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Fadel Dabo

Principal Cloud Architect | CTO Azure Platform & Security

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Fadel Dabo
46 years old
Driving License
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Professional Status
Freelancer
Open to opportunities
About Me
25+ years proven experience with increasing responsibilities within complex IT environments combined with a result-oriented mindset. Recognized ability in Cloud and Digital transformation, cross-functional and multi-cultural team management.
Highly driven and entrepreneur-minded professional with a culture of business engagement and commitment to corporate strategy. Real ability to build long-term relationships with internal/external stakeholders and partners, by establishing a high level of confidence and trust. Genuinely passionate about technology, effective communicator and pragmatic leader.
Experiences

Sr. Cloud Advisor

Freelance
Since January 2023
Freelancer
France
  • Led strategic assessments and design of Azure PaaS architectures for enterprise clients, with a strong focus on IaaS to PaaS migration strategies including App Services, AKS, Azure SQL, and Container Apps.
  • Delivered detailed cost-benefit analyses (FinOps) comparing operational models across IaaS and PaaS layers (incl. licensing impact, DevOps effort, DR/HA posture, and performance optimization).
  • Defined migration roadmaps and PaaS adoption frameworks, integrating DR/backup policies, security baselines, monitoring, and identity management in regulated and multilingual environments.
  • Presented technology selection rationale and technical due diligence (gap analysis, security review, RTO/RPO impact, operational change assessment) to architecture boards and steering committees.
  • Leading the structuring and acceleration of the Cloud Platform, Cloud Native, DevOps, and Security practices as a Microsoft Azure pure player.
  • Managing a team of around 50 consultants, providing strategic direction, career development, and organizational leadership across technical domains.
  • Designing and executing cloud transformation strategies for enterprise clients (e.g., AKS migrations, Move to PaaS, FinOps adoption, Entra ID governance, Zero Trust security) while driving technical excellence and team upskilling.
  • Spearheading complex pre-sales engagements and cloud roadmaps in multicloud, sovereign, or regulated environments with strong client commitment.
  • Strategic Industry Solutions: Played a key role in supporting the technical strategy for Azure Cloud & AI solutions across EMEA, focusing on innovative applications of next-gen technologies in various industry sectors.
  • Cross-Organizational Collaboration: Collaborated extensively across Microsoft organizations to develop and implement end-to-end strategic programs tailored to the needs of key industry partners.
  • Strategic Leadership: Played a pivotal role in shaping the vision and direction of the Modern Azure Platform Services Offering, ensuring alignment with global business objectives and regional market dynamics.
  • Collaboration and Partnership Management: Forged and maintained strong relationships with key alliance partners, including Microsoft and Accenture, to enhance offering capabilities and drive market penetration in the Gallia region.
  • Sales and Delivery Oversight: Actively involved in overseeing the sales process and delivery of services, ensuring high-quality solutions and customer satisfaction while managing capacity and capability within the team.
  • Established trusted advisor relationships with strategic accounts, engaging with C-level executives to identify key priorities and pain points.
  • Cloud Migration Leadership: Led transformative cloud migration initiatives for the French public sector and private companies, overseeing the architectural direction for migrating hundreds of applications to the Azure platform.
  • As Move To Cloud Regional Lead, owned the offering for South Europe, leading a team of 8 Solutions Architects/Specialists in France & India.
  • Led solutioning efforts for complex deals and presentations for SMBs and global companies across EMEA.
  • As France Cloud Practice Leader, managed and promoted Cloud offerings, leading a team of 6 Hybrid Cloud Sales Specialists.
  • Program Manager for a major car rental company, overseeing a transformation program to revamp the internal applications portal.
  • Managed various medium to strategic projects in the insurance sector, including application migrations to private cloud and data center rationalization.

IT Architect & Engineer

Various companies
2001 to 2013
Full-time
France
  • Lead Architect for Microsoft AD in the public sector, designing Windows & Active Directory architecture and providing level 3 support.
  • Senior Technical Architect in the financial sector, responsible for business as usual (BAU) operations of two failback centers and IT continuity plans.
  • Led a team in health industry for a migration project, including pre-sales, scoping, and delivery phases.
  • Gained foundational experience in IT systems administration and engineering, developing a strong base in various technical skills and customer service.
Skills

Information Technology

  • Cloud: Azure (major), AWS, GCP (minors)
  • Cloud model: IaaS, PaaS, Hybrid, MultiCloud, FinOps, DevSecOps
  • Migration: Strategy, 6Rs target migration paths, Business Case, North Star vision, Technology roadmap
  • Platform: Kubernetes, Docker, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, VMware
  • IaC: Terraform, ARM, Bycep, VScode
  • Scripting: PowerShell, AzCLI, Json, YAML, Bash, HCL
  • NetSec: SDN, OSI, Ethernet, VPN, IpSec, Firewall, ExpressRoute
  • Services: Storage, Proxy, IAM, Monitoring, DNS, DHCP, IPAM
  • Modeling: UML, Visio, Aris

Area of Expertise

  • Presales & Solution Architecture
    Expert
  • Cloud & Digital Transformation
    Expert
  • Enterprise Architecture
    Expert
  • Cross-functional Team Leadership
    Expert
  • Project & Program Management
    Expert
  • International Work Experience
    Advanced
Certifications

Accenture STA

Senior Technology Architect
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Azure Solutions Architect Expert

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Azure Cybersecurity Architect Expert

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Azure Security Engineer

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Azure Administrator associate

(View certification)

Accenture SISA

SI Solution Architect
(View certification)

ITIL v3 & Prince2

ITSM & Project Management
Education

Executive MBA

IGS

June 2023 to June 2024
Dirigeant Entrepreneur

Executive Master

Centrale Paris

Industrial Engineering - Enterprise Architecture
Languages
  • French
    Expert
    Mother tongue
  • English
    Expert
  • Japanese
    Intermediate
    6 months in 東京 Tokyo for linguistic stay from 2015/11 to 2016/04.
Interests

Travel

  • Enjoy traveling around the world on business and/or personal trips. Mainly Europe, Africa and Asia to this day.

Sports

  • Practice of Running, Basketball, Skying, Judo.
  • Watching Tennis, Rugby, Olympics.

Literature

  • IT technology & state of the art trends, investing, fantasy, history, Japanese literature.