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​Olivier Pessot
o[email protected] / +1 (929) 4367131 / New York, NY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization (valid)
Entrepreneur Experience
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Ecoregard, Paris, France – New York, NY, USA, October 2012 - Present
Home Advisor
  • Propose an Introduction to Home Choice Confidence aimed at Home Buyers
  • Advise and give agency to individuals in their home buying and HOA process
  • Prepare and give support to HOA representatives for their building’s energy transition
  • Mapped the key points for real estate agents to integrate sustainability to their work

Ecoregard, Paris, France – New York, NY, USA, October 2012 - Present
Sustainability Coach
  • Assess enterprises added value, offer and identity to integrate their sustainable choices to strategy
  • Advise and give agency to Directors and managers on their sustainable transformation process
  • Prepare and give support to sustainability consultants, managers and directors
  • Mapped the next socio-economic transition challenges and opportunities for the city of Paris

Education
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Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland, August 2021 - April 2024
Master of Arts in Education Enterprising - completed
Dissertation Title: Pessot, O. (2024). Connecting Home, Satisfaction and Wealth through Sustainability: Preparatory Steps to Developing a Flow-inspired Learning Design.
Advisors: Johanna Pihlajamaa, Senior Lecturer and Sari Alatalo, Lecturer at Oulu University of Applied Sciences

Teaching Experience (related to writing and editing ..)
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Business Speaking, Neuilly (Paris area), France – New York, NY, USA, February 2021 – Present
TESOL and FLE Teacher, Career Coach
  • Perform 50+ trainings or 1000+ hours per year with a 95% success rate. English and French as a foreign language.
  • Assess and design career and language enhancement curriculums for CEOs, Managers, Assistants, HR Personnel
  • Guide, encourage and train students for exams (TOEIC, TOEFL), comprehension of different cultures and accents, written and oral presentations
  • Coach companies including: Cap Gemini, Citibank, Intelcia, Kuehne+Nagel, La Poste, Nissha Medical, Rock&Folk 

Pigier School of Business, Nice, France, September 2019 – April 2020
Management Teacher and Import/Export Management Teacher
  • Adapted course material and lectured 6 classes of young professionals aged 18 to 22
  • Presented weekly and monthly tests and assignments for 180 students
  • Engaged with continuous feedback on progress with 90% participation during COVID
  • Led workshops ensuring knowledge assimilation 

Entrepreneur Experience
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​SPI Real Estate Agency, Cagnes sur mer, France, April 2017 – February 2019
Real Estate Agent
Enterprise and Research Experience - Sustainable Programs Experience 
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Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden, October 2012 – April 2014
Sustainable Business Expert
  • Co-built Green Action Plan and trained the trainers of 500 Vietnamese enterprises.
  • Interviewed Sustainability Managers of top Swedish multinationals: ABB, IKEA, H&M, Tetra Pak
  • Remodeled norms and management tools such as GRI (Global Reporting), EMAS (Environmental Management Audit Systems), ISO 14001 (Env. Mngt Syst), ISO 26001 (Social Responsibility)
  • Worked with Windows 365 and project management software, built several websites

Enterprise and Research Experience - Sustainable Programs Experience 
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​Stockholm Resilience Centre March, Sweden 2010 – September 2012
Partner Recruiter and Coordinator
  • Successfully achieved 2 internships on sustainable cities resulting in a recommendation from the Stockholm Resilience Centre
  • Recruited and coordinated for 50 international partners for the “Sustainable, Resilient and Green Cities“ Research
  • Wrote and researched on sustainability, resilience, transformation, regenerative development and design

Education
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Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden, August 2009 - May 2011                                        
Master of Sciences in Sustainable Enterprising - completed
Dissertation Title: Pessot, O. (2011). Small Businesses and how they connect to the Sustainable City: A list of actions for the transformation to a sustainable Paris.
Advisors: Susanne Sweet, Associate Professor at Stockholm School of Economics
Johan Colding, Associate Professor at the Beijer Institute, and theme-leader at The Stockholm Resilience Centre.

Enterprise Experience
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Casewise, Paris, France, February 2008 – May 2009
Business Developer
  • Collected and compiled the functional needs of IT and marketing professionals for their Process Management software
  • Demonstrated our company IT architecture software to IT and marketing professionals
  • Convinced clients to be interviewed and quoted in sector related magazines

Maison Ailee, Paris, France, November 2005 – January 2008
Co-owner and Partner Manager
  • Innovated a Dell inspired online Green Architecture business model
  • Partnered with the only wood house builder in France present in the 12 main regions
  • Packaged our online offer: the first one in France to propose ecological houses online
  • Proposed the first double volume ecological house in France affordable for a family

Education
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The American University, Washington DC, USA                                                                  
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration - completed
Finance and International Business
Resident Advisor on the best floor ever with 53 great students (2 years)

​​Skills  
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Website Management, Content Platform Management, Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Workspace, Salesforce CRM, Siebel Key Accounts Management
Standards: EMAS (Environmental Management and Audit System), GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 14001
 
Languages: English C2 (fluent), French (Native), Swedish B1 (Intermediate), Spanish (Beginner)
 
Hobbies          
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Sustainable homes: Architectural and construction learnings for Home Buyers, construction work, DIY,
Health and Wellbeing: Nutrition, Strength and Mobility, Linking Cities to Nature.