Summary
François Lelièvre is an innovation program director with 20+ years of engineering and product development experience, and a decade leading large multidisciplinary teams to bring disruptive and incremental products to market. He blends systems engineering, manufacturing know-how and digital transformation expertise to bridge start-up techno bricks with industrialization—having delivered award-winning production innovations, CES demonstrators and AI-connected services. At Expleo he leads a 100-person innovation organization building solutions from drone swarms to generative-AI copilots and Software Defined Vehicle platforms, while owning CIR convergence and strategic partnerships. Known for “think big, act small” pragmatism, he structures portfolios across TRL stages and adapts leadership to team readiness, enabling rapid experiment-to-scale cycles. Fluent in open innovation, NPI and business-model reinvention, he also brings hands-on domain depth in vehicle interiors, materials and cut & sew manufacturing that helps de-risk transitions from concept to CAPEX-approved production.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
ingénieur, Ingénierie mécanique ; matériaux, ingénieur, Ingénierie mécanique ; matériaux at ismans