Alexandre Stora

Plug-and-play SaaS solutions that seamlessly unite the strengths of two worlds. Benefit from bespoke consulting, enriching features with personalization, while harnessing the prowess of SaaS for unmatched scale and seamless functionality. Our pioneering approach leverages cutting-edge AI techniques, refining them into an industrial force, fortified by robust software infrastructure that eliminates technical roadblocks, channeling focus solely on enhancing the customer journey.

Part-time teacher of the 'Big Data Software' class of the Master in Big Data and Business Analytics. This course covers Data Science Workflows and Machine Learning.

Dataiku is the centralized data platform that moves businesses along their data journey from analytics at scale to enterprise AI.
My portfolio is made of major transport and industrial players where I help them to industrialize their use cases from k€ to several million €.

Moon is a telemonitoring platform of chronic diseases that learns from patients and their physicians through Artificial Intelligence. Medtech launched in 2019 with the research laboratory CeeD.

Anova is the venture builder of Quantmetry, our mission is to build artificial intelligence startups focusing on building skilled teams and scalable solutions to efficiently address corporate challenges..
Since 2016, we have been working with entrepreneurs to kick-start 4 startups:
- 2016: Pretto (pretto.fr), online real estate credit brokerage, 200+ FTEs, €40M+ raised.
- 2018: Citio (cit.io), Urban flow software, acquired by RATP, 30+ FTEs.
- 2019: Moon (moonhealth.ai), Telemonitoring platform, joint venture with an international diabetes research center (CeeD), 10 FTEs, €800K+ investment, IP acquired by Stēto in 2022.
- 2020: Veesual (www.veesual.ai), virtual try-on for e-commerce, 9 FTEs, confidential amount raised.

- Shaped the Startup Studio strategy: “Building upon Quantmetry’s Intellectual Property to create 10 startups in the next 3 years.”
- Raised funds from private investors
- Identified key pain points from corporate players and addressed them with a data-centric approach: fraud detection, predictivemaintenance, prescriptive marketing, HR analytics

Quantmetry is a forerunner Artificial Intelligence consulting company based in Paris with more than 140 associates. In 2016, I joined Quantmetry to launch their startup studio: Anova.
- Conducted due diligence for venture capital firms Partech and AfricInvest.
- Lectured at INSEAD MBA, presenting the venture builder model as part of the 'AI Strategy for Startups and C-Suites' program.
- Awarded for intelligent street lighting project in the context of Data City Paris 2017 organized by Paris City Hall x NUMA.

Melijoe.com is an e-commerce in children's fashion, now part of a Swedish group. I kicked off from scratch the APAC market successively based in Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo.
- Reached +$6M per year in revenue (before <$100k), accounting for +25% of global net sales.
- Adapted the market offer including pricing policy, payment gateways, and customer service.
Implemented local marketing acquisition strategies.
- Managed an intercultural team: Japanese, Korean and Chinese

- Defined a roadmap to increased turnover across Asia with a focus on Japan, Korea and China
- Managing an intercultural team: japanese, korean and chinese
- Analyzed site performance and initiated improvements, including technical projects and creative changes
- Identified and met new partners to grow local marketing activities in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong
- Internalized SEA programs (Yahoo, Google) and affiliate marketing programs in Tokyo office

- Launched Korean market from Seoul with a local partner, strong focus on Naver SEM and PR
- Localized our offer: translation in Korean, payment gateways, customer service and price policy

Volunteer for International Experience

- Kicked-off Hong Kong market following a road map designed through a meticulous market research
- Performed an in-depth audit of the website to achieve a high conversion rate with a focus on price policy
- Built and leveraged a network to promote the brand: fashion show HK, Key Opinion Leader, advertorial campaign online/offline
- Improved the shopping experience e.g. with the opening of an APAC customer service based in Hong Kong