Clodéric Mars

VP of Engineering - AI Redefined (www.ai-r.com)

• Directed tech and research strategy for Cogment (cogment.ai), a multi-agent, human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning platform, leading to 3 commercial products generating ~$1.5M ARR and publishing over 3 peer-reviewed papers annually.
• Grew and led the research & engineering team from 5 to 16 members.
• Coordinated collaborations with industry, including with Thales (www.thalesgroup.com), CAE (www.cae.com), RTE (www.rte-france.com), NAV CANADA (www.navcanada.ca) and Renault (www.renaultgroup.com); and academia, including with the University of Alberta (www.ualberta.ca), MILA (mila.quebec), and IRT SystemX (www.irt-systemx.fr).

Skills: Reinforcement learning, Deep learning, Generative AI, Simulation, Python, Go, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure.

Freelance AI engineer - AI Redefined

Starting position at AI Redefined as a freelancer before moving to Canada.

Co-founder & CTO - craft ai (www.craft.ai)

• Cofounded and expanded the company from 7 to 20+ employees, raising ~9M€ in funding.
• Defined and operated the product, technology, and research strategy for an explainable AI SaaS for time series forecasting generating ~1M€ ARR.
• Deployed the product in ~10 AI projects for major clients like EDF (www.edfenergy.com), Total (www.totalenergies.fr), and Dassault Aviation (www.dassault-aviation.com).

Skills: Explainable AI, Machine learning, Data science, Python, Rust, Javascript, Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS, Azure.

Lead Software Engineer & Product Manager - MASA Group (masasim.com)

• Led a team of ~5 software engineers across Paris and Munich developing a behavior tree and spatial reasoning engine.
• Managed an AI product enabling instructional & game designers to build AI agents in simulations and video games, leading to key IP at the origin of craft ai.

Skills: Game AI, Computational geometry, Simulation, Qt, C++.

R&D Software Engineer - Golaem (acquired by Autodesk) (golaem.com)

• Took ownership of the navigation engine for virtual crowds, successfully industrializing research prototypes and algorithms developed at Inria.
• Applied crowd simulation technology to diverse use cases, including train car evaluation for SNCF (www.groupe-sncf.com), real-time virtual city population with Dassault Systèmes (www.3ds.com) and crowd simulation for a historical documentary with with Mikros (www.technicolor.com/studios/mikros-animation/). This project contributed to the development of the leading crowd simulation product for the animation & VFX market.

Skills: Game AI, Computational geometry, Simulation, Qt, C++.

R&D Software Engineer - Inria (www.inria.fr)

Starting position at Golaem as a member of the Bunraku (www.irisa.fr/bunraku) team.

Software Engineer - Teamlog (acquired by Open) (www.open.global)

• Developed a toolchain to create virtual cities for Orange (www.orange.fr).
• Developed a user contribution system for PagesJaunes.fr (www.pagesjaunes.fr).

Skills: Geographic information systems (GIS), Computational geometry, Simulation, Qt, C++, Java.

Contributor - The Good AI

• Contributed written content about responsible AI.

Data Scientist (volunteer) - APHP (www.aphp.fr)

• Supported early COVID-19 epidemiological studies by extracting & preparing data.

Skills: Data science, Python, Apache Spark.

Track chair - nucl.ai

• Curated content, managed speakers and presented tracks at a yearly AI developer conference.

MEng (Diplôme d'ingénieur) in Computer Science - INSA de Rennes (www.insa-rennes.fr)

Engineering program, with a specialization in computer science.

MSc in Artificial Intelligence & Computer Graphics - Université de Rennes 1 (www.univ-rennes.fr)

Academic curriculum focused on Artificial Intelligence, including machine learning and symbolic reasoning, & Computer Graphics, including virtual reality and animation.

Member of Inria (www.inria.fr)'s Bunraku (www.irisa.fr/bunraku) team, advised by Fabrice Lamarche.