Proof before promise
I'd rather show an auditable system or a published piece than recite a method.
Profile
Loïc Pontani
Senior IT & data architect · independent
20 years designing and transforming critical information systems for banking, insurance and public finance. Specialised in architectures that guarantee data integrity, processing traceability and operational reliability.
Availability
What I am looking for
For an HR director, a headhunter or an IT leader: the concrete facts, at a glance.
- Looking for
- Data and/or AI missions — architecture, governance, migration, transformation
- Format
- Time-and-materials, long missions (1 year and more)
- Availability
- Immediate
- Mobility
- Paris area or full remote
- Mission language
- French (professional English)
- Status
- Independent — billed via PHYDYA (SARL)
- Education
- Postgraduate in computer science · Leading SAFe 5 & 6
The structure
Phydya is me — and a network
Phydya is a senior expert on the front line: me, Loïc Pontani. You work directly with the architect who designs and delivers.
I bring in a focused network of trusted partners (developers, data engineers, domain specialists) when a project outgrows one person. You keep a single, accountable contact; you gain the capacity of a team when you need it.
Career
20 years on critical systems
- 2021 – 2025
Director of the Data & BI service centre · Generali France
Leading a 20-person team, a €12M portfolio over 4 years. ETL modernisation, decision-indicator standardisation, technical governance, value-driven steering.
- 2016 – 2021
Data Product Owner · BPIfrance
Data lead for the Export Insurance subsidiary: Data strategy, data governance, SAFe rollout across the BU, roadmap and backlog steering.
- 2013 – 2016
Data & Web Manager / Scrum Master · NSIT
Directing Data and Web projects for large accounts (banking, insurance, industry): building project teams, Agile delivery, application architecture.
- 2007 – 2012
Application architect · Natixis
Technical architecture of financial solutions and decision systems: application architecture, data-flow modelling, leading development teams.
- Since 2025
Independent architect — Data missions · via PHYDYA
Data-integrity architecture and platform-migration missions (Oracle → PostgreSQL, ERP → Workday), with strong traceability and control requirements.
What holds me
My values
Operational honesty
I name the problems, risks and limits. A clear-eyed diagnosis beats a reassuring brochure.
Refusing the interchangeable
No copy-pasted generic architecture, no content churned out. Every deliverable is situated.
Cooperation
Coordinating business, IT and operations: a critical system is delivered with the teams, not against them.
Go further
Contact me, follow me, hire me
A mission, a project, a question?
Tell me the context — I answer with a point of view.