Christophe Raix
Program & Product Leader - Tech & Innovation
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
As a seasoned entrepreneur, product management expert, and program leader with 20 years of experience transforming tech innovations into operational and commercial successes across AI, IoT, and robotics. Led multiple startups and scaled teams, notably achieving 25% growth through product transformation and securing €1.8M in funding. Specializing in hardware-software solutions with expertise in business model transformation and go-to-market strategy for deep-tech products.
Work experience
Co-creator & co-host
Product OriginFreelance
Apr 2024 - Present
2 years 7 months
Paris, France
Product Origin is a peer community where you can explore physical product design, development, management, and marketing. We aim to share some resources, experiences, and feedback through blogs and meetups. 📣 More information on https://productorigin.notion.site/
VP Product and Offer
Helmee Imaging Ltd
Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
1 year 5 months
Tampere, Finlande · Hybrid
Business model transformation of a European startup towards Equipment-as-a-Service - Automated visual surface inspection solution (AI, computer vision, robotics). - Identified a potential 3 billion-dollar market in the automotive supplier and consumer goods sectors. Aligned the company and the board of directors around the product strategy.
Senior Product Manager
ARCURE BLAXTAIR
Apr 2021 - Mar 2023
2 years
Paris, France
Product transformation of an innovative SME towards an AI and vision-based safety and productivity solution (Blaxtair intelligent pedestrian detection system - Hardware and SaaS). - Improved operational efficiency for R&D and industrialisation teams by implementing a data strategy (technical and customer) with IoT. - Contributed to commercial performance by +25% via launching a new Blaxtair Origin solution, developing and deploying a sales enablement strategy, training, and bringing business and R&D teams closer together. - Structured product vision and strategy by supporting management and teams on product management and digital tools implementation, such as Aha! Roadmaps, Figma, or OpenBOM.
Scortex
Apr 2015 - Jul 2022
7 years 4 months
Paris Area, France
Shareholder & Co-founder
Jan 2019 - Jul 2022
3 years 7 months
Paris Area, France
Acquired by Trigo Scortex, French company founded in 2016, subsidiary of the Trigo Group, leader in quality inspection. Scortex produces automated quality control solutions with artificial intelligence to improve visual quality inspection in industrial production. With an experienced team of 30 experts in computer vision, machine learning, software and data engineering, its solutions, Spark, has won numerous awards and serve major players in the cosmetics, automotive, electronics and packaging industries over 4 continents.
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
Apr 2015 - Jan 2019
3 years 10 months
Paris Area, France
Co-founder of an innovative startup automating visual inspection for industrial companies using AI and vision. - Led growth and structured Scortex from 0 to 25 employees in 3 years; Secured €1.8M in funding from European investors (Alven, Notion). - Developed and ensured sales growth in the European automotive supplier market.
Chief Operating Officer & Product Manager
Dataswati
Nov 2019 - Mar 2021
1 year 5 months
Massy · Hybrid
Product transformation of a tech startup into a manufacturing quality and performance improvement SaaS via AI - Deployed 2 major projects in the food industry with a significant reduction in production costs. - Improved company performance and structure, including coaching the CEO, recruiting a new R&D team and a sales representative, and implementing digital tools.
Senior Sales Engineer
Ysance
Feb 2014 - Mar 2015
1 year 2 months
Paris Area, France · On-site
Business development for media, industrial, and public sectors in an IT services company. - Revenue growth by +20% with a portfolio of 10 key accounts (SNCF, Bayard Presse, Omnicom, Delphi, Fives). - Develop partnerships (Qlik, OSIsoft, AWS, Google, Talend, MAPR).
Market & Sales Operations manager
ALDEBARAN
May 2011 - Dec 2013
2 years 8 months
Paris Area, France · On-site
Management of marketing activities and sales support team (7 pers.) for a tech scale-up - NAO humanoid robot for education and research. - Contributed to sales development through product marketing strategy definition, product and offer launches, and operational efficiency improvement (sales enablement strategy, CRM project management, and ERP deployment).
Product Marketing Manager
Bosch Security Systems
Feb 2005 - May 2011
6 years 4 months
Paris Area, France · On-site
Management of product marketing and support activities for Bosch's video surveillance product line in the security business unit. - Successfully increased revenue by +15% through the launch of a new range for extreme environments and IP products (IoT), supervision of product marketing strategy, and improvement of technical support and customer service.
Education
IMT Atlantique
Engineering for European and International Affairs
2003 - 2004
1 year 1 month
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
Master , Artificial intelligence & Robotics
2001 - 2002
1 year 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Stanford - Machine Learning
Issued: Apr 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
Issued: Mar 2016
Salesforce.com Certified Administrator - ADM201
Issued: Sep 2013