Nicolas Rolland

I’ve spent the last 20+ years turning complex technology ecosystems into practical business growth engines across global organizations.Leading IT at scale isn’t just about adopting the newest tools; it’s about aligning modern engineering with corporate strategy while keeping the company safe and infrastructure resilient. I lead a 500-person global tech and cybersecurity team of talented experts at Dassault Systèmes, driving enterprise-wide cloud migrations, AI initiatives and compliance frameworks like ISO 27001. Before that, I spearheaded global tech operations and cloud modernizations for 400k+ employee organizations like Sodexo, as well as digital transformations across industrial, agricultural, and SaaS sectors in North America and Europe.The core challenges I solve: • AI Adoption & Governance: moving past the hype (not everything is solved by LLMs) to deploy secure, sovereign LLM frameworks that boost speed and quality. • Cloud & Cost Optimization: transitioning legacy architectures to Azure/AWS/Outscale while cutting run costs and modernizing data lakes. • Cybersecurity & Compliance: bridging the gap between CTO innovation and CISO risk management. • Global Team Scaling: structuring multi-region engineering teams, embedding Agile standards, and securing delivery.Core Stack & Focus: Cloud Architecture (Azure, AWS, Sovereign - OUTSCALE) | Enterprise AI & ML | Cybersecurity | Enterprise Platforms (SAP, Dynamics, Salesforce) | Digital Transformation.