Yves-Marie Plard

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Executive summary

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Experienced French engineer with 6+ years in Power, Software & Healthcare industries. Strong interest in data analysis.

WORK EXPERIENCE

4D – Database Management System & IDE

[2021 - current]

Professional Services Team - Project manager

San Jose, USA

  • Led teams of 3+ developers in the end-to-end execution of software projects, ensuring top-down oversight at every stage.
  • Successfully managed multiple concurrent projects (10+ software developments per year).
  • Conducted client meetings, including high-level executives, to discuss project progress and requirements.

General Electric – GE Healthcare

[2019 - 2021]

Women Health Imaging Service Team - Responsible for digital transformation

Paris, France

  • Developed predictive maintenance models in Python, saving costs & unplanned downtime. Engineered rules for automated alerts before a failure occurs on a machine (20k$/year/rule saved).
  • Lead projects for monitoring new machines logs as part of the company data strategy, supporting databases development (Oracle, Greenplum, MySQL) using Spoon & Logstash.
  • Created automated tools for maintenance costs calculation (based on Natural Language Processing models)
  • Lead a team of 3 to develop a new feature for a service platform (500+ hospitals using the feature)

General Electric – GE Power

[2017 - 2019]

EEDP – Edison Engineering Development Program

Belfort-Paris, France

Two-year early career program consisting of four rotational assignments. Combining advanced engineering coursework (10+ hours/week) with valuable work experience.

  1. Systems Team: Led a team of 2 to define a comprehensive maintenance program for accessories of a 1600MW nuclear power plant.
  2. BoP Nuclear Team: Quantified degradations in heat exchangers of nuclear power plants, identifying and addressing a 14MW loss (equivalent to $4.4 million annually).
  3. Testing Team: Conducted performance tests on a 650MW gas turbine and spearheaded a 10+ person team to install instrumentation.
  4. New Product Introduction Team: Developed a 1D model for the gas injection system of a 120MW power station.

Areva (Ex-Orano) - Nuclear Power & Renewable Energy Multinational Company

[Mar. - Sept. 2017]

Intern – Configuration Team

Paris, France

  • Structured the database containing technical modifications inherited from the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant.

EDUCATION

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

[2015 - 2017]

Ms in Materials Science & Engineering

Shanghai, China

  • Relevant coursework: Industrial Engineering, Operational Research. Master’s thesis focused on characterizing a material primarily applied within the aerospace industry.

Arts et Métiers ParisTech

[2013 - 2015]

Grande École d’Ingénieurs – Engineering School

Lille, France

  • Relevant coursework: Optimization, Mathematics & Physics, Industrial Engineering, Operational Research, Mechanical Design & Simulation, Programming (Python, Matlab).

Lycée Livet

[2011 - 2013]

Preparatory Class – Physics, Mathematics & Industrial Sciences

Nantes, France

  • Two-year intensive preparation for admission to French Engineering Grandes Écoles. Graduated with honors.

LANGUAGES & SKILLS

Languages

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French: Native English: Fluent Chinese: Intermediate

Computer skills

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Python: Intermediate SQL: Prior experience JavaScript: Prior experience

ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

Sports

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  • Sports: Squash & tennis enthusiast, Competitive runner (Tiberias Marathon - Jan. 2020, Paris Half-Marathon - March. 2019)