Ari Kambouris
Senior Project and Program Manager | Digital Transformation
Salary / Daily rate
Toulouse, France
Mobility: Paris, Bordeaux, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Project/Program Manager with 25+ years in digital transformation and PLM across aerospace and agriculture. Co-founded agtech IoT company achieving 20% water reduction for farmers, led Airbus A350 migrations, and currently driving sustainable agriculture initiatives. Expertise in change management, stakeholder alignment, and delivering complex tech transformations.
Work experience
Business Project Leader, Export Control Sanctions, Tech Request tool evolution
Alten for Airbus Customer Service (SDOC)
Jan 2026 - Present
10 months
Toulouse, France
Evolution of Tech Request tool to integrate information on sanctioned countries and operators to conform to European, American, and international authorities – Functional requirements identification and validation – Solution validation with Export Control SPOC and Airbus Legal – Business domain requirements validation – Follow-up with IT services to clarify as assure functional understanding – Validation of User Stories with Business domains – Airbus LBIP G4 (requirements validated) and G5 (Freeze and Go for Dev) milestones preparation and passage
Founder
COCDT
May 2024 - Present
2 years 6 months
Toulouse, France
I have set up this French SARL to be able to do freelance sub-contracting for French companies for Project/Program Management, Change, Digital Transformation, etc.
Independent Consultant SME for IoT and Digital Transformation in Agriculture
ESTIA Institute of technologyFreelance
Jan 2024 - Present
2 years 10 months
64210 Bidart, France
Subject Matter Expert in IoT and Digital Transformation for the European project DEEP FARM that ESTIA will coordinate for the next 2 years with farms in 6 countries and a variety of crops.The goal is to exploit all types of data (weather, water, yields, climate, etc.) and incorporate aggro-ecological practices to deal with different UN SDGs and ameliorate farming conditions.
BPO / Functional Requirements Manager
ALTEN
Apr 2024 - Dec 2024
9 months
Toulouse, France
BPO / FRM for Airbus New FHS on the Master Data and Data Migration Streams - Master Data migration requirements - Master Data validation process - Master Data governance process - Data Migration process definition and validation - Accompany Business entities in validation process requriements - Interface with IT/IS for migration flows - Interface with IT/IS for data dry runs
Consultant
TechConseils
Feb 2023 - Aug 2023
7 months
Toulouse, France
Skills: Listen · Attention to Detail · PMO · Project Management · Validation · English · Salesforce.com · Risk Management · Presentation Skills · Analytical Skills · Service Focused · Testing · ICT Consultancy · Customer Relationship Management (CRM) · Common Sense · Problem Solving · Roadmap Creation
Co Founder
Sinafis
Jul 2016 - Mar 2023
6 years 9 months
81100 Castres, France
Sinafis designs, develops and markets IoT and connected objects and services for the agricultural, viticulture and industrial markets on a B2B and B2C model. Our product, SinaSens Smart Agri permits farmers to measure the micro-climate around their plants both above and below the soil level. Combined with an agro-ecological and/or regenerative farming approach, farmers are able to: - Reduce water consumption by up to 20% - Reduce pesticide and chemical fertilizers by up to 25% - Increase crop yields and quality - Increase the effectiveness of organic treatments - Anticipate diseases and prevention My role in the company encompasses the following activities: - Customer prospecting and relations - Strategic partnership identification and management - Communications and demonstrations - Administrative and business relations - Customer training and support - Financial projections and follow-up
Business Mentor
EIT Food
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
4 months
Paris, France
Business development mentoring for the the Czech Company Ullmanna looking to develop business in Europe and find manufacturers for the AI weeding system. Activities included connecting them with potential French manufacturers and also with international AI platforms and researchers.
Global Services Project Manager
PTC
Jun 2014 - Jul 2016
2 years 2 months
Toulouse Area, France
Project Management - Client management - Proposition and Statements of Work - Team staffing and expertise - Weekly internal and client progress meetings - Troubleshooting and adjustments - Off- and Near-shore contributor management - Sub-contractor management Financial - Project estimation and quotation - Full Profit and Loss responsibility - Monthly, Quarterly, 3Q and 6Q revenue forecasts - Monthly and Quarterly revenue recognition - Weekly project financial follow-up - Business development for on-going and new projects Communication - Project status communication at client project level (KPIs, dashboards, etc.) - Scorecards for P+1 and P+n levels of management - Presentations for new products and new propositions Internal PTC - Development of PTC offers - Contribution to PTC strategies and business goals Projects - Primes System View A400M migration to PDMLink 8 - PASS v1 – PDMLink 6 migration to PDMLink 10.1 for A380 - PASS v2 – PDMLink 8 migration to PDMLink 10.2 for A350 - EYY Packaging Design – Installation of Creo Parametric 3.0 and PDMLink 10.2 without customization - A350 Suite migration to PDMLink 10.2 - 3 Knowledge Transfer projects around PDMLink 8, 10 and Airbus Migration Framework - Migration study for Airbus ESDB configuration management
Capgemini
Jan 2010 - May 2014
4 years 5 months
Toulouse Area, France
Senior Consultant
Jan 2013 - May 2014
1 year 5 months
Toulouse Area, France
Airbus A350 Process, Methods and Tools/Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Airbus KMJ A350 Ramp-Up Dossier – Secure and forecast resources through the Design -->Industrialization --> Production transition for the A350 Program - Identify current Engineering resources and forecast additional resources through 2016 - Identify and source critical sizing criteria for PLM tools and work flow - Correlate resource forecasts with aircraft milestones (actual, planned, and revised) - Secure cooperation with ICT for infrastructure and load capacities - Verify that forecasts are conform to real resource utilization (update every two weeks) - Reporting to A350 senior management Outage coordination and validation - Work flow process for coordinating and validating outage impacts on A350 activities - Coordination between A350 Program and ICT for scheduled outages - Work flow validation for Emergency outages - Automation of work flow process Windows 7 migration support - Audit of business tools - Qualification with regard to Windows 7 - Testing platform coordination and availability Program Plan Set-up, Airbus Facilities Management Information Systems for Airbus GWLO, Toulouse, France - Creation of Program Plan for large-scale process/work-flow harmonization across Airbus NatCos and IBM Tririga implementation over 3 years for Airbus Facilities Management - 4 weeks of workshops with IBM (US, UK, France), CFI(US) and Airbus GWL and ICT - Identification of Governance, OBS, PBS, WBS and overall Program schedule - Secure validation by sponsor and Airbus Program Manager
Senior Consultant
Jan 2010 - May 2014
4 years 5 months
Toulouse Area, France
Project Leader, Unix Server Retirement for Airbus IDAS - Definition of project scope – Functional Design domains - Server/application cartography - Comparison with 5-year Master Plan for IS/IT harmonization - KPIs and projections for decision meetings Bundle Manager, ICE3 Extended Enterprise for Engineering Project for Airbus EZMI - Engagement manager representing Capgemini - Operational activities work stream responsible for EE qualification and deployment audits - Develop and industrialize process and methods for EE qualification and deployment Bundle Manager, ICT-Platform Harmonization Project for Airbus IDAS - Re-launch of project described below after 1 year hiatus - New Airbus team orientation and project “Quick Start” - Budgets and schedule ISPL for Airbus PLM Harmonization Projects Neo PC Vaulting and Neo ATR Vaulting for Airbus IDAS - Project Management - Sub-contractor management - Software development in the context of full GPP - Budgets, planning, etc. Business Process for Application Readiness and Obsolescence, for Airbus EZMC - Identification of key actors for Airbus Engineering (non-ICT) application development - Development of business processes for change management, application responsibility, data collection, and obsolescence management - Roadmap for implementation Work Package Leader – HP-RGS Farm User Migration in the context of A380 PLM Harmonization for Airbus IDAS - Migration of about 650 users from HP Unix workstations to Windows XP PCs connecting to an HP Remote Graphics System (RGS) Farm - Synchronization with Business needs and Airbus refresh cycle Work Package Leader – Functional Design, ICT-Platform Harmonization for Airbus IDAS - Replacement of 2000 Unix workstations with Windows XP PCs in Functional Design domain - Migration of existing Unix applications to Windows - Develop and implement infrastructure solutions for application access - Application migration organization, planning and follow-up - OPEX/CAPEX - Trans-national
Bundle Manager
Sogeti
Aug 2005 - Jan 2010
4 years 6 months
Skills: Listen · Attention to Detail · PMO · Change Management · Project Management · Leadership · English · Change Impact Analysis · Presentation Skills · Analytical Skills · Service Focused · ICT Consultancy · Common Sense · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Team Leadership · Problem Solving
Education
Wayne State University
Master's degree
1984 - 1986
2 years 1 month
University of Chicago
Bachelor's degree
1980 - 1983
3 years 1 month