I’m François, a Product Designer based in Paris, specialized in B2B SaaS and AI-driven products.

I started my career in startups and design agencies, including Attoma, before joining Preligens in 2021 as their first Product Designer. For three and a half years, I shaped core products, created new ones, and built the design foundations that supported the company’s scale-up phase. I also grew the design team from one to five designers as Preligens expanded from 50 to over 250 employees, eventually being acquired by Safran AI.

I then shifted to full-time freelance work, collaborating with the government of Côte d’Ivoire on the redesign of the national coffee and cocoa commercialization system, a strategic project given that cocoa represents 40 percent of global supply and nearly 20 percent of the country’s GDP.

Most recently, I joined Owkin as a Senior Product Designer to contribute to the early development of K, the company’s multimodal AI platform for biomedical researchers, helping shape its vision shortly after the MVP.