Emmanuel is VP AI at DataGuard, with the mission to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence within the company. DataGuard is the leading platform for ensuring security and compliance (GDPR, AI Act) for SMEs and mid-sized enterprises. His role is to significantly boost the productivity of internal teams. He also supports the Product & Engineering teams in developing new features for the DataGuard platform.

Prior to this, Emmanuel led Data & AI activities at BlaBlaCar for 10 years. As VP Data & AI, he didn’t just manage numbers; he transformed hundreds of millions of daily events into impactful decisions. For example, every second, 300 decisions are automated thanks to the AI developed by his teams!

His expertise goes beyond the technical domain; it also includes a unique ability to collaborate with all business units in the company. His goal: to enable everyone to make better decisions for a positive and lasting impact on results.

Under his leadership, the data teams—comprising 50 experts—have a direct and measurable impact: more than 20% of the company’s revenue is generated thanks to AI, and over one million euros in annual operational cost savings have been achieved, notably through the integration of generative AI.

Innovation is at the core of his strategy: the deployment of AI models has become 100 times faster in just three years. His approach, including technical and organizational migrations towards Data Mesh, has doubled the productivity of Data Engineers.

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