Über Nicolas
🌍 Transforming the future of food through innovation and sustainability 🌱
As the founder of ACSIS (Accelerate, Concretize, Scale-up Innovations for Sustainability), I help businesses in the food industry turn visionary ideas into scalable, impactful solutions. With over 20 years of expertise in food science, industrialization, and sustainable development, I specialize in driving strategies that align with environmental and market demands.
✨ What I offer:
🚀 Accelerate: Fast-track innovation using Lean Start-up principles and collaborative frameworks to validate ideas and refine business models.
🛠️ Concretize: Transform concepts into actionable projects, optimizing resources while reducing waste to achieve eco-conscious goals.
📈 Scale-Up: Guide companies from lab prototypes to industrial production, ensuring efficient scaling with minimal environmental footprints.
💡 My experience includes leading industrialization projects for global companies like Royal Canin and Virbac, managing R&D strategies, and implementing cutting-edge food technologies. Certified in Food Sustainability 🌿 by the European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability (EIIS), I bring a data-driven approach to solving complex challenges in agrifood systems.
🤝 Let’s connect to build a more sustainable and innovative food future!
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- ACSISConsultant IndépendantJuni 2024 - Heute (2 Jahre)Montpellier, France🌍 Transforming the future of food through innovation and sustainability 🌱As the founder of ACSIS (Accelerate, Concretize, Scale-up Innovations for Sustainability), I help businesses in the food industry turn visionary ideas into scalable, impactful solutions. With over 20 years of expertise in food science, industrialization, and sustainable development, I specialize in driving strategies that align with environmental and market demands.✨ What I offer:🚀 Accelerate: Fast-track innovation using Lean Start-up principles and collaborative frameworks to validate ideas and refine business models.🛠️ Concretize: Transform concepts into actionable projects, optimizing resources while reducing waste to achieve eco-conscious goals.📈 Scale-Up: Guide companies from lab prototypes to industrial production, ensuring efficient scaling with minimal environmental footprints.💡 My experience includes leading industrialization projects for global companies like Royal Canin and Virbac, managing R&D strategies, and implementing cutting-edge food technologies. Certified in Food Sustainability 🌿 by the European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability (EIIS), I bring a data-driven approach to solving complex challenges in agrifood systems.🤝 Let’s connect to build a more sustainable and innovative food future!
- Virbac NutritionChef de Projets IndustrielsMai 2020 - April 2024 (3 Jahre und 11 Monate)Vauvert, Frankreich□ INDUSTRIAL TEST RUNS => drive and deploy test runs programs, new products development on industrial sites, process and operating conditions qualification.□ INDUSTRIALIZATION => Drive and implement the industrialization phase of the products after their development to secure productions and operating conditions. Ensure that productions meets expectations in terms of quality, timeframe and quantities. Validate scale-up and manage industrial costs.□ OPTIMIZATION => Manage and deploy products portfolio across the different industrial facilities of our partners (Productions securing, portfolio optimization, products synergy…). Deploy Virbac expertise worldwide through the validation of new industrial sites.□ PRODUCTS & RAW MATERIALS QUALITY => Implement a total quality policy with industrial partners and strategic suppliers accordingly to Virbac Nutrition's requirements. Insure the respect of quality control plans (Products and Raw materials) and operating parameters.Skills: Problem Solving · Pet Food · Coordinating Skills · Stakeholder Management · Food Manufacturing · Analytical skills · Agility · Manufacturing Scale-up · Project Coordination · Management · Food Industry · Compétences interpersonnelles · Interpersonal Communication · Résolution collaborative des problèmes · Collaborative Leadership · Manufacturing Process Improvement
- CrealeadConsultant IndépendantSeptember 2019 - Mai 2020 (8 Monate)Montpellier, Frankreich1. ACCELERATE => Increase business development opportunities by accelerating the emergence of innovations□ Lead and animate programs or events such as Creathon or Hackathon□ Deploy a method to assess and improve projects viability using skilled coaches and collaborative thinking□ Facilitation□ Mock-ups□ Focused on business2. ACHIEVEMENT => Support business growth by achieving development projects□ Definition and implementation of R&D Strategies□ Build and drive R&D projects□ Identify needs, hurdles and opportunities□ Risks analysis and mitigation□ Define Critical Success Factors□ Scheduling□ Networking and collaborations3. SCALE => Answer to increasing demand by scaling-up and industrializing manufacturing processes.□ Support from lab scale to industrial line□ Scale transfer with a focus on technology/product relationship□ Definition of process & products specifications□ Networking to identify relevant partners and/or suppliers□ Risks Analysis and Mitigation□ Support and follow-up of equipment commissioning□ Support of productions launch4. SOLUTIONS => Remove business hurdles by solving industrial or development issues□ Industrial Diagnostic (Performance, Quality, Capability)□ R&D project diagnostic (Hurdles, Opportunities, Constraints)□ Problem definition and proposal of resolution strategies□ Scale-down and reverse engineering□ Change management□ Networking□ Implementation of the relevant solutions□ TrainingAXCIS METHODOLOGY► Scientific and Practical, relying on available data and on the outcomes of a preliminary holistic risks analysis► Collaborative and Participative, bearing on internal relevant resources and competencies to deliver expected results with the will of handover and assimilation
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Ausbildung und Abschlüsse
- DoctoratUniversité Bordeaux I,2006Doctorat
- DEAUniversité Bordeaux I,2002DEA
Zertifizierungen
- Innovation for Food SustainabilityEuropean Institute of Innovation for Sustainability2024
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