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François Michaux

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François Michaux

Combining deep technical credibility, operational field experience, architecture thinking, product insight, and delivery leadership across mission-critical energy infrastructure on four continents.

18+

Years Experience

4

Continents

8+

Control Centers & Major Platforms

12+

Countries & Regions

$50B+

Market Transactions Supported

Full

Grid · Markets · OT · Cloud

Executive Overview

A global energy and digital transformation leader who combines deep technical credibility, operational field experience, architecture thinking, product insight, and delivery leadership across mission-critical infrastructure. From PI OSIsoft implementations in CCGT plants, to smart wind farms in China, to national control center deployments across the Middle East, to next-generation market modernization in the United States — the thread is consistent: complex systems, critical stakes, delivered results.

Core Capabilities

Technical depth meets business leadership

Grid Operations

EMSDMSSCADANational Control CentersFAT/SAT/Cutover

Energy Markets

MMSDAMCERTMCEGridOSIBM CPLEXMarket Clearing

Industrial Data & OT

PI OSIsoftHistoriansPcVueIEC-101/104SCADA Comms

Architecture & Cloud

KubernetesDockerVMwareActive DirectoryCI/CDDevOps

Delivery Leadership

Project EngineeringIntegrationField ExecutionTrainingTender Support

Product & Business

Product OwnershipBI DashboardsSolution ArchitectureStakeholder Mgt

Career Journey

15+ years across four continents

2006

IT Specialist — LNA

France

Cisco wireless administration for SOLVAY France — network mapping, performance tuning, and automated backups via WLSE.

2008

Assistant Engineer — EDF

France / Netherlands

PI OSIsoft implementation and liaison engineering for CCGT environments.

2008–2009

System Engineer — Earlife (Freelance)

San Francisco Bay Area, USA

Infrastructure optimization and security hardening for an insurance-industry client — architecting robust database and web server environments with automated backups.

2010

IT Project Engineer — EDF

France

Industrial information systems for EDF thermal fleet modernization.

2011–2013

Energy Consultant & Business Manager — Awegon

Shanghai, China

Managed international projects for Awegon clients including Envision Energy, Verallia, Perenco, and Total — delivering PI OSIsoft solutions, smart wind farm platforms, and industrial data architectures. For Verallia (European leader in glass packaging), built PI OSIsoft dashboards from operator to management level, deployed from France across their entire European industrial base spanning 35 glass production sites in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland, and the UK.

2012–2013

SCADA & Data Historian Solution — Arc Informatique (PcVue)

Shanghai, China

Collaborated with Arc Informatique's Chinese entity (PcVue) to build a turnkey solution pairing PI OSIsoft as a data historian with PcVue acting as a SCADA, ready to be deployed across industrial sites.

2013–2015

Software Integration Engineer — Alstom Grid

France → Middle East

National Control Center EMS delivery for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain.

2015–2019

Integration Engineer & Solution Architect — GE Grid Solutions

Dubai, UAE → Middle East

Large-scale EMS/DMS delivery across 6 countries from Dubai hub.

2019–2021

Lead Integrator, PJM MMS Legacy — GE Vernova

Greater Seattle Area, USA

Lead Integrator for PJM's MMS legacy solution, building deep market expertise while deploying Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, and TFS to automate delivery and maintain the Market Database and development environments.

2019–Present

Senior Services Manager, Digital Implementation — GE Vernova

Greater Seattle Area, USA

Leading PJM NGEM market modernization — integrating GridOS with Kubernetes, CPLEX, and GE Foundation Layer. Overseeing a team of engineers and PhD experts across DAMCE and RTMCE initiatives.

Education & Expertise

2017–2019

Executive Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship

HEC Paris

2006–2010

· France

Master of Science in Computer Science

SUPINFO — International Master in Science Systems and Network

2008–2009

· San Francisco, USA

Bachelor's Degree, Operating Systems Development

Dominican University of California — Exchange with SUPINFO

2007–2008

· Tianjin, China

Bachelor's Degree, Management of Information

Hebei University of Technology

2005–2006

· France

Preparatory Classes — Mathematics, Physics, Electronics & Computer Science

ESIA — École Supérieure d'Informatique, Électronique et Automatique

May 2017

Designing Customer Experiences

GE Leadership & Management Institute — Crotonville

Dec 2017

Driving Value through Business Acumen

INSEAD

2015–2019

Client & Operator Training Leadership

Habitat EMS / Utility Operations Enablement

Also educated through an international academic path spanning France, California, and China.

Let's Connect

Open to strategic conversations about energy, grid modernization, and digital transformation leadership.

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