François Fournier
Entrepreneur, Chartered Manager (CMgr MCMI), TOGAF9 certified Enterprise Architect, Technologist, Maker
Toulouse Area France
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
Chartered Manager (CMgr MCMI), Entrepreneur and Technologist (including PhD). I come from the world of Software Engineering and Data management, then I practiced project management and team management for a while. I now focus mostly on Entrepreneurship, Enterprise Architecture, governance and management in an innovation context.
I am a worldwide person with an appetite for all cultures, all over the globe. Multiple time expatriated, I have links locally, nationally and worldwide. I am a best-practice Management fan, Continuous Professional Development and D.I.Y. enthusiast. I am a Maker, passionate about innovation, communication and more generally: people. Efficient and Effective, I value working smarted over working longer. I am not adept of the "looking busy" movement, I strongly favour the "organised" and "defined" approach to things.
http://www.francoisfournier.eu/
Specialities and Interests: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Big Data, Data Science, Management (Chartered Manager), Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF9 certified), Technical Management, Strategy advisor, Coach, Consultant, Enmployee engagement, Work-life balance, sociology, psychology, philosophy, organisational engineering, Arts and Culture, Economic Empowerment, Education, Environment, Human Rights, Science and Technology, Poverty Alleviation, best-practice management.
I am a worldwide person with an appetite for all cultures, all over the globe. Multiple time expatriated, I have links locally, nationally and worldwide. I am a best-practice Management fan, Continuous Professional Development and D.I.Y. enthusiast. I am a Maker, passionate about innovation, communication and more generally: people. Efficient and Effective, I value working smarted over working longer. I am not adept of the "looking busy" movement, I strongly favour the "organised" and "defined" approach to things.
http://www.francoisfournier.eu/
Specialities and Interests: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Big Data, Data Science, Management (Chartered Manager), Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF9 certified), Technical Management, Strategy advisor, Coach, Consultant, Enmployee engagement, Work-life balance, sociology, psychology, philosophy, organisational engineering, Arts and Culture, Economic Empowerment, Education, Environment, Human Rights, Science and Technology, Poverty Alleviation, best-practice management.
Founder & CEO
Simitless
Since March 2014
- Creating a Business Intelligence Platform for automated data structure design, BI, ERP, CMS, EDM.
- Entrepreneurship, Startup Management, Product Design and Architecture.
Management Consultant
Freelance
Since March 2014
- Product technical requirements, Business analysis, Project management, Technical and management recruiting, Development methodologies training, Change management for technical teams, Strategy development support, Staff engagement, Technology transfer, Career coaching, mentoring, CV review services
Project Manager
Percall
June 2013
to March 2014
- Project and Team Management. Back office team management of an onsite client project, technical expertise for feasibility investigation on an Airbus project. Internal coaching for project and people management techniques.
Team leadership, Senior Software Engineer
IHS
October 2011
to May 2013
- Business analysis, project management and software engineering support for offshore oil rig business intelligence and data management tools. Liaising with cross-functional distributed teams of 3 to 5. Technologies: Java, Javascript, .NET. (Comp)
Business and technology management consultant
François Fournier Consulting
November 2009
to May 2013
- Handled the recruiting process for startups on time and on budget.
- Part-time independent freelance consultant for individuals and small companies. Technical lead and project manager for startups (conducted specification and recruitment processes), career advice and mentoring for students and professionals.
Knowledge Transfer Associate, R&D Management, Data Science
Robert Gordon University
October 2008
to September 2011
- Project Management, Business Analysis and Product R&D. Led the development of offshore drilling rig operations models and modelling algorithms for oil rig efficiency forecasting, managed the relationship on behalf of the project team with the public funding body, managed the project and optimized the use of the crossfunctional and geographically distributed team (3 to 5 people). Technologies: research tools developed in Java and using internal Data Mining libraries.
- R&D Project Management, in partnership with ODS-Petrodata Ltd, Aberdeen (acquired by IHS Inc., April 2011)
Software Engineer, Project Leadership
ODS-Petrodata
September 2006
to October 2008
- Project Leadership, Led and managed the specification process and the creation of a generic framework for data input applications development (Java, XML, SQL, PHP, HTML) within a team of 3, designed and deployed a worldwide distributed file sharing system, specified and implemented a search engine to support client usability queries within the company's main product.
Computing Engineer (acting team leader)
Smart Light Devices Limited
December 2005
to December 2006
- Project lead and project management, team management, software architecture, Software and Embedded developments (C, C++, Java). Acted as computing department manager. Selection and recruitment of applicants, program management, scheduling and planning
Computing Consultant
Freelance
September 1999
to May 2006
- Web development, computer training, network installation
- Computing support and deployment, web development in France (1999-2004), Mexico (2004) and Scotland (2004-2005).
Founder & Lead Developer
WebPageSystem
September 2004
to November 2005
- Migrated content to Google Sites upon their launch (more advanced and more cost effective solution - free)
- Designed and created a CMS for website generation (PHP4, CSS, Javascript, MySQL)
Sotware Intern
Simitel, S. de R.L. de C.V.
March 2004
to August 2004
- Development of a prototype of a voice-controlled juke-box and new office network installation
Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Probabilistic Models
Level 5 diploma in Management and Leadership
Chartered Management Institute
September 2008
to June 2011
Management
S-SI (Mechanics & Electronics specialisation, Maths, Physics, Chemistry)
- Market Intelligence
- Real Time web applications
- Domain Experts Targeting
- Data Analytics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Management & Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- Creative Entrepreneurship
- Early-stage Startups
- Startup Management
- Startup Development
- Lean Startup
- Internet Entrepreneur
- Ethical Leadership
- Management
- Software Development
- Green Management
- Business Intelligence
- Web Development
- Business Analysis
- Project Management
- Artificial Intelligence
- Agile Methodologies
- PHP
- Software Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Data Mining
- Program Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Data Modeling
- Software Design
- Strategy
- Bayesian networks
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Agile Project Management
- Scrum
- SQL
- Java
- Change Management
- TOGAF
- Team Management
- Analysis
- Project Lead
- Computational Intelligence
- Research
- Enterprise Architecture
- Project Finance
- Leadership Development
- Strategic Planning
- Business Ethics
- Green IT
- Information Retrieval
- Probabilistic Models
- Distributed Systems
- Architecture
- Software Engineering
- English
- French
- Spanish
- German
