Raphaël Haddad

Leading the French Club of the UC Berkeley alumni network - one of the most active in the world. → Define the club's long-term strategy and oversee governance, ensuring alignment across the leadership team through quarterly board meetings. → Institutional liaison with UC Berkeley Alumni Relations - managing compliance, reporting requirements and the university relationship directly. → Built partnerships with local alumni networks and organizations to expand the club's reach and visibility in the French ecosystem. → Drive recruitment and engagement of alumni volunteers, identifying and developing future club leaders. → Oversee a calendar of events spanning networking gatherings, professional panels, and cultural programs.

Managing a portfolio of strategic projects across manufacturing, operations and R&D environments - serving clients in the automotive, luxury, energy and transportation sectors. → End-to-end deployment of industrial software platforms (LIMS, QC, CMMS, PLM) in R&D and manufacturing environments - from scoping through go-live. → Bridge between technical teams and executive stakeholders: governance meetings, board-level reporting, multi-site coordination (France, Belgium, US, India). → Designed AI-powered workflows and dashboards (SQL, Python) to automate operational reporting and improve cross-team visibility. → Facilitated international alignment workshops (15+ stakeholders) across engineering, quality and production teams.

Contributed to >$3M large-scale industrial programs across 5 production sites (US, India, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic) at the interface of R&D, Supply Chain and Manufacturing. → Led radial motor design team - managed technical reviews with client engineering teams and ensured alignment on critical program deliverables. → Hands-on exposure to materials and mechanical constraints in a high-precision hydraulics environment - navigating trade-offs between material properties, manufacturing tolerances and product performance. → Managed a critical customer crisis through structured quality escalation (QRQC, 8D) - prepared technical synthesis for external partners and coordinated cross-site resolution.

• Designed an advanced omnidirectional treadmill and optimized control systems. • Led and managed a technical team to integrate trackers, motors, and real-time sensors, solving complex challenges related to simulating user movements. • Implemented PID controllers to enhance system performance.

Graduate Student Instructor in the Department of Letters and Sciences • Instructor for two classes of 20 students - workload : 20 hours per week • Delivering lectures 5 times a week, creating course materials, and grading assignments, highlighting strong communication and instructional skills. • Contract extended (Jan-May 2024), balanced teaching and academic responsibilities, reflecting effective time management.

Teacher for 3 post-secondary classes of "prépa" in Engineering Sciences • Lectures, Grading, Explaining, Tutoring

Teacher for 2 post-secondary classes of "prépa" in Engineering Sciences • Lectures, Grading, Explaining, Tutoring

In charge of a fleet of 25 boats, my mission was to : • Execute diagnostics and maintenance, modernize fleet management via Nautic Manager. • Lead the development and implementation of an automated filing system to improve by 50% process time. • Act as a technical liaison between CEO and clients, increasing satisfaction by 30% by providing tailored solutions. Recognized for innovative strategic thinking and technical proficiency. Commendation from the CEO.