Gwenael helps companies to manage their IT transformation in a safety way (Datacenter, Virtualization, network, Storage & Backup environment, Disaster recovery, Cybersecurity, Data Protection and "Cloud" IT).
He celebrates 21 years of experience in project management, and 24 years in the IT industry with a results-oriented culture and customer satisfaction driven.
He works in IT infrastructure for 24 years and spent the last 16 years in Data Management (data protection, cybersecurity, Datacenter and DRP), especially for the small world that storage vendors are (Dell/EMC & NetApp).
All concern about data and cybersecurity is a daily topic. During these last years, he has seen the transformation of a low rainfall of data in flood of data, the "cloud" has settled and helps to regulate the massive flow of data. He truly believes no one can stop this flood, but this massive flow is predictable, so you can anticipate and control it by building the right paths to divert it into a data lake, for example. From then, you can start to clean the clutter and take control of your data. It is virtually impossible to act upstream, but it is possible to act downstream, with a smart process that will ensure your data is working for you, to grow your business.
He's a black belt in Project Recovery and IT projects, as well as all topics around data.
He is PMP certified, Agile Hybrid Project Pro, Scrum Fundamentals certified, Aws Cloud Practitioner certified and Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certified.
He was captain in the French Army (NATO medals & French military decorations awarded). He learned a lot from this experience and 2 quotes taught during his military academy courses, are still sounded in his mind:
"The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting."
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
If you ask him his thought, he will tell you:
"Controlling your data is not a fight. Like in Aikido (The Art of Peace) you can learn to use the attacker's own force against him. Don't fight your data or you will be overwhelmed very fast, use the force of your data, the force of this flow to serve your interest and recover all the value & power your data have!"
Skills : Data Management, Project Management, Project Recovery, PMO, Engagement manager, Cloud IT, Data storage, Data protection, Data value, Dark Data and Cybersecurity.
