François DESNOYER 🌊

François DESNOYER

Chief Digital & Data Officer ⏩ Digital strategy | innovation product & services | transformation catalyst | mentoring industry 4.0 startups 🧬

Sciences Po Executive Education

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Experience26+ Years

Executive Overview

Value proposition: C-level consulting in digital strategy and innovation, operational management of data transformation teams, mentoring industry 4.0 startups 👇 By changing our relationship to information and the way we interact, digital technology is disrupting our individual and collective functioning. An acute awareness of digital issues is more necessary than ever to ensure that technology always rhymes with human progress and continues to shape desirable futures 🌳. Industry 🏭 is for me the place to build these desirable futures. I work actively to promote a positive vision of technology, to make it more efficient, more attractive, and more responsible🌱. This is what leads me today to support Safran in its digital transformation journey, as Chief Digital and Data Officer of Safran Landing Systems. 👉 In this position, I focus today on: ▷ The data-driven transformation of our industrial tools, linked to our production sites ▷ The upskilling of our digital and data communities and the maturity of our organization ▷ Digital innovation, for all functions, at the workplace 👉 What characterizes me: ▷ An ability to innovate, demonstrated in the automobile and aeronautics industry, in product engineering and IS functions ▷ An ability to build and to deliver: my profile is more of a designer/creator/builder type, it has allowed me on several occasions to upgrade existing organizations to meet the strategic needs of the company and to deliver complex transformation projects ▷ A dual training in both engineering and human sciences, which allows me to put the impact of technologies into perspective for the transformation of organizations and operational practices 👉What i can offer to organizations: ▷ To define their digital strategy with their executive committee ☁️ and to ensure overall management of execution (innovation, R&D, digital, embedded software, IT department, etc.) ▷ To manage multidisciplinary teams to improve operational performance thanks to digital 📈 , develop innovative products and services ▷ In-depth knowledge of B2B industrial organizaitons, an operational, C-Level, and academic network 🕸, advice and mentoring for executive committees and industry 4.0 startups Digital is a team game. Let's explore what we can do together!

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • 2021–Present· 5 yrs 8 mos
    • Member, Board of DirectorsCurrent
      2021–Present
  • Sep 2018–Present· 8 yrs
    • LecturerCurrent
      Sep 2018–Present
  • SafranCurrent
    May 2014–Present· 12 yrs 4 mos
    • Director, Group Digital Inspection Acceleration PlanCurrent
      Jul 2024–Present
    • Chief Digital and Data Officer Safran Landing Systems
      Sep 2017–Jul 2024
    • Systems Methods Director
      May 2014–Sep 2017
  • 2006–May 2014· 8 yrs 4 mos
    • ADAS engineering and development manager
      2006–May 2014
  • 2002–2004· 2 yrs
    • IS architect and project manager for engineering activities
      2002–2004
  • 2000–2002· 2 yrs
    • IS/IT B2B consultant
      2000–2002

Education

Data for Managers certificate

HEC Paris

Digital transformation facilitator certificate

ESCP Business School

Executive Master Digital Humanities

Social and political sciences

Sciences Po

Master's degree

Engineering

Arts et Métiers - École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers

Ingeniero Industrial

University of Navarra

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Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

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Change ManagementProject ManagementMéthodologies Agile et WaterfallAutomotive EngineeringStratégie d’entrepriseAéronautiqueEnseignement magistralGestion de projet internationalManagementAviationBusiness-to-Business (BtoB)ConseilRédactionDataGestion du changementStratégie numériqueRédaction de rapportStrategieSystems EngineeringRésolution de problèmes