Bakene brings together Babacar Gueye’s expertise at the intersection of data, enterprise platforms and product. Signature expertise in MDM and data architecture, strengthened by framing, Business Analysis, Product Delivery and applied AI.
Fields of expertise
Bakene works where business decisions, data and systems need to move together—within global enterprises and growing organizations alike.
Build reliable, governable and interoperable foundations that support operations today and AI use cases tomorrow.
Turn ambition into decisions, processes and shippable products by aligning Business, Data and IT.
Use AI where it meaningfully improves a process, decision or product—built on sound data foundations.
Engagement formats
Short engagements to reduce uncertainty, plus tailored support when the challenge requires ongoing leadership or delivery.
Surface pain points, maturity, flows, stakeholders and risks before committing to a program or major investment.
Concise diagnostic and prioritized action plan
Align teams on the problem, expected value, scope, responsibilities and decisions ahead.
Decisions, risks, trajectory and initial backlog
Challenge an existing Data, MDM or product architecture and secure a realistic target trajectory.
Risk analysis and architecture recommendations
Strengthen a team as a senior consultant, Business Analyst, Product Owner or cross-functional Data transformation lead.
Scope and cadence adapted to the engagement
Identify repetitive tasks, data sources, risks and required integrations before investing in an agent or an automated workflow.
Prioritized use cases, initial architecture and action plan
Build a first solution connected to your documents or tools, with explicit limits, tests, human validation and a path to production.
Working prototype, guardrails and documentation
Engagements are available in English or French, remotely or on-site depending on context. Pricing is adapted to scope, contracting country and required preparation.
International reach
The same Data principles do not apply mechanically everywhere. Bakene combines experience in global enterprises with hands-on product building for African markets.
France & Europe
Data and regulatory programs, SAP ecosystems, cross-functional governance, enterprise architecture and multi-stakeholder coordination.
Senegal & Africa
Products for growing organizations, heterogeneous infrastructure, field adoption, cost discipline and local operating realities.
International & North America
English-language engagements, distributed teams and multi-country program experience. Remote or on-site collaboration depending on engagement conditions.
Bakene
A short engagement only creates value when it makes the problem clearer and the next step actionable.
Business context, data domains, applications, flows and ownership: the diagnostic starts with the real dependencies.
Options, risks and compromises are documented so Data, Business and IT teams can decide together.
Every engagement ends with prioritized recommendations, identified owners and an actionable trajectory.
Expérience terrain
Complex Data programs, cross-functional delivery and AI products built across Europe and Africa.
MDM Product Designer on Givaudan's enterprise data platform. Designing referential models (Material, Packaging, Customer, Org), governing M&A rebinding waves, and aligning SAP data flows across 20+ countries.
Product Owner on the digitalization of core banking processes at national scale. Designed BPM orchestration flows and led the IT/Business alignment for a major decommissioning program.
Led the expansion of Anti-Money Laundering daily screening for Allianz France. Coordinated across IT teams in France, Germany, India, and Mauritius under strong ACPR regulatory pressure.
SaaS platform for multi-site African businesses: centralized SENELEC, water, and fuel invoices, AI OCR, anomaly detection, energy dashboards, and accounting exports.
Mobile platform connecting tourists with local guides. AI-generated audio tours, AR compass POC, and a booking flow built on React Native + AWS Cognito.
Training
Modules focused on the decisions and practices that make teams autonomous. Private sessions tailored to your context, available in English or French.
Fundamentals, business case, data domains, architecture, quality, matching, survivorship and roadmap.
Roles, workflows, quality rules, KPIs, exception management and team adoption.
Business problem, required data, risks, value criteria, prototype and path to production.
Use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other assistants effectively for your context: prompting, analysis, writing, research, confidentiality and result verification.
Move from a conversational assistant to a useful agent: goal, instructions, knowledge, tools, memory, permissions, tests, supervision and success criteria.
Insights & methods
The Bakene blog publishes practical analysis on Data transformation, MDM, architecture, governance, Product Delivery and applied AI—tools to prepare better decisions.
Explore the Bakene blogDescribe your Data, MDM, product or AI context, the sticking point and the decision ahead. I’ll suggest the most relevant engagement format.
Share your challengeBakene is Babacar Gueye’s professional brand. Contractual terms are specified in each commercial proposal.