Catherine Dardelet

Catherine Dardelet is a seasoned technology consultant, data governance expert, and project management professional with over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. She has a background in International Business and Commerce, having completed her Master of Business Administration program at Grenoble.

Catherine's experience has spanned a wide variety of leadership roles from selection, RFP, requirements analysis, design, build, implementation to testing, and support of large-scale, innovative IT projects. She has worked with some of the largest French and international companies in domains such as CRM, Marketing, Customer Care, Logistics, and Inventory Management.

Catherine is Head of French Technology Consulting at Cognizant and is a former Program Manager at Oracle and Senior Consultant at Accenture (Andersen Consulting). She has also been an external intervener in Master 2 at Université Panthéon Assas.

Catherine has particular expertise in Data Governance, Master Data Management, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Digital Transformation, and Applicative Architecture. She is skilled in Program and Project Management, Problem Solving, Technical Leadership, Dealing with Complexity, Software Requirements, Integration, ERP Implementation, and more.

In recent years, Catherine has focused on implementing GDPR regulations in client contracts, processes, and solutions primarily in the CRM and marketing domains. She believes that data is a valuable asset that needs protection and has written extensively about GDPR's implications for businesses.