Amélie -
Product & Ops (ex PM @Withings, ex CEO @Invoxia)
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Product Individual Contributor & Operating Partner. Je me spécialise dans la stratégie produit et son exécution, la gestion des priorités stratégiques, la coordination des équipes et le déploiement d'initiatives clés, tout en apportant une combinaison unique de vision business et d'expertise technique. J'ai une très bonne compréhension des implications du produit sur l'ensemble des dimensions de l'entreprise, y compris commerciales et financières.
Work experience
Fractional CPO & Startup Advisor | Product strategy & Founder support
Stellar
Feb 2024 - Present
2 years 9 months
Paris, France
Sparring partner for startup founders & product teams. Accompanied 15+ SaaS, Hardware & Deeptech startups. CPO in Residence for Stellar (a collective of 15+ top CPO) and Operating Partner for We Look Up.
Investor & Advisor
Various startups
Feb 2022 - Present
4 years 9 months
Paris, France
Greenly Gynea Melba Husprey (exited to Collibra)
Product Strategy & Operations (freelance)
NeoplantsFreelance
Apr 2024 - Jul 2024
4 months
Paris, France
R&D roadmap, Product strategy, Financial modeling, Industrialization, New product launch support
Invoxia
Aug 2018 - Mar 2024
5 years 8 months
CEO
Jul 2019 - Mar 2024
4 years 9 months
AI & hardware startup cofounded by Withings founder & serial entrepreneur Eric Carreel. Scaled the company from a few thousands to half a million users, becoming the European leader in GPS trackers. Steered it to profitability 3 years in a row. Negotiated multi-million dollar B2B deals. Pivoted and launched a AI + health activity. Made mistakes big and small and learned quite a few things along the way. Gathered crazy stories of dismantled organized theft rings, biker gangs, kidnappings, ransoms, arrested villains, and lives saved. 8 CES Innovation Awards 20+ Patents filed 50 employees Featured in Forbes' 2019 ranking of most innovative French startups
Chief Product Officer
Aug 2018 - Mar 2024
5 years 8 months
Our range of AI-powered GPS trackers empower users to protect all that gets stolen or lost: vehicles, valuables, industrial assets, pets... In parallel, Invoxia Innovation Lab develops disruptive projects around hardware and deep learning for major companies such as BIC, Amazon, Richemont or Verisure. 8 CES Innovation Awards 10+ Patents filed Featured in Forbes' 2019 ranking of most innovative French startups
Product Manager (Hardware & App)
Withings
Sep 2015 - Aug 2018
3 years
Launched 3 devices and a mobile app globally Activity trackers: Withings Pulse Ox & Withings Go, smart temporal thermometer: Withings Thermo, sleep analyzer: Withings Sleep, also working on 3 unannounced products - Defined, prioritized and executed product roadmaps from product ideation to product launch, managed product developments with the technical teams (hardware / industrialization, embedded software, R&D / data science, mobile developers...) - Managed the developments of the Withings Thermo mobile app (iOS & Android) using Agile methods - Continuously worked on improving the user experience: UX / UI, unboxing tests, user interviews - Launched 2 products globally, conceived messages and marketing materials (packaging, CRM customer lifecycle, competitive benchmarks, presentations for the sales team) in collaboration with the marketing team - Conducted market studies, recommendations of price and feature scope positioning for 2 new products - Frequently participated to press events (ex : CES) and interviews Supervised a 4-month long student project in partnership with the Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden.
Digital Strategy Consultant
Digital Value Paris
Sep 2013 - Aug 2015
2 years
Région de Paris, France
- Réalisation de due diligences stratégiques pour le compte de fonds d’investissement - Définition d'offres de services innovants - Définition de stratégies digitales, conception de sites Internet : stratégie de positionnement, arborescence, maquettes fil de fer, stratégie de contenus, configuration de rapports d'analytics et optimisations au fil de l'eau - Définition de processus backend pour la contractualisation d'une offre en ligne, rédaction des specs fonctionnelles et techniques, suivi des phases de test et validation - Lancement et suivi de performances de campagnes de publicité digitale
Data Analyst Intern
Ubisoft
Feb 2013 - Jul 2013
6 months
Région de Montreuil, France
6-month internship within the online services team: analytics project management along with international teams in Canada and Sweden, data analysis, choice of KPIs and conception of dashboards to monitor Uplay, Ubisoft's platform of digital services and distribution
Blue collar experience
Siemens Wind Power
Aug 2009 - Oct 2009
3 months
Denmark WA 6333, Australia
Mechanical work in a 10-person team on wind turbine construction lines
Education
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Master of Science (MSc), Financial Mathematics & Industrial Economics
2011 - 2013
2 years 2 months
CentraleSupélec
Ecole Centrale Paris, Industrial Engineering & Management
2008 - 2013
5 years 2 months
Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
Classes préparatoires, Mathématiques Supérieures (Option Physique Chimie)
2006 - 2008
2 years 2 months
PCSI - PC*