Quentin BLACLARD

CEO

France15 yrs 8 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Led HR Data transformation for Fortune 500 companies.
  • Achieved over €10M in annual revenue targets.
  • Trusted advisor to C-level executives in Data & AI.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data & AI expert with extensive experience in consulting for enterprise-level clients.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data & AiExecutive AdvisoryData ManagementHr AnalyticsData GovernanceAi InnovationData Quality ManagementRisk MitigationAi ImplementationInnovation ManagementBusiness DevelopmentTalent ManagementPeople AnalyticsTeam ManagementData StrategyCommercial FocusData ComplianceRegulatory ManagementProject ManagementRisk ManagementTechnical Migration

Other Skills

Analyse des donnéesData industrializationHR reportingDataHub managementInformaticaAlteryxAISearch Engine OptimizationSAP SuccessFactorsCollibraData QualityHRISData RoadmappingRegulatory ReportingSAS

About

Passionate about the power of data to transform organizations, I have built my career bridging the gap between complex business challenges and technological innovation (Data & AI). Over the past decade, I have evolved from an expert consultant to Partner / Deputy Head of an 80+ talent Data & AI Business Unit. My role today? Acting as a trusted advisor to C-Level executives (especially CDOs and CHROs) of major industry leaders (Banking, Energy, Luxury, Public Sector) to secure, leverage, and industrialize their data.

Experience

15 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 2 mos
Current Experience

Mc2i

7 roles

Partner Data & IA RH

Promoted

Dec 2025Present · 6 mos

  • BU Scalability & Executive P&L: As deputy head of BU, accountable for a €10M+ annual revenue target and the overarching P&L / EBITDA of the BU, enforcing top-level financial governance across all strategic accounts.
  • Organizational Leadership & Executive HR: Co-directing an 80-person consulting practice. Acting as a decision-maker in talent acquisition (30+ final interviews/year) and steering the BU's executive compensation strategy (bonus pools and salary approvals).
  • Executive Advisory & Strategy: Trusted advisor to C-level executives (CDOs, CHROs), orchestrating global Data/AI transformation programs for Fortune 500 leaders.
  • CoE Leadership & Offering Strategy: Piloted the HR Data & AI stream within the CoE. Directed the creation of strategic Go-to-Market assets (business/marketing deliverables), supervised internal AI PoCs, and structured high-level training programs.
  • KEY CLIENT :
  • HR Data Service Center Lead – Global Energy Leader: Managing a specialized 7-person team to industrialize HR regulatory, strategic et operationnal reporting and accelerate the delivery of strategic data products within the global HR DataHub alongside maintaining the legacy datalake
Analyse des donnéesData & AIExecutive Advisory

Director Data & IA RH

Promoted

Jan 2024Dec 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Commercial & Portfolio Growth: Achieved a €5M annual revenue target. Managed portfolio profitability and financial forecasting (margin optimization, cash flow) across the practice.
  • Management & Strategic Recruitment: Directed a 40-person consulting group. Validated key senior hires (30+ 2nd-round interviews) and governed the annual HR cycle (validating promotions and salary increases).
  • CoE Leadership & Offering Strategy: Piloted the HR Data & AI stream within the CoE. Directed the creation of strategic Go-to-Market assets (business/marketing deliverables), supervised internal AI PoCs, and structured high-level training programs.
  • KEY CLIENT :
  • Data Governance Lead – Major French Public Financial Institution: Successfully mapped 200+ business terms and implemented 150+ Data Quality KPIs using Informatica & Alteryx, significantly mitigating financial, reputational, and regulatory risks.
  • AI Innovation Program Manager – Nationwide Public Platform: Orchestrated the innovation program of an AI-powered search engine, ensuring high performance and seamless handling of millions of queries for a nationwide professional training portal.
Analyse des donnéesData GovernanceAI Innovation

Senior Manager

Jan 2023Dec 2023 · 11 mos

  • Business development: Delivered a €2M+ annual revenue target through 80+ strategic client engagements per year.
  • Practice & Talent Management: Steered the career paths of 25 consultants, leading annual performance appraisals and compensation reviews. Fueled team growth by conducting 30+ 1st-round interviews annually. Acted as Proxy CDO for a global Energy leader.
  • Account Financial Health: Maintained strict oversight of account-level P&L, focusing heavily on Work-in-Progress (WIP) and Accounts Receivable aging.
  • Thought Leadership (CoE): Led key knowledge capitalization initiatives within the Data CoE. Built reusable business assets, managed internal PoCs, and animated specialized training sessions for internal and external audiences.
  • KEY CLIENT :
  • Acting HR CDO – Global Fortune 500 Energy Leader : Built the HR Data Office from scratch reaching 10+ HR Data Consultants I managed to support a global SAP SuccessFactors rollout. Implemented full data governance (Collibra) and Data Quality (Dataiku + PowerBI) and an advanced People Analytics environment (AWS, PowerBI) for the worldwide workforce.
Analyse des donnéesBusiness DevelopmentTalent Management

Manager

Promoted

Jan 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Business Development: Successfully hit a €2M annual revenue target by scaling existing accounts and winning key transformation projects.
  • Team Orchestration & HR Ownership: Directed the daily operations of a 20-consultant team, conducting comprehensive performance evaluations and communicating annual salary reviews. Conducted 30+ 1st-round interviews annually.
  • Project Financials: Ensured strict project-level financial health, monitoring margins, invoicing cycles, and budget burn rates.
  • Knowledge Management & Training: Actively contributed to the internal Data CoE by leading internal PoCs, structuring knowledge management (capitalization), and facilitating internal/external training workshops.
  • KEY CLIENT :
  • HR Data Strategy Lead – Top-Tier European Banking Group : Led strategic HRIS audits and delivered actionable data roadmaps for international deployments across multiple banking entities.
Analyse des donnéesBusiness DevelopmentTeam Management

Consultant Manager

Promoted

Jan 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Commercial & Profitability Focus: Achieved a €1M revenue target through RFP leadership and proactive account farming, while ensuring baseline project profitability.
  • Team & Talent Growth: Directly managed a core team of 10 consultants, conducting their annual performance appraisals and salary announcements. Catalyzed expansion by conducting 30+ 1st-round recruitment interviews annually.
  • Data CoE Contributions: Played a key role in the internal Data CoE by building business and marketing deliverables, supporting internal PoCs, and delivering training sessions to upskill the practice.
  • KEY CLIENT :
  • Fiduciary Data Lead – French Central Bank / ECB : Managed a task force responsible for highly sensitive, daily/monthly fiduciary regulatory reporting directly to the European Central Bank.
Analyse des donnéesCommercial FocusTeam Management

Project Manager

Promoted

Jan 2018Dec 2018 · 11 mos

  • Project Delivery & Risk Management: Managed the operational execution and risk mitigation (securing projects) for Data transformation missions, reporting directly to the Manager.
  • Pre-Sales & SME Consulting: Acted as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) during strategic client pitches and co-authored technical responses for complex RFPs, actively supporting the firm's business development.
  • Data CoE Contribution: Animated internal workstreams participating in knowledge capitalization, asset creation, and internal methodologies.
  • KEY CLIENT :
  • Tier-1 European Bank — Data Quality Officer (Group Risk): Orchestrated quarterly Data Quality (DQ) assessments for division CDOs. Led the technical migration of DQ KPIs to SAS and modeled executive performance dashboards to resolve data anomalies.
Analyse des donnéesProject ManagementRisk Management

Data Consutant

Oct 2013Dec 2017 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Client Delivery: Successfully executed foundational Data transformation missions for major corporate clients, contributing to core project phases and on-site delivery.
  • Data CoE Contribution: Active member of the internal Data Center of Expertise (CoE), participating in knowledge capitalization, asset creation, and internal methodologies.
  • KEY CLIENT :
  • Major Public Financial Institution — Datawarehousing SME (Credit): Acted as Data Business Analyst for a major loan management data system. Authored data dictionaries, managed SQL data migrations, and oversaw Agile BI testing for core Datawarehouses and Datamarts.
  • National Trade & Economic Agency — BI & MDM Analyst: Conducted Master Data Management (MDM) audits and optimized OLAP cubes / BI dashboards (MS BI Stack) for the Finance and Sales divisions.
  • Global Automotive Tier-1 Supplier — HRIS Analyst: Drove User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and change management (user guides, profile configurations) for the global rollout of a SaaS performance management tool.

Hub franceia

Leader of the HR & AI Working Group

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Ecosystem Building & Strategic Partnerships: Prospected and secured key partnerships with specialized media outlets, major professional associations and public innovation institutions . Engaged industry leaders and corporate executives to sponsor events and share real-world AI use cases.
  • Industry Events & Innovation: Spearheaded the creation and launch of the "AI in HR Awards" to reward enterprise innovation, alongside organizing a high-impact national AI HR Hackathon.
  • Thought Leadership: Led the research, coordination, and publication of a comprehensive White Paper on AI applied to Human Resources, establishing a pioneering vision for the intersection of artificial intelligence and human capital.
Analyse des données

Verteego

Data Consultant

Jan 2013Jun 2013 · 5 mos · Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

  • Created a tool in Excel to choose the most economically and ecologically sound method to remediate polluted soil, factoring in type of pollution and site
  • Performed an LCA for a television set
  • Developped a database containing various information about 300 quality labels
  • Parameterized Verteego software ( KPI and sustainability incators reporting )

Csw

Intern

Jun 2011Dec 2011 · 6 mos · Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area

  • Did a research in water treatment
  • Collected and analyzed data from ecological wastewater treatment system and improved its efficiency
  • Participated in environmental impact assessments for local projects

Eiffage

Assistant Conducteur de Travaux / Assistant Construction Manager

Jan 2011Apr 2011 · 3 mos · Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

  • Optimisation de la stratégie d'approvisionnement pour réduire l'empreinte carbone d'un chantier
  • Réalisation de métrés
  • Organisation de points pédagogiques sur la sécurité sur le chantier
  • Rédaction de documents à destination de la maîtrise d'oeuvre
  • Gestion de demandes administratives
  • Redesigned the transportation plan of materials to reduce greenhouse gases emissions
  • Calculated quantity take offs
  • Organized monthly safety meetings for employees
  • Developed formal documents for contracting owners
  • Managed administrative requests

Centre national d'études spatiales

Stagiaire / Intern

Mar 2010May 2010 · 2 mos · Greater Toulouse Metropolitan Area

  • Diagnostic panne moteur sur le rover du CNES, IARES
  • Conception d'un support hydraulique pour la maintenance du rover
  • Implantation des composants sur un nouveau châssis du rover
  • http://exploration.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=50370
  • Diagnosed engine failure on the CNES rover, IARES
  • Designed hydraulic ramp to maintain the rover
  • Assisted in the set up of rover parts on a new frame
  • http://exploration.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=50370

Complétude

Tutoring

Sep 2008Dec 2012 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Région de Paris , France

  • • Tutored high school students in Mathematics, Physics and English

Education

EPF Engineering School

diplôme d'ingénieurs

Jan 2008Jan 2013

Université de Sherbrooke

génie / engineering

Jan 2009Jan 2010

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