Professional track

Graduated with a master in IT, Jerome has held various responsibilities in business management and project management for more than 15 years in the areas of Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Organization and Digital Transformation.

This experience acquired in complex and international environments allows him to acquire a very broad vision of tech opportunities involving business, organizational and human transformations. At the same time, he develops relationships with ecosystems focused on innovation and entrepreneurship.

After an Executive MBA (ESCP), he created Cadran7, a consulting and investment structure in digital innovation. With an approach focused on people and new usages, he supports startups and companies in their digital-related challenges of valuation, strategy, execution and security.

He is also involved in company takeover activities and more directly in the creation of a startup, PREMEDIT, specialized in digital sports medicine #HealthTech #DeepTech #DTx
Keywords: Innovation, DeepTech and digital transformation, Use value, Financing and valuation, Strategy, execution and acceleration, agile and collaborative management, ecosystems, international.

Profile :

• Digital entrepreneur
• Dual culture: Tech (IT engineering) and Business (Executive MBA)
• Adaptability, cross-functionality, analytical skills, optimism, commitment & tenacity, integrity
• Principles of action: purpose driven, open-mindedness and agility, trust and listening, serve leadership, ambition and commitment
• Running and Fitness enthusiast, former top level French Billiard player (multiple French and European champion, medalist of the Ministry of Sports)

Focus: Tech for Good

Making digital transformation a source of development and value creation.

• Innovation valuation: opportunity detection and analysis, use cases, benefits vs risks analysis, …
• Strategy: diagnosis and strategic options, business modeling
• Execution: offering, prototyping, market tests, structuring (Lean Startup / OKR), financing and fund raising, staffing, Go-To-Market, partnerships

Examples of assignments:

• Coaching of startups in incubation or acceleration phase: strategic diagnosis, offer positioning (focusing on user/customer benefits), business modeling, execution structuring
• Co-creation and general management of a startup specialized in digital sports medicine: creation, financing, development, pivot/reversal
• Investment and takeover of a software publisher (sourcing, acquisition audits, negotiation, closing)
• Strategic consulting mission for software editors but also for an industrial (diversification opportunity in renewable energies)
• Training and consulting mission on “cybersecurity for SMEs” for the French Order of Chartered Accountants and involvement in the “digital confidence and cybersecurity” cluster (CN&CS) of Euratechnologies in Lille

Metaphor

For business as for billiard, success often requires to strive for mastery despite uncertainty, to develop its capacity to anticipate, to adapt constantly to situations and events, to imagine new paths, to be demanding on quality and performance, to assess and take risks, to show fighting spirit and resilience … while never forgetting to live with passion sharing success with friends and beloved ones