Verkor Consulting & Beyond
Industrial Transformation Consulting
Senior practitioners.
Not advisors who observe from a distance.
VERKOR Consulting is built around a core of experienced industrial leaders, supported by a network of specialised experts mobilised according to the specific demands of each mission.
Eric Olivier - Founder
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Areas of expertise
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Corporate strategy & growth roadmap definition
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Business development and international expansion
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Operational management & transition leadership
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Industrial service portfolio structuring
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Negotiation, sales and execution of complex deals and large projects
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M&A: due diligence, synergy assessment, post-acquisition integration
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Innovation scouting & technology integration
Eric Olivier is an industrial executive with over 25 years of experience leading strategic and operational transformations within global industrial and service groups.
He has held senior leadership positions and global responsibilities — General Management, Strategy, Business Development and Service —
at organisations including GE, Alstom, Veolia Environnement,
Wärtsilä and John Crane, operating across all regions of the world.
He has managed service divisions employing over 1,000 people and overseen portfolios of up to €800M.
Alongside his consulting practice, Eric serves as VP of an angel investment fund, working directly with industrial startups on fundraising strategy and scaling — an experience that sharpens his
understanding of innovation ecosystems and the gap between R&D and real-world industrial application.
He founded VERKOR Consulting with a clear purpose: to offer industrial organisations a different kind of advisory — senior, independent, field-tested and results-oriented.
Expertise built at the intersection of strategy, operations,
and industrial fieldwork.
VERKOR Consulting draws on a bench of experts with complementary capabilities, mobilised according to the strategic, operational or technological demands of each mission.
This model ensures both agility and consistency — bringing the right expertise to bear at the right moment, without compromising on standards or alignment.
Partner
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Marketing & market research
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Innovation & product-market fit
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Corporate communication
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Sales enablement & scaling strategy
Viktor Klein is a innovative business developer and engineer with global leadership experience in industrial innovation, robotics, and technology-driven transformation. He has built service and product teams at GE, Baker Hughes, and Alstom, where he was heading product strategy, global sales, and service execution across Europe, North America, and Asia.
He combines strategic vision with strong marketing, market research, and communication skills to enable the translation between industry and innovation, and from R&D to real-world application.
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Viktor Klein
Senior advisor
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Innovation strategy & technology transformation
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From scientific discovery to industrial impact
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Public–private partnerships & innovation ecosystems
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Leadership in scientific & technical organizations
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Materials science & advanced materials
Dr. Cathie Vix-Guterl is an internationally recognized scientific leader with more than 30 years of experience at the interface between research, innovation and industry. She previously served as Vice President R&D at TotalEnergies, where she created and led a division dedicated to technology exploration and the management of the R&D portfolio. Earlier in her career, she was Research Director at the CNRS, where she founded and directed major research and innovation structures, including the Institut des Sciences des Matériaux de Mulhouse and the Carnot MICA Institute, a national structure connecting laboratories and industrial partners.
Cathie Vix-Guterl contributes to VERKOR Consulting as a Senior Advisor, bringing her expertise in innovation strategy, technology transformation and leadership in scientific and technical organizations. She advises organizations on bridging the gap between scientific discovery and industrial deployment, translating emerging technologies into strategic and economic value while supporting leaders and teams in navigating complex technological and organizational transformations.
Cathie Vix-Guterl
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Senior advisor
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Operations & Manufacturing Management
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Operational excellence
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Continous improvement and LEAN Management
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Digitalization
Engineer by training, Jean-Sébastien Schmitt brings 25 years of hands-on experience in production management across the automotive and pharmaceutical industries.
As LEAN and Digitalisation Director for an international group, he developed a 360° vision of industrial transformation — combining operational rigour with digital leverage. His conviction: lasting performance is built on the virtuous cycle between operational excellence and team engagement.
He operates at the heart of the action, supporting managers in structuring lean organisations, accelerating digital adoption and embedding change that sticks. His approach is concrete, people-centred and results-driven — mobilising teams at every level to become active drivers of transformation.
Jean-Sébastien Schmitt
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