Summary
Olivier Stephan is a Senior Software Solution Architect with 19+ years of hands-on experience designing and delivering industrial and enterprise software across manufacturing, telecom and PLM domains. Now at Microsoft, he blends cloud, edge and IIoT expertise to build configurable platform engineering solutions that bring the cloud to the shop floor and empower frontline workers, citizen developers and executives alike. Previously at Orange he led and scaled agile teams up to 15 people, shipping voice assistants, edge AI and data governance platforms across hybrid clouds while regularly briefing CxOs. Trained as a software architect at ISIMA, he pairs low-level systems experience (C/C++ for embedded and industrial control) with modern cloud-native patterns (Kubernetes, OpenShift, MLOps). Known for servant leadership, humor and curiosity, he actively drives reuse and software craft principles to turn prototypes and pilots into production products.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Computer Engineering, Engineer's degree Computer Engineering at lSIMA Clermont-Ferrand