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Alexandre Vallin

General Manager Pentalog Freelances

About Alexandre Vallin

Alexandre is an engineer and entrepreneur who is passionate about all things digital.

At only 21, he co-founded his first company while studying engineering as a distributor of Cegedim Medical Software solutions. In 2005, Alexandre became associate CTO of a startup that was eventually sold in 2008 by Wiismile. He also worked as CTO of the group for 4 years.

His collaboration with Pentalog started with several projects including ERP deployment, e-Commerce redesign & the development of a customer’s loyalty platform.

From 2013 to 2019, in partnership with Pentalog, Alexandre founded and led Soluti, a digital innovation agency based in Lyon, France. Soon, the agency reached a turnover of over $2 million. The agency then merged with Pentalog in June of 2019 to further develop activities such as Product Management, UX/UI development and prototype development.

Alexandre teaches Management of Innovative Enterprises and Project Management at Lyon 3 College; he also operates as stakeholder of multiple startups in the Lyon ecosystem.

Customer Feedback: “Unlike full-timers, IT freelancers are much more involved and 100% dedicated to the project.”

Project manager for the “J’apprends l’Énergie” (Learning Energy) program – an educational program provided by the French multinational utility company ENGIE, Manon Gélibert could not sum up the situation of her peers any better than this: “So many projects – so little time.” To do something about this problem, she chose to call on Vincent, […]

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“Working with freelancers helped us win more opportunities,” NEOBRAIN’s CEO said

Having successfully raised $3.658M (€3M) in its seed round, NEOBRAIN began working with freelancers in 2020 to enhance its market-leading artificial intelligence (AI) functionalities in a cost-effective and timely manner. Faced with growing demand for AI solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic, this French HR tech startup built a team of tech freelancers and full-time employees to […]

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With any starting business, startups require investment. A big portion of investment is time. If it’s either acquiring VC funding or bootstrapped, it’s cheaper to waste time than money. Do your startup homework: You’ve got the idea, you’ve brainstormed, you’ve put a pitch deck together; now what? Investment, brand awareness, product-market fit, clients, retaining clients- […]

Top Freelancing Platforms: Website Comparison

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