AI-augmented customer service, proven in production
Career
Twenty years building customer service teams from nothing, in France, abroad and with offshore teams. Not consulting. Field work, multiple times, with measured results.
2025 — present
Head of Customer Service, France
Fintech · merchant payments
Running customer operations in France, managing and structuring the support team, recruiting, onboarding, developing staff. Performance tracking (NPS, response time, resolution, quality). Process improvement across support, operations and multiple departments. AI and automation as productivity levers.
NPS -14 → 45Multi-team managementAI & automationCross-functional process
2022 — 2025
Head of Customer Service, France
Automotive scale-up
Built the French business from scratch. Customer service strategy, recruiting and managing a multidisciplinary team of 7. Support + driver ops + garage coordination. Created processes, tools and quality standards. NPS > 65 target, > 90% calls answered, response time < 60s. Escalation management. Renault B2B platform deployment.
Build from scratchNPS > 65Renault deployment24/7 ops
2019 — 2022
Head of Customer Service, France
Digital staffing scale-up
Managed and coached a team of 8 agents in hypergrowth. Dual scope: B2B (client companies) and B2C (temp workers). Created processes, SLAs, taxonomies and classification systems. Reporting, dashboards, automated responses. Collaborated with Product/Tech/Sales/Ops in a fast-changing environment.
B2B + B2CHypergrowthSLAs & taxonomiesAutomated reporting
2010 — 2016
Shift Leader · Project Manager
Online poker leader · international
International 24/7 customer service with teams across the UK, Malta, Costa Rica and Australia. 70+ agents to coordinate across time zones. First point of contact for operational escalations. WFM, scheduling, resource adjustment. Performance tracking, coaching and training. Complex case investigation. Incident communication.
70+ agents multi-country24/7 multi-timezoneWorkforce ManagementComplex escalations
2008 — 2010
Commercial Account Manager
Publisher · Ireland
B2B sales of customised products from Ireland. Prospecting, portfolio development, retention. Training and mentoring new hires. Weekly sales targets. First real school of customer needs and quota-driven work.
B2B salesMentoringQuota-driven
2006 — 2008
Telemarketing Assistant Manager
Telemarketing
First role. B2C prospecting, lead qualification, appointment setting. Created a dedicated role for new client generation: call scripts, pitch materials, prospecting strategy.
B2C prospectingScripts & pitches
Education and certifications
Languages
French
English
Spanish
Positioning
Not a consultant who read books on customer service. An operator who built several customer service teams from scratch, in different sectors. Now at the intersection of customer service, operations and AI. AI and automation as levers to do more with the same team.