Guillaume Vernade
Technical account manager at Google Stadia
Agile & Scrum
Continuous improvement
Technical background
Facilitator
Video games
39 years old
In the past, I had the amazing chance to work with really great people who helped me grow and improve my expertise on innovation, digital, agile and lean management.
If you believe that we would work great together and mutually enhance each other, feel free to contact me :)
If you believe that we would work great together and mutually enhance each other, feel free to contact me :)
For more details, check my online resume : www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumevernade
Experiences
Technical account manager
Google Stadia
April 2020
to January 2023
- As part of the partner engineering team, my responsibilities are to maintain the relationship with video game dev teams and help them to release their games on Stadia.
► Shipped 30 games in 2 years
► Managed and prioritized partners's feature requests with the product and Eng teams
Associate producer
Ubisoft Québec
October 2018
to April 2020
Québec
Canada
- Leaded a fourth of the team creating a new franchise: Immortals Fenyx Rising.
► In charge of a multidisciplinary (that's important to me) Team of about 70 persons in charge of the gameplay (fight, monsters, AI & progression).
► Also in charge of administrating production tools (Jira and other internal tools). One of my last opportunities to code.
Production manager / Scrum Master
Ubisoft Québec
October 2016
to October 2018
Québec
Canada
- As part of the management team, my responsibilities varied during the project but my 2 main feats were:
► Working on Assassin's Creed Odyssey as production manager of the quest support team (transversal team including programmers, technical directors, and dev-testers).
► In charge of the Project Stream version of AC Odyssey, the first game using this technology that became Stadia ☛ https://news.ubisoft.com/article/Ubisoft-and-Google-Partner-for-Project-Stream
Innovation project manager - New technologies division
Bouygues Telecom
August 2010
to December 2014
- Our small teamwork as an internal start-up for Bouygues Telecom developing proof of concepts of new products or services for the company. Depending on the project I was either the product owner, the project manager, the developer, the seller, only an advisory or all of that.
► During these 4 years, I worked on home automation, machine learning, data analysis, next-gen interfaces, IPTV, indoor geolocation, customer retention...
► I also helped in creating the Big Data lab of the company and registered two patents.
Digital Project Manager
AXA
January 2015
to July 2016
Paris
France
- As a member of the Digital Agency, my mission was to help the regional entities of AXA in their digital projects.
► Staring with a "minimum viable product", built and tested with users quickly.
► Leading the transformation of those ideas into products following the Lean and Agile methodologies. As the "product owner", I was the interface between the business (in the entities and in the group) and the development team (in Barcelona).
I was particularly in charge of two projects:
► a mobile application called "Are you OK?" that looks after seniors and brings peace of mind to their families. ☛ https://www.axa.com/en/spotlight/story/innovating-for-the-elderly
► another application for Switzerland called "AXA Glass" which recently launched. ☛ https://www.axa.com/en/spotlight/story/start-in-how-to-innovate
Consultant in the Company's strategy's department
RFF
September 2009
to June 2010
- Studied about the trends influencing rail freight versus road and about the demography of SNCF, the french public rail company, and the impacts over the costs.
Computer science teacher in the Lycée Louis-Le-Grand
Education Nationale
September 2006
to 2009
- Teaching the basics of computer science to future top engineers (in Maple language)
Some of my subjects (in french) ☛ http://www.guillaume.vernade.fr/cours
Intern in a robotic laboratory
AIST
April 2007
to September 2007
- Research internship about robot stability on non-coplanar contact points.
Skills
Technical skills
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Computer Science
Advanced
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jQuery
Advanced
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Android / Java
Advanced
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Data Analysis
Good
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Statistics
Good
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Algorithms
Advanced
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Internet of Things
Advanced
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Python
Notions
-
Groovy
Intermediate
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SQL
Intermediate
Languages
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French
Expert
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English
Advanced
Management
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Partner management
Advanced
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Project Management
Advanced
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Rapid Prototyping
Advanced
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Design thinking
Intermediate
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People management
Good
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Scrum and agile methodologies
Advanced
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Lean Software Development
Good
Education
MBA
Collège des ingénieurs
September 2009
to July 2010
Intensive training in management, leadership, finance, and entrepreneurship in an international class with top-level teachers.
Master
École normale supérieure
September 2005
to 2009
Second in the computer science entrance exam.
During these 4 years I took the opportunity offered by the ENS to study different fields:
► Computer Science (Parisian Research Master in Computer Science (MPRI) and the Mathematics, Vision and Learning Master (MVA))
► Economics (Analysis and policy in economics Master)
► Financial Mathematics (Paris VII)
During these 4 years I took the opportunity offered by the ENS to study different fields:
► Computer Science (Parisian Research Master in Computer Science (MPRI) and the Mathematics, Vision and Learning Master (MVA))
► Economics (Analysis and policy in economics Master)
► Financial Mathematics (Paris VII)
Certifications
Interests
Sports
- Scuba diving
- Skiing
Travelling
- Whenever and wherever I can
Other
- Digital photography (bird watching)
- Gadgets
- Home automation ☛ https://github.com/Giom-V/Home-assistant
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