Annabelle GERARD
VP AI & Data - Enterprise AI Leader, Generative AI
Enterprise AI leader with 15+ years bridging frontier AI and production-grade enterprise reality. Track record of leading technical teams that scope, architect, and deploy AI/ML solutions within customer environments, delivering €300M+ measurable value at Stellantis and building a $1B AI/ML pipeline at AWS. Proven in managing and mentoring AI/ML engineers across geographies, translating complex business and data challenges for C-suite and technical teams, and designing scalable AI governance frameworks for regulated industries. Deep hands-on expertise in LLMs, GenAI architecture, and enterprise AI deployment.
Experiences
VP AI & Data
Stellantis
Since November 2023
- Lead a team of 70 AI and data engineers across Europe and North America, setting technical standards, architectural best practices, and career development frameworks.
- Designed and deployed enterprise-wide AI governance and Responsible AI frameworks, including a three-tier operating model (AI Transformation Office / Business Hubs / Global Platforms) presented to CEO and board-
level stakeholders. - Architected agentic and LLM-based solutions across 9 business domains (manufacturing, supply chain, PDT, finance) — from proof of concept through production deployment.
- Led executive-level steering committees aligning AI investments with strategic objectives; translated data readiness, integration constraints, and AI limitations for C-suite audiences.
- Directed EU-FORGE, a Stellantis-led IPCEI-AI initiative on manufacturing foundation models and multimodal engineering assistants coordinating cross-organizational AI R&D.
Global Business Development AI/ML
Amazon Web Services
September 2021
to October 2023
- Led customer-facing technical engagements with 40+ global enterprise customers across Automotive and Industrials, scoping requirements, running discovery interviews, and co-designing AI/ML architectures.
- Delivered AI/ML proofs of concept through the AWS ML Solutions Lab, translating business challenges into scalable, production-ready cloud architectures (NLP, computer vision, forecasting).
- Co-built GTM AI strategies with Sales and Product, contributing to $10M annual revenue and a $1B pipeline in under 7 months.
- Advised C-suite and engineering leaders on AI architecture, scalability, data sovereignty, and production deployment across regulated
industries.
Big Data Product Manager Lead
AIRBUS
July 2017
to September 2021
- Led product strategy for the first industry-wide aeronautical data platform connecting airlines, suppliers, and partners.
- Managed a large-scale Big Data platform serving 20,000+ users; established enterprise training programs for technical enablement.
- Defined data architecture standards and integration patterns across acomplex multi-stakeholder ecosystem.
Big Data Product Manager
MONEXT
2011
to 2017
- Product management of machine learning services dedicated to banks and e-merchants (B2B and B2C) for fraud detection : 2B of transactions per year.
- Architected a real-time Big Data platform with predictive analytics; managed a team of 5 data analysts and scientists.
Analytics Product Owner
SOFTWAY MEDICAL
2009
to 2011
- Built an analytics product serving 100 clinics and hospitals. Scrum backlog management, UX/UI design, team of 3 developers.
Analytics Consultant
SOPRA STERIA
2004
to 2009
- Data pipelines, analytics and visualisations (SAP BI, Tableau, Qlik) across 5 major French organisations.
Skills
AI/ML
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Large Language Models & GenAI
Expert
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Agentic Systems & RAG Architecture
Advanced
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Enterprise AI Architecture
Expert
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Enterprise AI Deployment
Expert
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Python
Expert
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AI Governance & Responsible AI
Expert
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Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
Advanced
Leadership & GTM
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Technical Team Management
Expert
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GTM Strategy & Pipeline Building
Expert
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Executive Stakeholder Communication
Advanced
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Customer-facing Technical Engagement
Expert
Languages
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English
Expert
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German
Good
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French (native)
Expert
Education
Generative AI with Large Language Models
Coursera
Since July 2023
Big Data trainer
CESI - Engineering school
2016
to 2017
Master of Data Mining, Statistics and Computer science
Institute of Business and Management Sciences Montpellier
2002
to 2005
Master with honors
Data analysts certified
HortonWorks - Cloudera
Pig, Hive, Spark
Interests
Sports
- Handball, scuba diving
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