Adrien de la Tour

- Ownership of worldwide requirement gathering / solution implementation for the improvement of current platforms - In charge of holding the organization accountable for major Hardware and Software releases - Business leader of System and Software global improvements and deployments - Typically spending 20% of time working abroad (Paris, Tokyo) - Constantly working and empowering teams over all time zones - Identifying new business opportunities and use cases for existing or future robots

- Definition of US launch strategy for the Pepper robot - Leading operational teams for the seemless implementation of robotics projects in B2B environments - Creation of global continuous improvement processes - Requirement gathering for HW and SW upgrades of Pepper

- Sold the first Pepper robot B2B projects in Europe - Led the implementation and customer success strategy for the first key European clients - Participated in the full scale launch strategy of Pepper in Europe

- Responsible for academic sales in France and Northern Europe - Consistently over-achieving predetermined sales targets - Sales growth of 24% over the period

I worked for our clients on a number of projects: For an energy distributor: - Management of the Smart Grid department - Study for the extension of SmartGrid functionnalities and use of Electric vehicles - Definition of viable business models - Internal audit, cost control, financial reporting For an international bank : Complex merger between 4 brands and the optimisation of data analysis / client life cycles. I was called in to create a dedicated project management structure. - Needs identification + opportunity / market analysis - Cross-functionnal communication and progress monitoring - Coordination with the board of directors + securing the project budget - Ensure timely reporting at all levels, monitor global project progress For a large insurance company : My role was to study and set guidelines for the creation of a new operations management system for protection insurance and participate in the deployment within a time-critical and political situation. - Responsible for the estimation of requirements and risks - Creation of operating methods to optimize efficiency - Reporting directly in all project, cross-functionnal and board meetings - Analysing user needs - Animation and management of technical & cross-functionnal teams I also participated internally on: - Answering client proposals - Developping an expertise in the energy sector - Organising the yearly 4 day seminar