David SERVAIS

Sales Director, Business Strategy & Partnership

Salaire / Taux journalier

Toulouse, France

Mobilité : Paris, Montpellier, ...

Freelance

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Expertises

Go-to-marketBusiness DevelopmentStratégie SalesStratégie MarketingProduct ManagementProduct OwnershipCMSDesign ThinkingSites internetAutomatisations No-codeZapierStratégie & ConsultingApplications No-codeMaken8nWordPressNotionAsanaGoogle AdsERPAirtableUser Research

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À propos

Introduction

Digital transformation strategist with 10+ years driving AI & blockchain adoption for SMEs. Co-founded multiple ventures. Expert in defining and executing sales, marketing & go-to-market strategy for tech, innovative and fast-growing startups and industrial projects.

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Expérience de travail

Co-Founder

SymbotisFreelance

août 2025 - Présent

1 an 3 mois

Toulouse, France

Artifical Intelligence & Digital Transformation services : I help SME (Small & Middle Enterprises) in their transformational changes in their day-to-day processes.

Founder

GroovinnovFreelance

sept. 2024 - Présent

2 ans 2 mois

Toulouse, France

Sales, Strategy Marketing & Go-to-market services

Co-founder - board of investors

RUFIJI Capital

nov. 2022 - Présent

4 ans

Paris, France

Co-lead the PSAN registration and approval by AMF mid 2023 & the 1st Go-To-Market strategy and execution. Went through all phases (Legal qualification, entity setup, was appointed first compliance officer -RCP or responsable conformité des prestations-, Internal Controls, clients onboarding, incident handling, documents filling: KYC/AML Procedures, Governance, IT Security, Business Model, Tracfin Enrollment) https://www.amf-france.org/fr/espace-epargnants/proteger-son-epargne/listes-blanches/psan/rufiji-capital-sas

Head of Business development and Corporate adoption

XRPL Commons

sept. 2023 - mai 2024

9 mois

Paris, France

Within XRPL ecosystem and blockchain world I was focusing on fostering growth, business development of blockchain managed services and adoption of this open-source, decentralized, and public blockchain platform through 3 pillars: 1. **Corporate and Institutional Onboarding** through educational presentations, workshops and discussions, enabling them to harness the benefits of blockchain technology for their specific needs. 2. **Startup incubator mixing Innovators and Developers** 3. ** Use Case Development** My primary missions in this role included: 1. Prospection & Lead Generation : +200 Identified target segments (corporates, institutions, startups) aligned with XRPL use cases. Engaged leads through ecosystem events, webinars, and tailored outreach campaigns. Defined Ideal Customer Profiles (ICP) and buyer personas to qualify relevant contacts. 2. Discovery & Needs Qualification Led discovery workshops to assess pain points and blockchain fit. Framed value propositions based on sector (finance, supply chain, sustainability, electric vehicle, etc.). Segmented leads by readiness level and aligned them to onboarding journeys. 3. Solutioning & Use Case Structuring Prioritized opportunities based on feasibility, impact, and alignment with XRPL capabilities. 4. CRM Definition & Deployment Designed CRM workflows to support sales lifecycle (lead, opportunity, partner, stage). Deployed a custom CRM instance to monitor deal status, partner maturity, and engagement levels. Defined pipeline KPIs and tracked opportunity health and conversion velocity. 5. Sales Pipeline Management Managed a live pipeline dashboard with forecasting, stage tracking, and partner prioritization. Identified and resolved deal blockers and ensured balanced lead coverage across verticals. Maintained clean CRM hygiene 6. Deal Closing & Partnership Formalization Negotiated MOUs, co-development terms, and project pilots with C-level stakeholders. 7. Customer Success & Community Activation

Thales

oct. 2016 - oct. 2023

7 ans 1 mois

Toulouse, France

Growth - New Business development

janv. 2021 - oct. 2023

2 ans 10 mois

Toulouse, France

I help THALES AVIONICS "Green Operations" program in - business development, sales & inbound/outbound marketing - defining, developping and executing the capture plan and go-to-market strategy - growing the ecosystem of Green Operations program / Flights-Footprint Estimator solution * Among the "Business deliverables" : - Manage customer relations in order to position Thales solution to the customers and generate short to long-term opportunities - Qualify opportunities, define and implement winning strategy, with relevant associated action plans. - MoU, Trials and contracts signed and running with Endusers (aviation professionals) willing to use our services to ease and optimize CO2 reporting and climate impact - Partnerships with worldwide associations, institutions, foundations, academics, authority bodies, specialized companies and many key stakeholders of the Aviation sustainability ecosystem - Webinars, workshops, articles, organized to explain what are the climate impact of CO2 emissions and Non CO2 effects and how our solutions can foster on more eco-friendly flight opertations - Digital Marketing and product lead growth: test and learn approaches with the AAARRR framework, managing the growth funnels, reviewing the landing page strategy, Linkedin Campaigns,... ** Among the few permanently updated deliverables reports : - Market analysis, Competition, - Ecosystem mapping, Strategic partnership growth plan, - Marketing and Sales Plan, - Sales funnel and Business Pipeline management Main focus : "Flights-Footprint Estimator" : a data driven solution that helps airlines and aviation professionals to monitor, pilot and reduce their climate impact. I support this early stage digital ventures in its product lead growth development. Among others, I do data-driven full-funnel marketing based on rapid experimentation using new business development approaches : tooling, code, psychology, and creativity. (Growth!)

Marketing, Sales & Business Development - Flight Avionics - Civil

sept. 2018 - mars 2021

2 ans 7 mois

Toulouse, France

Within "THALES AVIONICS" Global Business Unit (GBU), Business Line "Flight Avionics" (FLX) : - digital transformation & "blockchain" cross GBU awareness & coordination, ideation workshops, - trusted presenter for 2019 ICAO 1st blockchain summit - support to (i) business dev, sales and (ii) marketing co-jointly managed with THALES affiliates - early identification of new opportunities, maintain and increase our customers base - support & implementation of account plan strategies both internally and with the client - market studies delivery – sales coordination – support for tenders – Key Account plan alignment

Business Development & Marketing - Airborne Services & Digital solutions - Defense

oct. 2016 - oct. 2018

2 ans 1 mois

Paris Area, France

Within the Global Business Unit (GBU) "Land & Air System", in the Business Line "Optronics & Missile Electronics" and for the innovation cell of the Customer Support organization: - identification and development of innovative and associated products and services solutions leveraging data-driven and platformization approaches with key technologies like HUMs (Health and Usage Monitoring Systems), IoT, Saas, Predictive Maintenance, Fleet Management, Cybersecurity and Augmented reality. - identification of new internal and external customers and promotion thanks to : i. business development co-jointly driven with sales departement and thanks to ii. marketing operations with Project, Bid, Communication department - contribution to services transfo to value installed base revisiting business models and contracts - trusted presenter PAS-2019 (Le Bourget) - identification of new services opportunities - product owner “Smartfleet” Minimum Viable Product : THALES fleet management platform & predictive maintenance solution (https://bit.ly/30Asw0S) - coach "Station F" of the startup "Keeex" during the 1st Season of THALES chaire Cybersecurity (https://keeex.me/fr/)

Founder & President

Blockchain@HEC

sept. 2017 - mai 2023

5 ans 9 mois

69340 Francheville, France

Founder and president of the professional association Blockchain@HEC which is dedicated to educate, share knowledge about blockchain / crypto economy and connect ecosystems. Grew from Zero to +6000 members, Engaged with +300 Crypto & Blockchain renowned companies, C-Levels, Key actors, Organized Summits, Executive workshops with +40 speakers, +400 participants, Organized +100 Webinars, +150 speakers, +3000participants Thanks to this fascinating domain, our group is also eager to strengthen the bridge between ALUMNI and STUDENTS from HEC Paris community and beyond with 4 Hubs : Paris, London, Dubaï and Hong-Kong. Our organisation is focused on 3 Main activities : (i) events & conferences, (ii) analysis & reports, (iii) lab & projects experimentations

Ceo - Founder

SmartHeal (FAIL)

janv. 2016 - oct. 2016

10 mois

Marketing strategy, go-to-market planning, business development, fund raising, customer service

Business Manager

Doctolib

mars 2015 - janv. 2016

11 mois

Toulouse Area, France

Evangelisation of Docotlib services with prime focus on French South-West area, customer service

Sales Manager

Capgemini

janv. 2014 - déc. 2015

2 ans

Toulouse Area, France

- Sales and Business development targeting 1st, 2nd and 3rd rank suppliers and OEMs. - Implemented middle market strategy with innovative services to focus on Airbus and Airbus tier 1, tier 2 and tier- n suppliers contributing to aerospace manufacturing ecosystem robustness and innovation through best practices sharing and knowledge capitalization with key stakeholders in Supply Chain, Technology & Processes, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering and ICT - 5M€ revenues portfolio management in IT services & consulting

Aerospace International Sales Manager

SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance)

nov. 2012 - janv. 2014

1 an 3 mois

69340 Francheville, France

Within the Global Aerospace Team, looking for expanding NDT (Non-Destructive-Testing) services - created Toulouse office with a portfolio of harmonized French and international aerospace services - identify new business opportunities and build key relationship with all aerospace clients - create action plans for effective search of new clients to expand global customer base - define services, create proposals for global accounts, close sales and support implementation - assist affiliates in preparation of local proposals and presentations - support affiliates in operational implementation (recruitment and team structuring) Certification & Quality services : -Developed the global strategy for Aerospace division, identify new -Business opportunities (client, partnership, M&A) -4M€ revenues, negotiated contracts with major suppliers with aerospace clients on the whole value chain and on international scale -Defined, structured and coordinated international sales campaigns


Formation

THALES

THALES Hackathon and Digital challenges

2018 - 2021

4 ans

Stanford University

2020 - 2020

1 an

THALES trainings

Strategic Training Programs

2016 - 2020

4 ans 1 mois

ESCP Business School

Digital Transformation facilitator

2018 - 2018

1 mois

IE Business School

IMBA (International MBA) 2009

2009 - 2010

2 ans

HEC Paris

MBA

2009 - 2010

2 ans

Polytech Nancy

Master of Sc. Engineering

1998 - 2003

6 ans

Linköping University

2001 - 2001

1 an

Linköping University

2000 - 2000

1 an

Lycée Pierre de Fermat

Airbusiness Academy - An Airbus Company

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