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  Etienne Lescot – CV
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  Etienne Lescot, CV, Technical Director, Product Director, SaaS, Cloud, AI, IoT, Indoor Geolocation, AWS, Kubernetes
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  Technical and Product Director - SaaS, IoT, AI
name: |
  Etienne Lescot
contact-title: |
  Contact
contact-phone: |
  - Phone: +33 6 80 51 21 20
contact-email: |
  - Email: <a href="mailto:etiennelescot@gmail.com">etiennelescot@gmail.com</a>
contact-linkedin: |
  - LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/etienne-lescot-69402019" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/etienne-lescot-69402019</a>
contact-github: |
  - GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/EtienneLescot" target="_blank">https://github.com/EtienneLescot</a>
contact-cv: |
  - Online CV :
profile-title: |
  Profile
profile-desc: |
  Technical and Product Director with over 15 years of experience in designing SaaS platforms. I operate at the intersection of product vision, cloud architecture, and user experience, with specific expertise in IoT solutions.
skills-title: |
  Skills
skill-1: |
  - <strong>Product Vision and Strategy</strong> :<br>Product vision definition, roadmap management, lifecycle management (design, deployment, optimization), product/technical strategic alignment
skill-2: |
  - <strong>User Experience and Design</strong> :<br>UX/UI direction, customer journey design, multi-device interfaces (mobile, web, physical kiosks)
skill-3: |
  - <strong>IoT Solutions and Indoor Geolocation</strong> :<br>Localization technologies, interactive mapping, smart contextual notifications
skill-4: |
  - <strong>Technical Architecture and Direction</strong> :<br>Cloud SaaS architecture (AWS, Kubernetes, Scaleway), scalability, multi-instance, infrastructure as code, monitoring
skill-5: |
  - <strong>Artificial Intelligence and Automation</strong> :<br>Conversational AI (LLM, AWS Bedrock, Langchain), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), customer journey automation, context analysis
skill-6: |
  - <strong>Management and Leadership</strong> :<br>Leadership of multidisciplinary teams (dev, UX, product), agile methodology, CI/CD, DevOps, R&D profitability optimization
experiences-title: |
  Professional Experiences
exp-fractional-title: |
  Fractional CTO & Co‑founder (2022‑2025)
exp-fractional-subtitle: |
  Technical and product support for early‑stage startups + Open Source Projects
exp-fractional-opensource-heading: |
  Maintained Open Source Projects
exp-fractional-opensource-stimm-title: |
  Stimm Platform
exp-fractional-opensource-stimm: |
  Open source platform for AI voice agents. Ultra‑low latency AI pipeline orchestration for real‑time conversations over WebRTC.
exp-fractional-opensource-stimm-stack: |
  Stack: Voice AI, WebRTC, real‑time processing
exp-fractional-opensource-stimm-link: |
  https://github.com/stimm-ai/stimm
exp-fractional-opensource-n8n-title: |
  n8n‑as‑code
exp-fractional-opensource-n8n: |
  Bidirectional n8n - VS Code synchronization. AI‑driven workflow generation and GitOps. Stop clicking, start coding.
exp-fractional-opensource-n8n-stack: |
  Stack: n8n, VS Code extension, AI workflow generation
exp-fractional-opensource-n8n-link: |
  https://github.com/EtienneLescot/n8n-as-code
exp-fractional-missions-heading: |
  CTO & Co‑founding Missions
exp1-title: |
  Saraé (2024‑2025) - Co‑founder & CTO
exp1-sector: |
  Sector: Architecture & Services
exp1-point1: |
  - Cloud strategy (AWS), conversational AI integration, business process automation
exp1-project-sarae: |
  - <strong>SARAE Project - Customer Platform and Conversational AI</strong>: Product roadmap definition, AI integration (RAG, LLM) for call analysis and customer journey automation, cloud-native AWS architecture, multi-instance CI/CD, infrastructure cost reduction and continuous performance improvement
exp2-title: |
  Exalgo (2022‑2023) - Co‑founder & CTO
exp2-sector: |
  Sector: AI & Software Development
exp2-point1: |
  - R&D leadership and definition of technological and product vision for the SaaS platform
exp2-point2: |
  - Management of cloud-native infrastructure strategy (Kubernetes, DevOps, CI/CD), ensuring scalability
exp2-point3: |
  - Leadership of technical performance and service security
exp2-project-exalbot: |
  - <strong>Exalbot Project - Cloud-Native AI Chatbot (SaaS)</strong>: Development of conversational chatbot engine (Python, Langchain, LLM), RAG architecture for contextual response enrichment, roadmap definition and AI integration strategy, cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Scaleway), multi-environment deployment, performance optimization
exp3-title: |
  CTO - Leni (2019-2022)
exp3-sector: |
  Sector: Event Technologies and IoT Solutions
exp3-point1: |
  - Leadership of an R&D team (10 people), recruitment management
exp3-point2: |
  - Leadership of SaaS product portfolio (AppKiosk, Youslide): roadmap, UX/UI, architecture, product/technical alignment
exp3-point3: |
  - Supervision of global cloud architecture, DevOps strategy (CI/CD), and technical quality
exp3-project-appkiosk: |
  - <strong><a href="https://www.klipso.com/en/features/mobile-application/multievent-app-kiosk/" target="_blank">AppKiosk</a> Project - SaaS IoT Platform</strong> : Product transformation (transition from a custom project model to an industrialized no-code platform), ROI and Scalability (drastic reduction in production costs -90%, deployment capacity for 100+ events, 50,000 users per event), 360° Leadership (product roadmap, cloud architecture, UX/UI direction, multi-client monitoring). IoT Module and Mobigéo Mapping including iconic Printemps Haussmann (Paris) deployment with physical interactive kiosks and mobile application in collaboration with JCDecaux (hardware), features: indoor geolocation, in-store routes, smart contextual notifications, technical integration of Polestar SDK (Bluetooth LE) for indoor localization and contextual services.<span class="pdf-page-break-after"></span> Other deployments: professional trade shows (Bourget), corporate campuses (Crédit Agricole)
exp4-title: |
  Founder - Development Studio (2007-2019)
exp4-sectors: |
  Sectors: Healthcare, Luxury, Events, Services
exp4-tech: |
  - <strong>Technologies</strong>: React, Angular, Node.js, JavaScript, SQL, MongoDB, AWS, Docker, CI/CD, PHP, REST API, mobile development (iOS, Android), Unity 3D
exp4-project-digitec: |
  - <strong><a href="https://digitecpharma.fr/landing-page-site-et-appli/" target="_blank">DigitecPharma</a> Project (2017-2019) - B2B2C SaaS Healthcare Platform</strong> : Co-design of the product with business (vision, UX/UI, features) for a complex ecosystem (1000 pharmacies, 30+ groups, 300K patients), technical and UX/UI direction, leadership of SaaS architecture and mobile applications (iOS, Android), design team management
exp4-project-serious: |
  - <strong>Unity 3D Serious Game</strong>: Design and development of an interactive road safety campaign for public organization (client anonymized)
exp4-project-luxury: |
  - <strong>Innovative Digital Campaigns</strong>: Creation of web and mobile platforms for advertising campaigns of major international luxury brands (clients anonymized)
exp4-point1: |
  - End-to-end leadership of web and mobile projects as an external consultant for large accounts and mid-sized companies
exp4-point2: |
  - Client relationship management, needs analysis, design (architecture, UX/UI), and team management
exp4-point3: |
  - Ensuring commitments are met (costs, deadlines), and mission profitability
formation-title: |
  Education
formation-bts: |
  - BTS Logistics, ESPL, Angers, 2005
formation-autodidacte: |
  - Self-taught and Technological Watch (2007 - Present): Continuous learning of cloud technologies, AI, SaaS architecture, participation in technical conferences, active monitoring of sector developments
languages-title: |
  Languages
lang-fr: |
  - French - Native
lang-en: |
  - English - B2 Advanced level
interests-title: |
  Interests
interest-1: |
  - <strong>Boxing</strong>: Discipline and self-improvement
interest-2: |
  - <strong>Home Automation and IoT</strong>: Home Assistant, Zigbee, AI Assistant with extended context to home sensors, active technological watch
interest-3: |
  - <strong>Real Estate Renovation</strong>: Technical constraint management and creativity