---
name: "Mathieu Drouet"
title: "Head of Product & Product Builder | AI-Augmented Delivery"
description: "Product leader who designs AND ships. 10+ years in complex B2B: from field discovery to a testable prototype in days, thanks to AI. Builder as much as manager of cross-functional teams."
iconSet: "carbon"
theme: "lumon"

---

# Mathieu Drouet

## **carbon:identification** Contact

**carbon:email** **Email:** m@mdr.cool
**carbon:content-delivery-network** [**Portfolio**](https://cv.drouet.io)
**carbon:application-web** [**Studio**](https://regrets.app/)
**carbon:logo-linkedin** [**LinkedIn**](https://linkedin.com/in/mathieudrouet)
**carbon:location-heart-filled** **Location:** Lille, France
**carbon:rocket** **Mobility:** Lille, Paris, Belgium, Canada

## **carbon:gamification** Interests

**carbon:camera-action** Documentary photography
**carbon:music** Experimental music
**carbon:agriculture-analytics** Permaculture
**carbon:policy** Political science
**carbon:ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody** Design

## Experience

### regrets.app
**carbon:location-heart-filled** Full remote – 2025
**Founder** | 2025 – present | [Company Link](https://regrets.app/)

- Solo Product Builder: from idea to shipped product (App Store / SaaS) end to end — discovery, design, code and release
- Ulk — an AI agent framework for Claude Code (59+ agents, skills, rules) that industrialises the idea → prototype → delivery cycle
- Stack: Next.js, Astro, SwiftUI, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Bun

### HEYA (Here You Art)
**carbon:location-heart-filled** Brussels / full remote – 2025
**Head of Product** | 2025 | [Company Link](https://hereyouart.com/)

- From discovery to a shipped MVP, solo: technical audit, competitive analysis (12 platforms), stakeholder interviews, then design, architecture and full development
- Complete MVP (profiles, network, messaging, offers, multilingual fr/nl/en) built with Claude Code and [Ulk](https://izo.github.io/Ulk/), an in-house AI agent framework — stack Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Drizzle ORM
- 24-month strategic roadmap (acquisition, retention, monetisation)
- Prototyped LLM integrations (Llama, Mistral) for profile enrichment and moderation, GDPR compliant

### CH-Studio × GE HealthCare
**carbon:location-heart-filled** Lille / full remote – 2025
**Senior Product Manager** | 2025 | [Company Link](https://chstudio.fr/project/plateforme-de-gestion-de-donnees-dicom/)

- Strategic audit of a DICOM data management platform (medical imaging, 1,100+ users)
- Delivered a plan of 50+ recommendations and an 18-month roadmap

### Groupe Actual
**carbon:location-heart-filled** Paris / Laval / full remote – 2023–2024
**Senior Product Manager** | 2023 – 2024 | [Company Link](https://www.groupeactual.eu/)

- Designed and launched a time-savings-account microservice for 500+ companies — automation through the Urssaf/MSA APIs
- Digital transformation of a 15-year-old legacy finance application towards a cloud-native architecture — discovery with CFOs and HR staff in the field
- Managed cross-functional teams of 12 people, Agile/Scrum
- First uses of LLMs in product delivery: faster discovery, documentation and prototyping
- Delivered 8 major releases, prioritised by business value

### Bookr.fm (Music Data Studio)
**carbon:location-heart-filled** Lille / Brussels / Valencia / full remote – 2021–2024
**Senior Product Manager** | 2021 – 2024 | [Company Link](https://bookr.fm/)

- End-to-end product strategy, from discovery (bookers, artistic directors) to commercial launch
- B2B SaaS for the artistic programming of festivals and music venues (40+ festivals in beta, 885K+ artist profiles)
- UX/UI design and native API integrations (CRM, ticketing, accounting)

### Fluidra (Blueriiot / Riiot Labs)
**carbon:location-heart-filled** Liège / Barcelona / Valencia / full remote – 2018–2021
**Senior Product Manager, IoT** | 2018 – 2021 | [Company Link](https://www.fluidra.com/)

- Migrated the flagship application to Flutter — cross-platform iOS/Android development
- First AI / machine learning integrations in the IoT product: making use of sensor data (water quality analysis, treatment recommendations)
- Field discovery with installers, maintenance technicians and distributors
- Full UX overhaul, with a measured drop in churn
- US market launch, managed an international team of 8 across 3 time zones

### Agencies, IT services & Freelance
**carbon:location-heart-filled** Lille / Paris / full remote – 2005–2020
**Technical Project Director / Digital Project Manager** | 2005 – 2020 | [Company Link](#)

- **Technical direction at BETC** — led the redesign of the Crédit Agricole website
- **Technical project direction** for Europe's leading home-services company
- **Project manager** — private social network for childminders (UX/UI, team coordination, SPIP/PHP)
- **Technical lead at Université Catholique de Lille** — infrastructure migration, server administration, teaching Linux
- **Contributor to the open source CMS SPIP** (until 2020)
- **Co-founder of Sacavin** (wine startup) and **Take a Sip** (content creation agency)
- Front-end development, mentoring on mobile/music projects

## Skills

### Product leadership **carbon:cognitive**
**Strategic Leadership** | **carbon:badge** Expert

- Field discovery, product roadmap, go-to-market
- OKRs, prioritisation by business impact
- Delivery management, cross-functional teams of up to 12 people
- Product Builder: able to prototype and ship alone, without depending on a team to validate an intuition

### AI applied to product **carbon:ai-generate**
**AI Product** | **carbon:task-star** Advanced

- Claude Code (daily use), AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Open source LLMs (Llama, Mistral, Claude), RAG, fine-tuning
- Prototyping and integrating AI into existing products
- [Ulk](https://izo.github.io/Ulk/) — an in-house agent framework

### Analytics **carbon:analytics**
**Data-Driven** | **carbon:task-star** Advanced

- PostHog, Hotjar, behavioural analysis
- Feedback loops, product KPIs

### Development & infrastructure **carbon:edge-device**
**Full-Stack Development** | **carbon:task-star** Advanced

- Next.js, Astro, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Bun
- Flutter, SwiftUI, SPIP, PHP, API architecture
- CI/CD, Git, Linux, advanced macOS
- Xcode (development, App Store / TestFlight distribution)

### Design & creative **carbon:ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody**
**Creative Direction** | **carbon:task-star** Advanced

- Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Lightroom, Photoshop, InDesign — professional use)
- Art direction

### Product tooling **carbon:branch**
**Digital Workflow** | **carbon:badge** Expert

- Linear, Notion, Obsidian, Jira, Confluence
- Vercel, Cursor, Git, CI/CD, VS Code, Claude Code

### Languages **carbon:ibm-watson-language-translator**
**International Communication** | **carbon:task-star** Advanced

- French: native
- English: full professional proficiency
- Spanish: conversational

## **carbon:airline-passenger-care** Education

### iOS programming — SwiftUI
Simplon.co, Lille – 2022–2023

### Documentary photography
Institut Supérieur d'Architecture Saint-Luc & ARIAP, Tournai - Lille – 1997–2001