A graduate in science from the University of Aix-Marseille and in strategic information management from Sciences Po Aix, he has been an information systems security consultant since 2001 and is Chairman of Cyberwings, a company specialising in cybersecurity and ethical hacking. He is also an associate professor at the University of Aix-Marseille, where he works as a CISO. He is also an auditor at the IHEDN and founded the Hack In Provence association, of which he was chairman.