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François L.FL

François L.

AI, Innovation and Software Development

€1,200/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About François

Hands-on technology leader with a strong entrepreneurial mindset and over 15 years of experience driving innovation, building high-performing teams, and delivering scalable digital products. I started my journey as a developer and evolved through architecture, project management, and technical coaching—never losing my passion for building and shipping great software.

Equally comfortable in the boardroom and the codebase, I bring a hybrid profile: business-savvy, customer-focused, and deeply technical. My experience spans fast-paced startups and complex corporate environments, giving me a clear perspective on how to balance agility with stability, speed with quality, and innovation with long-term growth.

In leadership, I prioritize clarity, ownership, and collaboration. I lead by example—whether designing systems, mentoring engineers, or aligning tech strategy with business goals. I believe success is not just about the technology we build, but the teams we build it with.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • Norwegian

    Basic

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Nice (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Freelance
    Startup Advisory : Technology & GTM
    January 2016 - Today (10 years and 5 months)
    Ideation, lean startup methodologies, MVP development, tech recruitment, Go To-Market, Product Market Fit. Parternship with Startup incubators (Station F, Pepinière 27...) and independant startups
    Start-up Innovation MVP Go-to-market Strategy Recrutement
  • Freelance
    Executive Coach : Innovation & Leadership
    September 2015 - Today (10 years and 9 months)
    ✨ Leadership – management 3.0, leading by example, communication, vision/ orchestration/operation Team & Collective Coaching – Enhancing team dynamics, engagement, and performance Innovation – agility, iterative innovation, problem-solving, design thinking
    Coaching Leadership Innovation Stratégie SI
  • Coursera
    Training : multi AI agents orchestration
    January 2025 - April 2025 (3 months)
    Multiple courses on how to build, use and integrate AI agents (Coursera, LinkedIn Learning...) ; DeepLearningAI, CrewAI, Gork, Langchain, Flowise
    intelligence artificielle Agent IA

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Education

  • Software development, Information Systems
    Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard
    2003
    Software development, Information Systems
  • Université de Technologie de Compiègne
    1999

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