Rodolphe Ardant
Founder of Spendesk
Rodolphe Ardant
Founder of Spendesk
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and CEO
2015 - Current
We’re on a mission to help businesses spend smarter, with a powerful tool that provides visibility and control across the entire spending process. 💳 Spendesk is smart spend management software designed for finance teams *and* employees. With flexible payments, approvals, automated receipt capture and real-time spend insights, finance can decentralize operational spending across the business without any loss of control. Employees benefit from streamlined expense and invoice management through the Spendesk website and app. 👉 Check out CFO Connect, our global community for finance leaders with regular meetups, helpful content and an exclusive Slack channel. Learn more: [http://www.cfoconnect.eu](http://www.cfoconnect.eu/en/) 💜 Join our team: [https://www.welcometothejungle.co/companies/spendesk](https://www.welcometothejungle.co/companies/spendesk)
Founder in residence
2015 - 2015
CEO of Spendesk (http://www.spendesk.com) - One place to manage all your team spendings
COO
2014 - 2015
• Operations: Scaled customer service & operations teams to face growth • International: Set-up German subsidiary. Coordinated with German team to launch Drivy in Germany and deploy country specific features.
Project Director
2013 - 2014
• Marketing: Switched lead acquisition strategy from outsourced (partnerships) to in-house (SEA). Increased lead volumes (x5) with positive ROI. Supervised 1.5M€/year spending budget. • Project management: Coordinated with IT team to develop a yield management system for lead acquisition. • Innovation: Winner of Solocal Group internal start-up contest with "Solocal Everywhere".
Co-founder, COO
2008 - 2013
We iterated over three business models and ended with an innovative advertising automation solution that was acquired by Solocal Group in April 2013. Main responsibilities: • Strategy: Designed and implemented road to market strategies. • Corporate management: In charge of HR, finance and office management. Raised +500k€ from Business angels. • Product: UI/UX owner, front-end development, growth marketing.
Associate Consultant
2007 - 2008
• Coordinated an industrial cost reduction project for a French electrical manufacturer. • Defined go to market strategy for new products in the retail market.
Mission Economique - New Delhi
2006 - 2006
Helped French tech companies to assess business opportunities in India.
Education
MS
2006 - 2007
Investments
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