CS API.
  • DAO LLM based on training and validation.
  • Negative transformers.
  • Created a YouTube channel on tutorials and generators.
  • Gave a speech at an industry conference on GenAI and how to build a personal chatbot.
  • Contributed with my own data on front of more than 30 projects in GCP and on OpenAI infrastructure.
  • Will give 1 presentation in sessions at Codex 2024 a major technical venue.
  • Tools: OML, ChatGPT
May 2019 - May 2023
GCP Platform Architect
Desjardins
  • Architect of the GCP platform to design and implement a secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure meeting Desjardins' needs.
  • Design and implement the platform migration roadmap to ensure that only secure (foundation) integrates seamlessly into existing systems and forms a solid foundation for future growth and modernization following best security practices.
  • Deploy and maintain high-availability workloads to achieve improved uptime that have zero downtime (Zero Trust).
  • Collaborate with Google to help to overcome GCP network limitations.
  • Work with the architecture team to ensure robustness of the interconnection infrastructure while maintaining regulatory compliance using modern cybersecurity security.
  • Agile methodology: SCRUM, SAFe, Jira, Confluence
May 2017 - May 2023
Developer Advocate - DevOps GCP
Desjardins
  • Guided IT teams, managed assessment and analyzed all GCP services, providing Confluence page for teams, and the development practices of the new Google Cloud Platform (GCP) team at Desjardins.
  • Created and maintained examples of infrastructure-as-code using the GCP services in Java and Python, including Google Kubernetes Engine and Terraform, and documentation for various GCP services.
  • Agile methodology: SCRUM, SAFe, Jira, Confluence
November 2015 - April 2017
Senior Java Developer
LOTO-QUÉBEC
  • Contributed to various projects such as the Hockey Pool and multiple HR application reports.
  • Technical Environment: Spring Boot, Spring Batch, JBoss, J2EE, DB2 SQL, SOAP
May 2009 - September 2015
Senior Java Developer
Visa Desjardins
  • Worked on several J2EE applications as a senior Java developer.
  • Technical Environment: Struts, Tomcat, JSF, DB2 SQL, Unix
May 2007 - May 2009
Senior Java Developer
BNP Paribas
  • Responsible for gathering business requirements, drafting functional specifications, estimating workloads, and designing software.
  • Delivered solutions from Montreal for internal needs in New York including: Tomnet (timesheet management), eEAF (employee onboarding), RH ClockNet (HR timesheet portal)
  • Technical Environment: J2EE (technical stack not fully detailed)
August 2002 - April 2007
Java Developer
Hydro-Québec
  • Participated in the development of RSSEP applications as a senior Java developer.
  • Technical Environment: Spring Boot, J2EE

EDUCATION

DUT Computer Science Management
IUT Orsay, Paris XI
France, 1993
Baccalauréat S
Lycée George Brassens
France, 1991