Vulcain Duquesne

MoovOne is an French Startup providing a digital solution of operational coaching for Managers and Talents. MoovOne supports the managers in developing their managerial skills and posture through remote coaching courses. I took product management lead at MoovOne and worked together with a cross-functional team on the creation of a new B2B platform. Basically, my tasks were to: 1 - Define and set-up the internal Product and Tech processes: from user feedback to technical implementation and QA. 2 - Manage and develop the current SaaS platform: feature research and specification, set up of the prioritization process, design homogenization, bug fixing, improvement of the user experience and satisfaction. 3 - Lead the platform overhaul: strategy definition, user's needs analysis, persona definition, Story mapping, MVP sizing, recruiting of external UX and UI ressources, ... 4- Lead the GDPR-related topics: Impact analysis, prioritization and definition of the roadmap

Zinsgold is a fast growing, well-funded Fintech venture based in Berlin that offers German savers a fast and easy way to invest their deposits into one of the safest available fixed-term investment on the German market. I was leading the product team from concept until post-launch, owning the product vision and development on the web platform.

Sparks42 delivers cutting-edge E-commerce and mobile solutions. Our mission is to build Next Generation E-commerce solutions with a focus on challenging fields such as user experience, recommendations, machine learning and Big Data. Tech stack: https://stackshare.io/sparks42-gmbh Product Manager for the proprietary product: a machine learning-based recommendation engine • Product Manager for the backend teams • Sprint & story planning, creation, sizing and maintenance • Agile project management • Quality Assurance • Assisted in the definition of the product roadmap Project Lead for a major German furniture e-commerce product, Casa: • Project lead for both front & backend teams (iOS / Android / API) • Sprint & story planning, creation, sizing and maintenance • Agile project management • Quality Assurance • Develop product roadmaps • Assisted in API design/documentation (REST)

I supported the founder in the set up of his new tech startup from day one. This includes: - Research of new market opportunities and definition of concept - Setting up the legal entity and registering the brand name - Taking part in the recruitment process - Taking ownership of various projects for the company

Support of the Mergers & Acquisitions Transaction Team - Market and industry analysis - Tracking of potential investors - Preparation of company profiles/teasers - Preparation of pitch documents, reports, information memoranda and data rooms

Within the Corporate Finance Risk Management Team, I had the opportunity to create and implement a new CDS-based tool to evaluate companies probability of default. I also supported the team in its daily and weekly reporting tasks and participated in the improvement of the reporting process.

- Development of an internal Covered Bond rating methodology: analysis of the issuer structure, of the legal frameworks, review of covered bond programs' specifics (e.g. cover-pool characteristics, level of overcollateralization, LTV ratio, asset-liability management, special supervision or compliance with European legislation) - Creation, update and transmission of cash position statements - Development of tools using VBA and SQL (automation of reports, data gathering and formatting) - Production of meeting reports - Participation to the 7. LBBW European Covered Bond Forum.