Antonio Abi Saad

CEO

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France21 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led global data initiatives for Fortune 500 companies.
  • Expert in data governance and analytics transformation.
  • Proven track record in managing large-scale data projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Management and Analytics expert with extensive experience in SaaS and enterprise-level solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipData ManagementBig DataData GovernanceBusiness IntelligenceManagement ConsultingProject ManagementData Warehousing

Other Skills

Data PrivacyClient RelationsCommunicationProblem SolvingData ScienceAnalyticsStrategyMachine LearningManagementEnterprise Data ManagementData AnalysisData ClassificationInformation ManagementAnalytical SkillsRetail

About

What defines me the most are my passion, intuitive mind, my technical/functional and management skills on Data serving the Digital transformation, I've acquired a deep knowledge on the different Data Management areas : from Data Architecture to Data Governance, passing by Data Training, IT Systems & Platforms, Data Protection/Legal, People & Culture development, Master Data & Quality Management, and BI/EPM/Big Data & Analytics (ML/AI). I've also acquired a good knowledge of the Data ecosystem and a significant experience in business transformation, maturity assessment and implementation of efficient IT & business organization around structured and unstructured data, within complex and ever changing business environments across industries & geographies. Through these experiences, strong consulting background, and a significant global experience in Global Fortune 500 organizations, I’ve been specialized on helping the enterprise evolves on its Data driven culture & asset management, so that it becomes not only an accelerator for the digital transformation but also a laboratory for innovation and a strategic lever for taking decisions based on smart data & predictive program. I am at present Global Data Director at Sodexo, which allows me Leverage data to value for better quality of life services. Before joining Sodexo, I’ve worked on similar topics with the major international companies such as LVMH, Nestlé, Danone, BNP Paribas, Banque de France, Carrefour, Unibail-Rodamco, Groupama, Monoprix, MAAF, KBC Bank, UTC Fire & Security... SIGNIFICANT SECTORIAL EXPERIENCE – CPG, Retail & Luxury, Bank & Insurance, Food & Facility Management, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE: Finance, Operations, HR, Marketing & Strategy EXPERIENCED IT DIRECTOR – Leadership, IT Strategy, transverse management, partners & budget, cross-communication INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE – Business Intelligence, Big Data & Information Management COMPLEX PROGRAM MANAGEMENT – Data Governance, Global Data & AI Platforms, Marketing & smart Data, Corporate BI

Experience

21 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Sodexo

3 roles

Group Chief Data Officer

Promoted

Nov 2023Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Data PrivacyClient RelationsCommunicationProblem SolvingLeadershipData Management

Global Data Hub Director - Integration, IoT, Data & Analytics, MDM & data Governance

Sep 2019Feb 2024 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Managing all Data hub Factories to advance the IS&T roadmap by ramping up IT capabilities and 'operating model' to enable, in collaboration with Digital, Legal, Security, Line Of Business and Customers:
  • MVM, MVP, designing, industrialization, scaling and running worldwide Data Analytics, IoT, Machine Learning projects for improving 'Quality of Life services';
  • continuously improving and maintaining Sodexo Group Cloud Integration, Data & Analytics, MDM & Data Governance Platforms, including Data Management, Data ingestion and management of data from internal and external Clients and Consumers.
  • Responsible of important budget of several millions, Implementation of a world class Data Platform in 5 Regions, put the right skills and data governance in place, direct and functional management of big teams of more than 150 people worldwide, definition of the global operating model and DevOps, delivery of 3 Big Data & AI/ML projects, several IoT, BI, MDM projects.
  • Sodexo: With 420 000 employees and a presence in 80 countries, Sodexo is leader in 'Quality Of Life' Services and serves 75 million consumers every day with an expertise in more than 100 different businesses.
Data ScienceData PrivacyClient RelationsAnalyticsStrategyMachine Learning+13

Europe Chief Data Officer

Sep 2017Sep 2019 · 2 yrs

  • As a Data & Analytics Director at Sodexo I contributes to the Data Transformation of the company to improve 'Quality of Life services' by improving Data Culture, Governance & Mangement, and by industrializing strategic Data projects within France & Europe, working with CIOs, CTOs, Business Lines, Security, Legal and passionated team composed of multidisciplinary skills on BI, Big Data Engineering/Science.
  • As a member of the IT France Executive Committee I was also the IT Business Referent for Sodexo France Strategic Projects, CRM & the Healthcare Business segment.
  • Managing a team of 8 internal and 30 external people / Managing around 2Mk€/year for delivering with success and maintaining all BI, MDM, Analtytics projects.
Data ScienceData PrivacyClient RelationsAnalyticsStrategyMachine Learning+13

Lvmh

3 roles

Head of BI/Big Data - Center Of Excellence at LVMH Wines & Spirits

Jan 2016Sep 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Head of Moët Hennessy's BI CoE for ensuring a consistent evolution of the BI & Big Data systems within a matrix environment composed of 160 markets and 21 Maisons. Role of leadership and transverse management within matrix steering to guaranty a good knowledge of data integration, processing within IT, and business governance …
  • BI strategy defined and implemented on a bi-modal core platform. On the one hand, a structured platform dedicated for Finance & Supply Chain. On the other hand, an agile platform for tactical and regional needs mainly dedicated for Sales & Marketing.
  • Responsible of the Modernization of the systems towards a modern enterprise Hadoop platform to enable the digital transformation and address Big Data use cases and best practices implementation to ensure consistent application and shorten BI & Data initiatives time to market on data acquisition, engineering & analytics
Data ScienceAnalyticsStrategyMachine LearningManagementData Management+10

Head of Data Management at LVMH Wines & Spirits

Promoted

Jan 2014Dec 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Partners relationship, important budget and program management of all BI & Data projects
  • Direct management of 5 senior BI & Data project managers and around 50 external partners in charge of the delivery of complex programs such as Product Data Management, reporting for the 1 200 sales representatives (Biggest QlikSense project in Europe), profitability analysis at SKU level by customer/channel, or changing user experience from ‘IT-Driven'​ to ‘Business-Driven’ BI
Data ScienceAnalyticsStrategyManagementData ManagementCommunication+10

Transversal Activities IS Domain Manager at LVMH Wines & Spirit

Jun 2012Dec 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Head of Business Intelligence, Entreprise Performance Management & Information Management. Role of transverse management (cross-service communication, complex relationship management, cross-domain coordination)
StrategyManagementData ManagementCommunicationBusiness ProcessLeadership+8

Iae de paris

Intervenant

Jan 2012Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

CommunicationLeadershipData AnalysisAnalytical Skills

Sap

Profitability and cost management Senior Consultant

Mar 2011Jun 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Paris La Defense

  • HENNESSY – Implementation of a Cognac purchasing, manufacturing and production planning system that allowed decomposing Cognac's forecast/actual unit price. <500k€, 3 pers., 6 months
  • BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES SERVICES – Profitability & Cost management system implementation that allowed profitability analysis & simulation of the activities of the bank. 1500k€, 6 pers., 1year
ManagementCommunicationManagement ConsultingLeadershipBankingProject Management+6

Micropole-univers

2 roles

Senior Consultant in Performance Management & Business Intelligence

Jan 2009Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • NESTLÉ WATERS – Project Director for the implementation of European business planning tool
  • DANONE – Audit of the system for Products’ carbon footprint calculation (140 markets)
  • GROUPAMA – Project manager for Beqom Incentive Management system. 1200md, 9pers managed
  • UNIBAIL-RODAMCO – Marketing Business needs for analysis of the affluence in shopping centers
  • OTHER MISSIONS > 4 MONTHS : BANQUE DE FRANCE, CARREFOUR, MONOPRIX, MAAF
Data WarehousingManagementManagement ConsultingBusiness ProcessDatabasesBanking+7

Confirmed Consultant in Performance Management & Business Intelligence

Sep 2005Jan 2009 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Project management
  • Expression of needs & key performance indicators identification
  • Activity Based Costing methodology.
  • Economic Management project.
  • Assistance on budget elaboration & forecasting
  • Training course Animation
  • Business Intelligence Projects: specification & implementation
Data WarehousingData ManagementManagement ConsultingBusiness ProcessDatabasesBusiness Intelligence+6

Sopra group

Consultant in Business Intelligence

Sep 2004Sep 2005 · 1 yr

  • ACOSS, IT department, France: key indicators concerning French social security organisms
Data WarehousingDatabasesBusiness IntelligenceProject ManagementSQLData Analysis+3

Unilog liban

Junior Consultant in Business Intelligence

Jun 1999Oct 1999 · 4 mos

  • Saudi Arabia Government – Voting Information System project.
  • Consultant on VIS project, a real time application to follow the voting evolution.
Data WarehousingDatabasesBusiness IntelligenceProject ManagementSQLData Analysis+3

Education

Sup Galilée

Engineer — Information Technology

Jan 2002Jan 2004

Université Paris Cité

DEUG — Mathematics and Information Technology

Jan 2000Jan 2002

Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais Beyrouth

Baccalauriat — Mathematics

Jan 1995Jan 1999

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