
Mickaël -
AI Trainer & Speaker | ChatGPT, Midjourney, LLMs
2 recommendations
Salary / Daily rate
2 people recommend
Paris, France
Mobility: France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Generative AI Trainer & former options trader at Akuna Capital. I help businesses save 10+ hours weekly by integrating tools like ChatGPT & Midjourney. With 1,000+ professionals trained, I combine technical depth and business insight to deliver Qualiopi-certified programs that transform workflows, foster innovation, and accelerate AI adoption across industries. Author of a bestselling book on AI and regular keynote speaker.
Work experience
AI Consultant
Eli LillyFreelance
May 2025 - Present
1 year 6 months
Remote
• Drove global adoption of Microsoft Copilot by designing onboarding materials and delivering targeted training, increasing active usage by 5% within 3 months. • Built Copilot agents in Copilot Studio to automate prompt creation and reporting workflows, reducing completion time by 30% and enhancing cross-department efficiency. • Created prompt libraries and delivered 10+ training sessions, workshops, and change management programs, enabling 300+ employees to integrate AI tools into daily operations. • Ensured secure, compliant integration of AI tools within Microsoft 365.
Founder - Trainer in generative AI (ChatGPT & Midjourney)
Almera
Nov 2022 - Present
4 years
Hybrid
• Trained 1,500+ professionals and 30+ companies (Carrefour, Action Logement, Havas, Pylones) on ChatGPT, Midjourney, Perplexity, Mistral, and custom GPTs. • Developed chatbots and AI assistants using Voiceflow and Chatbase, API integrations, and RAG systems, cutting client response times by up to 40%. • Authored a bestselling AI book (L’IA et la génération de texte, ENI Editions), selling 1,000+ copies within the first 3 months of release. • Delivered large-scale AI seminars for organizations including CCI, French Tech, Orange, and major corporations, training 30–100 participants. Facilitated an English-language seminar for 50+ participants, enhancing cross-border AI adoption capabilities.
Junior Trader
Akuna Capital
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
3 months
Chicago, IL, USA
• Selected from 7,000+ applicants to join a top-tier proprietary options trading firm, completing intensive derivatives and risk management training in a high-pressure trading environment. • Applied quantitative models and real-time data analysis to execute high-frequency trading strategies, achieving profitable trades with sub-second execution times.
Quantitative Research Intern
Epsilon Asset Management
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
4 months
New York, États-Unis · Remote
• Optimized a code calculating the betas of 26 factors for Banks on a rolling basis. • Generated charts to visualize the evolution of factors over time. • Implemented multithreading to make the code 4 times faster.
Part-time engineer, R&D in Electronics
Pfeiffer Vacuum
Oct 2018 - Aug 2021
2 years 11 months
Annecy, France
• Installed an infrared sensor in a turbomolecular vacuum pump, ±1 degree of accuracy • Developed models to simulate the functioning of the sensor in-situ • Improved the emissivity (from 0.2 to 0.9) of metals via laser structuring in a subsidiary in Germany. • Laser structuration of diverse metal targets to create a new usable material for pumps • Created and transmitted macros with VBA and Python to the team to make them save time (Time used for data analysis reduced from 1 hour to 5 minutes)
Trainee, Methods Office
GGB Bearing Technology
Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
4 months
Annecy, France
• Laser welding of metal rings for the adjustment of car seats • Established an experimental design to obtain the optimal holding parameters (from 10% to 0.15% of defects)
Education
SKEMA Business School
Master's degree, Finance
2021 - 2022
1 year
Activities and societies: Relevant Coursework: Asset Valuation, Alternative Investments, Stochastic Calculus, Advanced Derivatives, Trading, Fixed Income, Structured Products, Risk Management. Honors: Top of the Year in Derivatives and Alternative Investments.
École des Mines de Saint-Étienne
Diplôme d'ingénieur
2018 - 2021
3 years
Activities and societies: Activities: Treasurer of the Ecole des Mines Technical Office. Honors: Top of the Year in Artificial Intelligence. Achievements: Increased club subsidy tenfold (from EUR 300 to EUR 3,000). Designed electronic boards for the FusEx project rocket (up to 2km altitude with ergol).
Licenses & certifications
Gérez un projet d'ingénierie pédagogique - Mickaël Bertolla
Issued: May 2024
Animez votre séance de formation
Issued: May 2024
Améliorez l'impact de vos présentations
Issued: May 2024
Series 57 - Securities Trader Representative
Issued: Sep 2022
SIE - Securities Industry Essentials
Issued: Aug 2022
Akuna Capital Options 201
Issued: Jul 2022
Python for Finance: Investment Fundamentals & Data Analytics
Issued: Jan 2022
CFA Investment Foundation Certificate
Issued: Nov 2021
Bloomberg Market Concepts
Issued: Aug 2021
Fintech: Foundations & Applications of Financial Technology
Issued: Jun 2021
TOEIC:965
Issued: Oct 2019
Finance & Quantitative Modeling for Analysts
Issued: Feb 2019
Portfolio

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