Bio

My tagline is to be "demanding and passionate" – demanding first and foremost with myself (and a little bit with others too), and passionate about most things (hopefully everything) I do. Kindness matters to me too – but then to whom does it not matter? I'll let you judge if you can indeed perceive that my actions transpire genuine care and authentic attention to others.

Other than that, I'm a citizen of the world (technically French and Swiss), a skateboarder who is unable to do any ollie but who cruises in the streets of Jakarta, a podcaster, a magician (yes, yes, actually doing sleight of hands with cards and coins – try me!), an operator of drones (when they decide to not crash), a photographer as you can possibly tell from the photos posted in my stories. Oh and I survived multiple pneumothoraces (in layman's terms, those are collapses of the lungs).

I can be sarcastic (my sense of humour is doubtful but my school of thought is Camusian-Nietzschean-Cynic if that can explain something), I try to be zetetic (I just love this word and love words in general) and critical, I'm an organisational freak (siblings call me Sheldon Cooper), I read a lot and take humble stabs at writing. I travel most of the time (exception made during the 2020 pandemic, obviously, otherwise my social life used to be limited to playing badminton once a week when I was not undergoing surgeries). I don't drink (not even coffee), I don't smoke either – I just care about my health.

And yes, I did work for Google for almost 18 years (read below for my "boring" professional bio), which coincidentally also means I enjoy speaking in public.

For more quirky details about me, head to the frequently asked questions section where you can read all about my fears, best sub-$100 purchases, and how many hours of sleep I get each night.

Professional bio

I am now a leadership & career coach. I focus on helping individual contributors, managers and startup founders overcome their challenges to become a better version of themselves. For more information, contact me at coaching@seb247.com.

I previously worked at Google between 2007 and 2024 as a program manager. I led teams focused on serving developers and startups in emerging markets. Our mission was to make Google technologies their platform and tools of choice, with a key emphasis on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Earlier on, I had also served as a chief of staff to one of the best managers I ever had, ex-VP of Engineering Nelson Mattos, whom I continue to humbly serve as a volunteer for the NGO – Karimu – that he's operating.

Earlier on in my career, I was a strategy consultant and evolved in the field of business intelligence. I hold an engineering Master's degree from CentraleSupélec and an MBA from Collège des Ingénieurs (and some advanced project management certificate from Stanford University and an international degree in history, who would have guessed).

Additional links

Check out my other online profiles – note that you'll also find me online via my various projects but the links below pertain to my own identity, independent of any project:

• LinkedIn – my profile tends to be up to date; feel free to connect with me for professional reasons.
• Facebook – I don't really use Facebook nor do I accept as friends people I don't know well.
• Twitter – tweeting infrequently (even if I did elaborate a posting strategy).
• Instagram – sharing once in a while some of the photos that may be included in my stories; follow if you only care about photos, and not about the stories themselves.
• YouTube – subscribe to my channel so you can be notified when I post a public video.
• TikTok (personal) – occasionally sharing stunts.
• TikTok (professional) – video snippets of developers I interview as part of work.

Links with restricted access:

• Family website – bios, stories, videos and photos of family members.