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 Framatome, 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 transfer, cleanroom constraints, French carriers to qualify, customs and dangerous goods compliance. You need someone who speaks both the local language and your operating standards. That was exactly the Apple-supplier configuration: three metrology lines moved, zero damage, zero schedule drift.
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 (one to two days a week), supplier watch all year, or a 15-day flash diagnostic that names and quantifies your problem. The cure never costs more than the disease.
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.
Commercial terms for foreign clients: I am an independent practitioner. For international clients whose payment behavior I cannot verify, terms are simple and non-negotiable: 50% on order, 50% on delivery. Clean for you, safe for me, and everyone knows where they stand from day one.
More about the method and the track record: the mission registry · services · who I am.
Your problem is in the Alps and your team is an ocean away?