Arsène Lavaux Santonacci
7x AI Founder. Fractional Chief Growth & Product Officer.
AI
Growth Hacking
Web3 Product Leadership
Team Leadership
Digital
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
French-American technologist specializing in creative AI with a human impact, fluent in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
I assist international and global startups from Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Global, and HEC in achieving sustainable growth and long-term unicorn valuations by using product experience as the foundation for effective scaling.
With a track record of triple-digit annual growth for dozens of deep tech AI startups and Fortune 50 companies, I am seeking a new fractional challenge, ideally one where my multicultural background can have a significant international impact.
Currently, I am leading the vision and operations of SilenceSilence.ai, a deep tech AI startup restoring natural voices to those who have lost theirs. We are shaping the future of thought-to-speech AI.
Deep tech AI, leadership, and international expertise: my unique strengths to join and grow an innovative, groundbreaking venture with global reach and significant human impact.
I assist international and global startups from Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Global, and HEC in achieving sustainable growth and long-term unicorn valuations by using product experience as the foundation for effective scaling.
With a track record of triple-digit annual growth for dozens of deep tech AI startups and Fortune 50 companies, I am seeking a new fractional challenge, ideally one where my multicultural background can have a significant international impact.
Currently, I am leading the vision and operations of SilenceSilence.ai, a deep tech AI startup restoring natural voices to those who have lost theirs. We are shaping the future of thought-to-speech AI.
Deep tech AI, leadership, and international expertise: my unique strengths to join and grow an innovative, groundbreaking venture with global reach and significant human impact.
Founder & CEO
SilenceSilence.ai
Since May 2024
- Silence Silence: Rediscover your natural voice.
- Restored Richard Colantuono's natural voice.
Here is our story: https://SilenceSilence.ai/our-story - Developed and implemented an AI-driven experience, validated product-market fit, and achieved four-figure revenue per patient through B2B2C distribution in the USA and Europe.
- Hatcher+ ranked SilenceSilence.ai as the 16th global startup in its Top 100 Startups in October 2024.
Founder & Chief Product and Growth Officer
GROWTH17
Since February 2022
- Identified product-market fit and initiated the first sales for several AI B2B SaaS startups from Techstars and 500 Global, including Natix.io, Noteworthy.ai, and miri.ai, enabling them to raise over $10 million in 2023 and 2024.
- Served as a growth hacking expert for the HEC startup incubator at STATION F in Paris, supporting existing startups with modern growth strategies and selecting new startups.
- Led growth hacking for the first-ever 500 Global Scale Up program worldwide, driving the growth of 15 startups in the scale-up phase ($1M to $10M ARR) during an in-person program in Cairo, Egypt.
Founder & CEO
REveo All-in-one-click Real Estate Showing™
January 2018
to February 2022
- Attracted, recruited, and developed a team of 20 talented professionals driven by a vision for Computer Vision AI in e-commerce. Distributed the solution via B2B SaaS to 2 million agents in the USA and Canada.
- Signed a global product integration and distribution agreement with Matterport™, the world leader in 3D virtual tours.
- Received multiple acquisition offers from major players in the global PropTech industry.
Growth Hacker & CMO
way.com
January 2016
to January 2018
- Recruited, trained, and led the growth team, leveraging expertise in mobile and web growth strategies to increase annual revenue from $9 million to over $27 million in less than a year, with a $6 million annual marketing budget.
- Positioned way.com as an "all-in-one service marketplace" and led fundraising efforts, securing over $4 million.
- way.com achieved unicorn valuation in 2024.
Growth Hacker
CISCO
January 2013
to December 2015
- Joined the core Marketing and Communications team to apply growth hacking expertise to global campaigns.
- Generated $822 million in annual revenue with a ROAS of 1,000%.
Director of e-Commerce, Direct, and Social Marketing
Newell Brands
August 2007
to January 2013
- Led a team of 10 in e-Commerce and Direct Marketing.
- Generated $2 billion in revenue with a $500 million marketing budget.
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Product Led Growth
Expert
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User Retention
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User Acquisition
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Revenue Growth
Expert
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Product Management
Expert
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Object Oriented Programming
Advanced
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Python
Advanced
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Prompt Engineering
Expert
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Inbound Marketing
Expert
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Paid Media
Advanced
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E-commerce
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Marketing Mobile
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English
Expert
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French
Expert
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Spanish
Advanced
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Italian
Expert
Earned an MBA in the United States with Magna Cum Laude honors, specializing in entrepreneurship at the university ranked #1 worldwide in the field.
Graduated as a radiocommunications engineer from a prestigious Grande École, completing an extended internship at SFR focused on team management and cellular network optimization.
Completed intensive preparatory courses for the competitive entrance exams to France’s top engineering Grandes Écoles.
- Acoustic guitar
- The Best Mobile App Hacks: 17 Actionable Ways to Skyrocket Growth
- Why AI Is Your New Growth Secret Weapon
- How we could buy Real Estate in 2030