Yawo KPOTUFE

CTO | AI Expert | Digital Strategy

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

Data EngineeringProduct StrategyProject Management (PMO)Marketing StrategySite reliability engineeringDeep LearningSoftware CraftsmanshipLLMs / Large language modelsProduct MarketingDevOpsProduct ManagementDesign ThinkingConsulting ITZoho CRMSalesforceStrategy & ConsultingSalesforce Marketing CloudConsulting CybersecurityCustomer SuccessCybersecurityMachine Learning

Languages

FrenchEnglish

About me

Intro

✓exec. MBA (insead) with 17 years of experience in digital transformation in industry, retail and luxury ✓Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), IT Process Controls (COBIT) and Services (ITIL4) ✓Certified Information Security Management (CISM), Auditor (CISA) and Risk Management (CRISC) ✓Certified Cloud Professional Architect (GCP, AWS, Azure) and AI expert (AWS Practitioner, Google GenAI leader) ✓Certified Enterprise Architect (TOGAF), Program Manager (PMP) and Quality (6-SIGMA)

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Work experience

CTO - Tech & Digital

Hotep Conseil

Jul 2023 - Present

3 years 4 months

Paris, France

• Due diligences technico-commerciales pour un fonds d’investissements (SMEs mid-cap en France) • Conception d’une plateforme d’analyse financière à base d’agents IA pour l’automatisation des processus de due diligence financière (CFI framework, N8N, RAG, MCP, FinROBOT) • Accompagnement de PME sur les certifications Cybersécurité (ISO 27001) et IA (ISO 42001) • Automatisation des processus métiers PME avec des agents IA (Engineering, n8n, google ADK, RAG)

Architecture Consultant - Digital Strategy

ThalesFreelance

Nov 2023 - Dec 2024

1 year 2 months

78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay, France

• Alignement de la stratégie IT pour la gestion du cycle de vie des produits Défense • Conception d'un Digital Thread, réduisant les coûts opérationnels de 8% (Data, IA, industrie 4.0)

Digital Strategy Consultant - Architecture

Schneider ElectricFreelance

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

6 months

92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France

• Définition de la stratégie de re-platforming du portail MySchneider B2B (1M+ utilisateurs, 15 milliards $ de transactions annuelles). • Développement d'un système d'autorisation ABAC pour gérer 1M+ comptes avec une intégration backend complexe.

Lead IT Architect - Digital Strategy

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Nov 2022 - Jul 2023

9 months

Paris, France

• Création de la stratégie Cloud (privé, hybride, publique, OIV), résilience/SRE, IAM et architecture d'entreprise pour un leader de l'énergie (157 milliards € de capitalisation). • Conception de la stratégie digitale et du modèle opérationnel pour une chambre de compensation européenne post-M&A.

Customer Solutions Architect

Christian Dior CoutureFreelance

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

7 months

Paris, France

• Amélioration de l'architecture CRM pour l'acquisition et la déduplication des données clients. • Développement d'une architecture de ciblage et de reporting client avec BigQuery et Adobe

Data Architect

AlstomFreelance

May 2021 - Jun 2022

1 year 2 months

Paris, France

• Gestion de l'intégration des données entre SAP, Siemens TCM et MDM dans le cadre de la fusion Alstom-Bombardier. • Développement de projets d'orchestration de données.

Senior Solution Architect

CHANELFreelance

Aug 2019 - Dec 2020

1 year 5 months

Paris, France

• Conception d'une application de prise de rendez-vous en magasin et chatbot IA Azure pour le support IT • Intégration du CRM régional européen avec le CRM mondial via Azure (Salesforce, Kubernetes, Azure)

Senior Enterprise Architect

Kering

Nov 2016 - Aug 2019

2 years 10 months

Région de Paris, France

• Élaboration de schémas directeurs basées sur TOGAF et alignement stratégique du SI • Suivi de programmes SI : Ecommerce Hybris, SAP FMS, Salesforce eCom/service, AWS, CRM, GDPR

Ecommerce Architect | Senior Technical Expert

SQLI

Jan 2012 - Oct 2016

4 years 10 months

Région de Paris , France and Rabat (Maroc)

Built as Architect and Software engineer e-commerce ecosystems for luxury brands References: * Chanel, * www.printemps.com, * 150.printemps.com, * www.citadium.com, * www.nespresso.com, * FDB Skills: * Hybris Technical Architectures (Checkout, Cart, Data Integration, Analytics, Promotions, CMS...) * Team Leadership, Technical management, Delivery (Scrum, JIRA, Confluence) * Client Consultancy - Advise best practices, and state of art * Full Stack Engineering (Spring, Java, Oracle, Linux, Javascript, Css) * Deployments and Unix/Oracle Administration * Software Designs and Proof of Concepts

IT Consultant

BRAMS

Dec 2010 - Jan 2012

1 year 2 months

Casablanca, Morocco

J2EE/Websphere/DB2/PHP/Linux Consultant & Expert . Worked on many "Attijari Wafa Bank" projects. Google Apps/Cloud Computing Consultant & Expert. Worked on "Foundation Mohammed 6 (Education)" project. Google Apps Trainer. Worked on the "Google training program for morocco Universities" project.

Software Architect

Axeli

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

1 year 1 month

Rabat, Morocco

Designed and built the complete architecture of the mini ERP connexus. http://connexus.fr/ Worked as Lead Developper / Technical Project Manager. Tools: Java/EE, Struts2, Linux, PostgreSQL, Jasper, JQuery

Consultant ERP Cleva

Archos-conseil

Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

1 year 1 month

Casablanca, Morocco

Intégration of Cleva ERP (an ITN product) for "Wafa Assurance". Worked as Java consultant. Tools: Java, Oracle, Spring.


Education

EITCA Academy

AI Certifications Learning Path (12)

2024 - 2024

4 months

INSEAD

Executive MBA

2023 - 2024

1 year 2 months

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et d'Analyse des Systèmes - ENSIAS

Master of Engineering - MEng

2005 - 2008

3 years 1 month


Licenses & certifications

Digital Transformation

Issued: May 2025

Certified by University of Virginia

Data and Digital Platforms

Issued: May 2025

Certified by Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Issued: Jan 2025

Certified by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

EITCA/AI - Deep Learning and AI

Issued: Nov 2024

Certified by EITCA Academy

Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)

Issued: Nov 2024

Certified by ISACA

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Issued: Nov 2024

Certified by ISACA

Certified In Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)

Issued: Nov 2024

Certified by ISACA

TOGAF Enterprise Architect Practictioner

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by The Open Group

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by Microsoft

McKinsey Forward Learning

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by McKinsey & Company

ITIL® v4

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by AXELOS Global Best Practice

CompTIA Security+

Issued: Apr 2024

Certified by CompTIA

COBIT Design and Implementation

Issued: Mar 2024

Certified by ISACA

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Issued: Jul 2023

Certified by ISACA

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Issued: Jun 2023

Certified by Microsoft

AWS Professional Solution Architect

Issued: Jun 2023

Certified by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Issued: May 2023

Certified by Project Management Institute

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate

Issued: May 2023

Certified by Microsoft

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect

Issued: May 2023

Certified by Google

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB)

Issued: Apr 2023

Certified by The Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC)

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