Hamza SHEHADA

As ADAS Program Manager (€4M budget – 40 people under cross-functional management) for an international automotive Tier-1 supplier: • Defined and led the program strategy for the industrialization of a Camera Monitoring System (intelligent rear-view system) for a US truck manufacturer. • Managed cross-functional teams (SW, HW, Mechanical, Functional Safety, Validation – V-cycle) and drove QCDR performance (Quality, Cost, Delivery, Risk). • Monitored progress and oversaw deliveries to international clients (internal & external). • Coordinated multi-disciplinary activities (Cybersecurity, Procurement, Supply Chain, Industrialization) and provided strategic arbitration throughout the program lifecycle. • Reported directly to the CEO on strategy and program financial performance.

HSEI Consulting supports startups, SMEs and large corporations across various industrial sectors (medical, automotive, new space, nuclear, etc.) through engineering and innovation management services. Areas of expertise: • Engineering and complex project management in embedded systems & artificial intelligence (ML, Deep Learning, Generative AI). • AI Act compliance: assessment, compliance strategy and AI governance. • Innovation funding: support with R&D tax credit, Bpifrance schemes and European programs. • Innovation management: Design Thinking training, collaborative project leadership and consortium structuring. Impact: Over €15M in funding secured and more than ten companies supported in their strategic projects, from R&D to regulatory compliance.

Knowit.ai is an intelligent Knowledge Management agent, labeled French Tech and incubated at Station F: • Identified, scoped, and prioritized GenAI use cases with enterprise prospects (CISCO, Microsoft, LFB). • Implemented AI agents to identify critical knowledge based on business functions. • Led the full product lifecycle: discovery, MVP, deployment, user feedback, and iterations. • Oversaw technical development with a fullstack & Machine Learning team. • Ensured GDPR compliance and data governance in collaboration with client IT/legal departments. • Standards & technical environment: AI Act / GenAI / Node.js.

Lecturer in Technology & Innovation Management – INSA Lyon (Plastronics) and CPE Lyon (Electronics & Chemistry programs) Taught modules include: • Design Thinking & Prototyping • Technology Innovation Management • Strategy & Business Models • Innovation Funding • Intellectual Property I adapt my teaching to each class specialty, based on a prior analysis of technological trends and market dynamics in the relevant domain.

As part of the development of a kidney stone treatment device: • Software validation within the R&D team for unit testing. • Defined the validation schedule and implemented performance indicators. • Standards & technical environment: ISO 13485 / GoogleTest / C++.

SEE designs and manufactures electronic equipment for critical radio and cellular communications. For various French public transport operators: • Managed and developed an ITxPT-compliant network architecture (European standard for intelligent transport systems) on a YOCTO-based embedded server platform, deployed in 100+ buses. • Led a HW & SW validation plan, ensuring reliability and updates of servers installed in public transport vehicles.

Developing the embedded software for the suspension system of an autonomous shuttle SW & Language used: AUTOSAR

• Development of test benches in SystemVerilog within the ASIC team. • Embedded Linux Graduate Program": intensive two-month professional training in Embedded Linux (C, C++, Linux kernel & embedded systems, Python, Networking, Agile methods, SCRUM, GIT).