Ker-Iz Consulting

Ker-Iz Consulting (KIC) was officially established in January 2020 ; its headquarters are located in Rennes, a major city of Brittany (France), well connected to Europe and attractive to Japanese investments. This internationally driven consulting company focuses mostly on European initiatives (Feder, Interreg, H2020) as well as the support to corporations and startups in their strategy. Besides, it envisions supporting any types of collaboration between Europe and Japan. Its working areas are : urban policies, digital cities and new mobility.

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Stéphane Péan (resume below) is the founder of Ker-Iz Consulting. Expert dedicated to the European market with a past experience in Japan, he has teamed up with Tomoko Sakakura, an experimented business partner based in Tokyo, to form an international duo with the purpose of building robust bridges between Europe and Japan.
Stéphane Péan
Stéphane PéanGlobal advisor, Europe

An experienced "boundary spanner" in cross-cultural and cross-functional multi-stakeholder environments. As young leader, starting with the development of a large professional community supporting the promotion of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in France. Later on, working more than a decade in Japan in the automotive industry to support major carmakers in the domains of strategy (competitive analysis) and innovation (shared mobility). A few years on behalf of a European agency leading funding initiative (8-10M euros/year) in the digital transformation of European cities (innovation activities & scale-ups portfolio management), and based on a go-to-market strategy.
A large global expertise developed in a variety of areas, and particularly in urban policies (polities & policies), digital cities (IoE, Big Data, open-source ...) and new mobility (ITS, MaaS, CAV ...).

A high interest in governmental affairs and public policies relating to regions and cities devolution in Europe. Leader of a regional think tank in favor of collective intelligence (citizens participatory) to support political innovation on institutional challenges. Focusing also on corporate development and business facilitation at global level, and particularly in the relationships between Europe and Japan.

Graduated in urban and regional planning (Sciences Po, Paris 🇫🇷), Intelligent Transportation Systems (Ecole des Ponts, ParisTech 🇫🇷) and business management (MBA, Globis University, 🇯🇵) along with certifications on Value Analysis and Professional scrum product owner (PSPO I).

Stéphane Péan
Stéphane PéanGlobal advisor, Europe

An experienced "boundary spanner" in cross-cultural and cross-functional multi-stakeholder environments. As young leader, starting with the development of a large professional community supporting the promotion of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in France. Later on, working more than a decade in Japan in the automotive industry to support major carmakers in the domains of strategy (competitive analysis) and innovation (shared mobility). A few years on behalf of a European agency leading funding initiative (8-10M euros/year) in the digital transformation of European cities (innovation activities & scale-ups portfolio management), and based on a go-to-market strategy.
A large global expertise developed in a variety of areas, and particularly in urban policies (polities & policies), digital cities (IoE, Big Data, open-source ...) and new mobility (ITS, MaaS, CAV ...).

A high interest in governmental affairs and public policies relating to regions and cities devolution in Europe. Leader of a regional think tank in favor of collective intelligence (citizens participatory) to support political innovation on institutional challenges. Focusing also on corporate development and business facilitation at global level, and particularly in the relationships between Europe and Japan.

Graduated in urban and regional planning (Sciences Po, Paris 🇫🇷), Intelligent Transportation Systems (Ecole des Ponts, ParisTech 🇫🇷) and business management (MBA, Globis University, 🇯🇵) along with certifications on Value Analysis and Professional scrum product owner (PSPO I).

Tomoko Sakakura
Tomoko SakakuraBusiness partner, Japan

Experienced various positions consistently with global IT projects.

Joined one of the major automobile companies in Japan and worked for their global ICT and big data projects, as an assistant project manager and interpreter.

Taking the advantage of experience in big data and IoT, worked for an AI startup company and contributed in data management, project management, service planning, and consulting, etc. Assigned as the vice director of their subsidiary in Vietnam, gained more experience in management and international business.

With all experiences combined, now working as a global consultant in Tokyo, Japan.

Tomoko Sakakura
Tomoko SakakuraBusiness partner, Japan

Experienced various positions consistently with global IT projects.

Joined one of the major automobile companies in Japan and worked for their global ICT and big data projects, as an assistant project manager and interpreter.

Taking the advantage of experience in big data and IoT, worked for an AI startup company and contributed in data management, project management, service planning, and consulting, etc. Assigned as the vice director of their subsidiary in Vietnam, gained more experience in management and international business.

With all experiences combined, now working as a global consultant in Tokyo, Japan.

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Gil Chavez
Gil ChavezProfessor / Exec Advisor Kyodo PR (Tokyo)

I would like to recommend Stéphane Péan without hesitation or reservation. He has extraordinary view of the world that allows him insights into a variety of business problems and situations.

Helias Zgheib
Helias ZgheibData scientist, PhD, Toyota Motor Europe (Paris)

Stéphane's ability and effort to manage a shift from a sheer product - and technology centric - approach to more customer oriented approach was of great value for the project.

Jean-Yves Jault
Jean-Yves JaultDirector Corporate Communications, Toyota Motor Europe (Brussels)

I was impressed with his ability to persevere on tasks and projects despite a difficult, changing, and challenging environment. His determination and leadership led to a large part of one of the projects we were working on to move forward and be implemented on time.

Stéphane Amarger
Stéphane AmargerFormer Director France, EIT Digital (Paris)

I could appreciate his large knowledge related to the world of transportation accumulated at technical, economic and societal levels. Stéphane could build a large network of connections among public and private keyplayers in the world of transportation. He is able to leverage his personal connections at all levels.

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A BRETON LEGEND ... IN A TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Ker Iz in Breton, or Cité d'Ys in French, is a mythical city that was built on the coast of Brittany (Bay of Douarnenez) and later swallowed by the ocean. The legend said that Saint Gwenole went to see the king Gradlon and warned him about the sins being committed in the city, absorbed in luxury, debauchery and vanity. God warned Saint Gwenole that he was going to punish the city, and the Saint told the king to flee since God's wrath was about to fall upon the city. The king fled riding his horse. A storm fell upon the city and quickly inundated it. The main culprit was Princess Dahud, the king's indecent daughter, who had stolen the key, symbol of royalty, from around her father's neck.

There's another legend told in a Breton saying, says that when Paris is swallowed, the city of Ys will rise up from under the waves (In Breton, Par Is means "similar to Ys").

Pa vo beuzet Paris,
Ec'h adsavo Ker Is
(When Paris will be engulfed,
will re-emerge the City of Ys)

- Read more on Wikipedia (Ys)