My Profile | Cecile Farriaux

Who I am

I love building things. When I was younger I wanted to be an architect. Then I realized you can build software much faster than you can build a house, and have millions of people enjoying it - so that's where I'm headed!

On weekends you can find me hiking, playing guitar or cooking with friends and family.

PS: I built this website from scratch to test my skills in web development, so please pardon any clunkiness! I know it's not perfect :)

Experience

I've been lucky to do very different things during my studies. The common thread? All around tech, all while travelling, and all absolutely awesome.

Where I discovered

I spent 2 years at Sciences Po's American campus, in a dual program with Columbia University.
Where I got excited

At Columbia, I fell in love with startups by working part-time to launch Training Orchestra in the US.
Where I learned - a lot

Coming back to France, I enrolled at HEC where I interned in product, VC and strategy in my gap year.
Where it gets real

As part of the X-HEC major, I am now at UC Berkeley for 3 months, working on a venture in circular fashion.

I've worked in Paris, New-York, Berlin, London, and San Francisco.

Talk to me in

French English Spanish Japanese German

Some of my projects

Training Orchestra

Launching the US business

Fujitsu

Agile transformation

N26

New customer experience

Niuvi

Circular fashion venture

C4 Ventures

Digging into marketplaces

soon

Looking for opportunities in product!

Skills

Business

Project management

Market research

Product marketing

Strategy

Financial analysis

Business development

Tech & Design

Discovery / User Research

UI / UX Design

HTML / CSS

Python

SQL

Data Science / AI

I'd love to talk about...

Sectors I've worked in

Fintech Marketplace Retailtech Fashiontech Edtech / HRTech B2B software Venture capital

Trends I'm interested in lately

"Open everything"

Shopify made e-commerce accessible to anyone. Plaid and Tink paved the way for open-banking. Which new markets are going to open, and with which core platforms? Health? Supply-chain?
Software for SMEs

Spendesk, Qonto, Alan, Payfit are some great players built on providing a stellar experience to traditionally bypassed companies. Legal, security, procurement - which area is next?
A better way to make products

How can we enable seamless work between engineering, design and product? Leverage low-code / no-code to build faster than ever? Incorporate user feedback to personalize experiences?

If you're curious what I sound like in real life, wonder no more!

Let's connect!

I'm looking for opportunities in product at fast-growing startups anwyhere in Europe.

You can add me on Linkedin or e-mail me at cecile@farriaux.net.