Jean-Michel Franco has dedicated his career to developing and broadening the adoption of innovative technologies and is currently the Senior Director of Product Marketing at Talend. He is an expert of GDPR, CCPA, and data privacy, working on the front lines with Talend's clients every day to prepare them for compliance and learn the new roles employees will take in relation to data use. Franco developed the "Five Pillars of GDPR" to guide these companies into the new world of data privacy and teach them to manage and use data in ways that meet their consumers' demands. Prior to Talend, he created and developed a business intelligence practice for HP and worked as Solutions Marketing Director for SAP and later Innovation Director for Business & Decision.