Your operation is in Europe's deeptech valley.
So am I.
Grenoble is where France makes wafers, cryostats and quantum hardware: STMicroelectronics and Soitec fabs in Crolles and Bernin, CEA-Leti and MINATEC on the science peninsula, Air Liquide's advanced cryogenics in Sassenage, the Rhône nuclear valley an hour south. When your supply chain touches this ecosystem and you have no local network, I am the network.
Precision industries, unforgiving logistics
In this valley, a supply chain failure does not delay a delivery, it stops a production line or a research program. Wafers and 300-millimeter substrates, cryocoolers for quantum computing, radioactive sources, ITAR-controlled equipment: the freight moving between Crolles, Bernin, the MINATEC campus and the rest of the world does not forgive improvisation.
I have spent twenty years in exactly this kind of logistics: inventory management at STMicroelectronics early in my career, three simultaneous senior roles at Absolut System, the Grenoble cryogenics company serving CEA, CNRS and INFN, nuclear transport procurement at Areva then transport planning at Framatome's Romans fuel site, and a cleanroom metrology line transfer in France for a US client with no local network. Dock to boardroom, in about forty countries.
What foreign companies call me for
You are setting up or relocating in the Grenoble area
Production line work, cleanroom constraints, French carriers to qualify, customs, and dangerous-goods compliance. You need someone who speaks both the local language and your operating standards. For a foreign technology company in Normandy, I sourced specialists, coordinated the operation, then returned for hands-on inventory and labeling.
A French or European supplier is failing you
Single source in trouble, quality drift, blocked shipments, a company you cannot read from abroad. On-site audit within days, alternatives qualified, decisions documented. Defensive business intelligence included: I read what a supplier's public records actually say.
Critical components stuck between continents
AOG-grade urgency, hand-carry when justified, ADR and IATA dangerous goods, ITAR and export control discipline learned in nuclear and defense. A grounded line does not negotiate.
You need eyes and hands in France, part-time
Fractional supply chain leadership, ongoing supplier watch, or a paid, fixed-fee France Operations Risk Scan. The diagnostic starts with a defined deliverable and timeline, then leads to execution only when the evidence supports it.
Working languages: English and French, comfortable in multicultural boards and on French docks alike. For other languages I work with professional interpreters, and I am always open to learning. Because speaking the same language is not the same thing as speaking the same operational language: I translate between the two.
Local operating context: I identify the administrative, supplier, transport, and decision-path risks that foreign teams may not know to look for. Formal legal opinions remain the responsibility of the appropriate legal specialist.
Start with Operate in France, then review the track record or who I am.
Your problem is in the Alps and your team is an ocean away?