Etienne Zahnd
Engineering Delivery Manager at Hitachi Rail
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolEtienne Zahnd is an Engineering Delivery Manager with nine years of international experience leading digital transformation and scaling initiatives across startups and large enterprises. He combines technical foundations from an MSc in Computer Science and an engineering degree with strong delivery, communication, and customer-focused skills honed at Amadeus, Matawan and now Hitachi Rail. Comfortable wearing multiple hats, he has driven project delivery, streamlined processes, and supported client success during rapid growth and company-wide transformation. A former school finance manager turned technologist, Etienne brings uncommon business acumen and cross-cultural fluency—speaking to his ability to adapt in diverse teams and global client contexts. An avid scuba diver, he thrives under pressure and approaches complex challenges with calm, analytical problem-solving.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MPSI / MP (Mathematics-Physics), MPSI / MP (Mathematics-Physics) at Lycée Janson-de-SaillyBaccalaureate High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Baccalaureate High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Lycée Franco-Mexicain, Mexico City, MexicoEngineering degree Electrical and Electronical Engineering Computer Engineering / Management Marketing and Finance, Engineering degree Electrical and Electronical Engineering Computer Engineering / Management Marketing and Finance at Ecole nationale supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses ApplicationsRussian Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco)Master of Science (MSc.) in Computer Science Engineering, Master of Science (MSc.) in Computer Science Engineering at University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering
French, English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
OpenAcademie/open-academie
Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
Le site du collectif OpenAcadémie
Contributions:106 commits, 166 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year
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Intendant-zonard/open-academie
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Le site du collectif OpenAcadémie
Contributions:3 PRs, 18 pushes, 11 branches in 2 months
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