Sebastien Pignolo

About Sebastien Pignolo

Areas of expertise: Program Management: from Budgeting, Planning to Execution, and Deployment New product development From Business Requirements to Product Roadmap Team Management remote and local Experienced working in large and small organizations in EUROPE, ASIA, NORTH AMERICAExperienced in the fields of:Autonomous Vehicles, ADAS, Self Driving Cars & Trucks, UX/UI platform and applications,Internet Of Things IoT technologies, Lora technologies, data analysis, Cloud technologies (AWS, AZURE), Computer Vision and Machine Learning, set-top box, Audio Video streaming, video games,Team management, feature development, deployment roll-out and operationalization.French-American citizen.Tools and Methodologies: PMI (formerly PMP certified), Agile Scrum/Kanban (prev. Scrum Master certified), JIRA, Confluence, Gantt chartsLanguages: English (fluent), French (native), Korean (A2), Russian (A2)French - American citizen

Experience

1. Staff Technical Program Manager

   Valeo

   May 2023 — Present

   I am leading a team of software engineers and leaders as well as the Software Discipline to deliver the next generation of ADAS and Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) architectures.Activities range from- Defining the organization and program governance- Communicating internally and externally at all levels on progress status and key strategic decisions- Providing front-office support and expertise on applications integration- Validating service oriented architectures- Defining project budget (FTE, SW licences, test means/ HIL)- Creating and managing a brand new R&D site- Recruiting and mentoring a team- Driving program execution in Agile (Jira)/SiPH mode through the SDLC software development life cycle- Providing support for Sys Val activities

Education

• HEC Paris

  MBA, Strategy Track

  2008 — 2009

• University of South Brittany

  PhD, Computer Science and Electronics

  1999 — 2002

• UCLA Anderson School of Management

  MBA certificate, Business Administration and Management, General

  2009 — 2009

Skills

• Trello
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Corporate Finance
• Telecommunications
• Analysis
• Program Management
• Embedded Systems
• Javascript /Angularjs
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Project Planning
• Business Development
• Strategy
• Mongodb
• Risk Management
• Team Management
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Software Development
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Python
• Integration
• Business Planning
• Jira / Confluence
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Leadership
• Business Strategy
• Mobile Devices
• Mobile Applications
• Business Analysis