
Fabrice des Mazery
Chief Product Officer
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
Work experience
Coach to founders and CXOs
productROIFreelance
Feb 2018 - Present
8 years 9 months
Paris et périphérie
I help startups founders and scale-ups execs grow their Product ROI. For some, it's about reconnecting the product & eng org to the business and go-to-market reality. For others, it implies revamping the company strategy.
Chief Product Officer
Tripadvisor
Jun 2022 - Mar 2024
1 year 10 months
CPO of TheFork, SaaS-enabled marketplace dedicated to restaurants and diners. - Strategy: Led the shift from a marketing & sales-led e-commerce platform to a personalized PLG product for both B2C and B2B SaaS customers. - Org: Reorganized 26 Product teams in 4 countries & 12 nationalities. Managing 60+ Product Managers, Designers, Researchers, Marketers, Content & SEO. 2023 Results: 20M+ users, 55K+ restaurants in 11 countries. $1.4B GMV & $154M revenue (+27%) while cutting down marketing costs, reacihng profitability. + Best mobile apps on the market for both B2C (4.9/5 on Android, 4.7 on iOS) and B2B (4.5/5).
Chief Product Officer
Thiga
May 2018 - Jul 2022
4 years 3 months
CPO of the #1 Product consulting company in France & Spain. - Strategy: Shifted from a PO/PM agency to a full-stack Product company, helping companies become product-led - Org: Grew from 36 to 101 Product Managers, Designers and Product Marketers. Results: 30% avg yearly growth (€5.7M to €12.5M) while keeping EBIT > 12 %.
Head of Product & Growth
Deezer
Aug 2016 - May 2018
1 year 10 months
Responsible for building & driving the Growth of the "French Spotify". - Strategy: Built AI-personalized journeys for 20M+ subscribers & freemium users in 186 countries, across all platforms, from acquisition to churn. - Org: Created 6 product teams focused on engagement & growth (acquisition, activation, conversion, stickiness, freemium, growth). Results: + 49% ARR ($304M), +47% DAU, + 44% MAU. $173M raised in 2018, becoming a unicorn. Deezer has since IPOed.
Senior Product Manager
Sidetrade
Jan 2014 - Jul 2016
2 years 7 months
Senior PM responsible for Sidetrade's Fintech SaaS. - Redesigned & upgraded the whole B2B web application : UI and UX, new enriched Search, Business intelligence capabilities and predictive AI for payment delays and cash. .- Developed a B2B2B transactional web app and a reporting mobile app dedicated to CFOs. - Org: 3 POs + 1 UX. Results: Growth +11% in 2014 (€ 14,1M), +14% in 2015 (€ 16M).
Co-Founder
InnerCode (Exited)
Feb 2010 - Jan 2014
4 years
London, UK
Product founder of a Neurotech company. - Co-developed a wearable sensor for HRV (partnership). - Built a signal processing platform with pattern-matching capabilities. - Designed an application for assessing critical decision-making capability in critical conditions. First target audience: Pilots, special forces, astronauts. Result: Successful exit.
Product Marketing Manager
IBM
Oct 2007 - Jan 2010
2 years 4 months
Product Marketing Manager for Southwest Europe (hardware + software). - Rebuilt EMEA offers by recentering on customer pains, killing 60 % of existing offers, and initiating cross-selling between Hardware & software. - Managed the Go-to-Market and sales enablement of the new offers in 9 countries. Results: TO 2009 over €2B, overperforming the market.
Co-Founder
DigitalLaunch (Exited)
Aug 2004 - Oct 2007
3 years 3 months
- Built a marcom product for the fashion, luxury and beauty markets to manage the launch of their products digitally (web + flagship stores). - Developed the business: Dior, Marionnaud, Lexus... - Recruited and managed teams, including Product/project, UX / UI & engineering (up to 12 p.). Sold the company to EuroRSCG - Havas International mid 2007 to strengthen their digital offer.
Co-Founder
EyeLight (crashed)
Aug 2002 - Jul 2004
2 years
Founded a legaltech company and developed a Practice management system with digitized legal documents. Results: Found problem / solution fit but failed at finding Product / Market fit. We crashed.
Education
INSEAD
Product Leadership
2021 - 2021
2 months
NEOMA Business School
Master's degree
2007 - 2010
2 years 4 months
University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
Bachelor's degree
2006 - 2007
10 months
CY Cergy Paris Université
Bachelor's degree
2000 - 2002
1 year 10 months
Licenses & certifications
UX analytics
Issued: May 2025
Retention + Engagement
Issued: May 2025
Product analytics
Issued: May 2025
AI for Product management
Issued: May 2025