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Fractional CPTO · Product Leader · AI Enthusiast

I structure your product organizations,
with AI as copilot.

At the crossroads of tech, strategy and business, with a real appetite for innovative, complex technologies. I've built AI practices I use every day — and that I pass on to the teams I work with.

Yann Rapaport
Track record
20+
years deep tech B2B
10+
teams supported
10+
products launched
5→300+
team sizes managed

Two deep-tech product organizations, built from scratch

6WIND then Scaleway: that's where I learned to build a product function, a team and a portfolio from nothing — on networking, cloud and systems topics few PMs master deeply.

6WIND2013 – 2020
First Product Manager, then VP Product Management
3
products in 6 months
~10 M€
revenue
~50
engineers
Scaleway2020 – 2023
VP Network Products, then VP IaaS Products
2→6
PMs recruited
~300
engineers
10
products managed
~80 M€
ARR

AI, in practice

I geek out on AI every day and help product teams evolve their practice — hands-on, to move from experimentation to industrialization.

AI DisciplineAI Discipline
Scout
AI Discipline community
As a Scout in the community, I explore concrete AI uses for product teams and help spread good practices.
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Field
Diagnostics & support
Team adoption missions, from AI maturity diagnostics to tooled, hands-on practice.
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Three ways to work together

⚙️
Fractional CPTO
Structure your product organization. Embedded in your team.
  • Product vision & strategy
  • Discovery ↔ Roadmap ↔ Delivery
  • Upskilling teams
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🤖
AI & Product Teams
Move from individual AI experimentation to lasting, embedded team practices.
  • AI practices diagnostic
  • Co-built adoption plan
  • Hands-on implementation
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🎯
PM Mentoring & Coaching
One-on-one support. Transitions, new roles, career development.
  • Tailored 1:1 sessions
  • Lead PM step-ups
  • Posture development
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A few example missions

CPTOAI
since 2026
Rakam — building the product function of an AI-building team
AI services company shifting to a product model.
Launch of Rakam's AI agents: Copilot, Support, Data Intelligence, ...
AI
3 phases · 6 wks
AI diagnostic of a product team — large French e-commerce player
~80 product people, strong top-down AI ambition, but collective practice and tooling lagging.
Survey + 20 converging interviews → maturity mapping, a prioritized upskilling plan and support for the Early Adopters.
CPTOCoaching
1 week
Sonaide — clarifying strategy and realigning the team
Deep-tech startup (critical sound detection). Blurry priorities across product, sales and hiring, dev team without focus.
One-week workshop: documented strategy, roadmap and rituals specified. Priorities clarified, MVP launched.
« It helped us clarify our product approach and launch the MVP. Highly recommend. »Nicolas Turpault — CEO Sonaide
Coaching
7 sessions
From product lead-in to a Lead PM posture
Savings fintech. Asserting leadership legitimacy in a product/tech org under tension.
7 weekly sessions. Asserted leadership posture, confidence in decisions, team dynamics restarted.
« He asks the right questions […]. He helped me gain confidence in my decisions, always with kindness. »A supported Lead PM — fintech
CPTO
9 weeks
CyGO Entrepreneurs — validating a cyber opportunity
Cybersecurity venture studio. ProductX opportunity to validate, CEO and CTO hired but without product expertise for the validation phase.
Discovery, First Scope, MVP and build-phase prep run with the team — strong technical grounding (networking, cloud, embedded).
« Proactive on interviews, structured in analysis, value-oriented. An excellent partner for missions blending product and sharp tech. »Laurent Hausermann — co-founder CyGO
CPTO
since 2026
Setting up a product function at a legacy software vendor
Business software vendor (~25 years), close to a maintenance model: poorly qualified tickets, critical dependencies, blurry leadership roles.
Discovery, roadmap, delivery and governance in parallel. CTO/CPO/COO roles clarified, product action plan rolling out.