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Romain Farel

@romainfarel

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I build and lead AI platforms that turn research into production systems at scale.

France

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead or build AI platforms and products that move GenAI, agentic systems, and data capabilities from proof of concept into secure, scalable production.

I've built AI platforms and production applications across healthcare, industrial research, and AI-native SaaS. At Groupe AVEC, I structured a COMEX-validated Data & AI strategy and led a 15-person team delivering NLP, predictive models, conversational assistants, and early GenAI modules.

I owned mission-critical healthcare applications processing millions of events, including online pre-admission, patient journey, remote monitoring, and online payment. I built interoperable HL7 FHIR and SSO APIs connecting EHR/ERP systems while working within GDPR and regulated-sector requirements.

As CTO and co-founder of Zen Artisan, I designed and shipped multi-LLM agents using Claude, OpenAI, Mistral, and Gemini, alongside scalable cloud architecture, real-time pipelines, and more than 20 third-party API integrations.

My work combines a PhD research foundation in industrial systems optimization with hands-on delivery of RAG, agentic workflows, MLOps, and full-stack products. I also help organizations move quickly from AI proof of concept to production through advisory, implementation, and business-team upskilling.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

AI Integration & GenAI Applications

Current

Freelance

Jan 2026 - Present (7 months)

Advisory and hands-on delivery of GenAI solutions including embeddings, RAG, chatbots, and production business agents. Migrated and AI-enriched existing technical stacks and databases, embedding AI into business processes.

RAG Embeddings Chatbot Python PostgreSQL Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP Azure

CTO & Co-founder

Zen Artisan

Jan 2025 - Dec 2026 (1 year 11 months)

Designed and shipped multi-LLM AI agents with agentic workflows and RAG, built scalable cloud architecture, and integrated 20+ third-party APIs. Owned the product end-to-end from scoping to production.

Claude OpenAI Mistral Gemini RAG AI Agentic Workflow React TypeScript Docker CI CD Figma

Head of Data & AI Program

Groupe AVEC

Jan 2020 - Dec 2024 (4 years 11 months)

Structured Data & AI strategy validated at COMEX level, led a 15-person team, and delivered a high-impact SaaS portfolio including NLP, predictive models, and GenAI modules. Owned mission-critical applications processing millions of events.

NLP predictive modeling GenAI HL7 FHIR SSO GDPR PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP Azure

AI Partnerships Lead

CEA, LIST Institute

Jan 2017 - Dec 2020 (3 years 11 months)

Led technical scoping of AI use cases with 100+ industrial partners, built proposals and negotiated contracts, and managed European H2020 projects. Program lead for health-sector initiatives.

Technical Pre Sales INSERM

Industrial Synergy Program Director

PS2E Institute

Jan 2013 - Dec 2016 (3 years 11 months)

Led Data & Tech programs with a €3M budget, delivered digital data-analysis platforms, and managed a team of 7.

Data Analysis Program Management Team Leadership

EU & National Project Manager, Researcher

CNRS / CentraleSupélec / Univ. Paris-Saclay

Jan 2009 - Dec 2013 (4 years 11 months)

Coordinated 50+ innovation projects and conducted applied research in optimisation and industrial data science, with international publications and co-supervision of PhD theses.

Project Management Research Data Science