Leo Souquet

• Led and unified a cross-functional data team (data platform, BI, data analysis, data scientists), directly managing 12 professionals with no intermediate managers.
• Launch the migration of the data platform to the cloud, improving scalability, performance, and enabling advanced analytics capabilities.
• Developed and executed the data team roadmap, aligning strategic AI initiatives with business objectives.
• Implemented agile processes using Jira, streamlining workflows, and increasing team efficiency.
• Led key data science projects: 1. Reduced costs by 10x and halved the time to generate product titles and descriptions. Leveraged semantic analysis to gain actionable insights from product feedback, driving product improvement.
• Conducted an AI maturity assessment, identifying opportunities to enhance AI capabilities across the organization.

• Directed AI projects on Generative AI (LLMs and Images) for CAC 40 companies, including Hermes, EDF, and Publicis.
• Managed 7 Senior Data Scientists/Engineers
• Secured multiple 150k€+ bids on multiple major calls for tender, fortifying key partnerships.

• Design, Development, and Deployment of AI-based softwares for Smart Cities and Traffic Management
• Involved in all aspects of a project : from Design of the architecture (microservices) to deployment in production of final solutions.
• Solution running on servers (V100 GPUs) as well as embedded devices (NVidia Jetsons and AGX)
• Training models for :
  Object detection applied to (real-time) vehicules, humans, faces...
  Segmentation for lane detection and road separation.

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• CEO in charge of External Relations and Marketing
• Director of the Paris campus (5 staff and 60 students)
• Responsible for our industrial partners (AWS, SAS, Crédit Agricole, etc.)
• In charge of DSTI Labs, R&D entity for research in Data Science and AI

• Co-Founded an IT consulting company specialised in setting-up CRM for SMEs