Summary
Philippe Lefort is a tech-to-business executive and PhD-trained ML practitioner who has spent the last decade turning advanced data science and HPC expertise into measurable commercial growth. As General Manager at Le Comptoir Des Pharmacies he built end-to-end data platforms, MLOps pipelines and dynamic pricing/recommendation systems that helped scale a B2B network to 11,000+ pharmacies and boost key engagement metrics rapidly. He combines hands-on algorithmic experience from CFD and HPC research with product-led commercial leadership—aligning R&D roadmaps to revenue imperatives and negotiating strategic pharma partnerships. Previously he led ML and computer vision projects for the Silver Economy, improving production-grade models and IoT solutions, and taught data science curricula to prepare industry-ready talent. Comfortable moving between code, research and board-level strategy, he is especially adept at translating complex numerical methods into practical tools for sales and operations. Based in Toulouse, he brings a rare mix of deep simulation/HPC roots and proven data-driven scaling playbooks.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Fluid dynamics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Fluid dynamics at Toulouse INP
Engineer's degree Massively Parallel computing, Engineer's degree Massively Parallel computing at ENSEIRB-MATMECA
Machine learning Machine learning, Machine learning Machine learning at Stanford University
French, créole et pidgin, basés sur le français, English, Spanish, Chinese