A REFLECTIVE ASSESSMENT · IN FIVE ACTS

MY
STORY the story of how I got here

A film by Paul Shantamurti · Under the guidance of Alexandre de Poncins · PGE3 — Alternance

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PROLOGUE

Time to
Reflect

For ten years I wrote code that helped machines understand themselves. Tonight, for once, the subject is me.

Do the knowledge and skills acquired during my professionalization pathway enable access to my chosen profession?

the whole film answers — yes.

DESTINATION CO-FOUNDER & CTO · MAISON LES 2 DU DÔME

I

ACT I · BACKDROP

A Bit of
Everything

Before any of the code, there was Kolkata.

KolkataMy mum ran a small medical clinic on her own — my first lesson in keeping calm under pressure.
ChessI played competitively, and learned to think a few moves ahead.
Drums · 22 yrsYears behind a kit taught me timing — and how to hold a team together.
DebateSchool debates and essays taught me to make a point and back it up.
INSA LyonEngineering — learning, and defending my work, in a language that wasn't mine.
ChileAt an oil company, my code looked after real machines — and real lives.

II

ACT II · ANTICLIMAX

When
Everything
Stopped

Then one phone call changed everything.

The callMy mum became seriously ill. I left my studies and flew home.
Home againTwo suitcases — and suddenly I was paying the bills and caring for her.
4 a.m.Up before dawn: lesson plans in one hand, her medicine chart in the other.
The classroomTeaching teenagers maths taught me the hardest skill — making hard things simple.
What it gave meIt was exhausting. It also gave me grit I didn't know I had.

III

ACT III · CLIMAX

The Comeback

I went back to work — and this time, with a plan.

01TCS — backend engineer · big systems, real clients, learning to explain tech to non-tech people
02L&T — data scientist · turning messy data into stories that changed decisions
03Sikkim Manipal — a business degree in finance & marketing, earned at night while working and caring for my mum
04L&T — strategist · sitting between the engineers and the bosses, speaking both languages
05AWS — cloud engineer · keeping huge systems online and secure, around the world

IV

ACT IV · LESSON · THE YEAR I GREW THE MOST

Learning to Slow Down

My work-study year at Netceler — a small team, but the place I grew up the most.

A company of around a hundred people, building software for the pharmaceutical world. I worked right across the stack — PHP on the back end, React on the front, the data pipelines feeding our business-intelligence tools, and the DevOps that shipped it all.

ALTERNANCE~100 PEOPLE PHARMABUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PHP · REACTDATA PIPELINESDEVOPS · GIT

The personal side

I arrived addicted to speed, used to measuring myself by how fast I shipped. Here I had to slow down, listen in design reviews, and learn that the simplest solution the whole team can maintain usually beats the cleverest one. I stopped tying my worth to my output.

As a citizen

In pharma, a small bug isn't just a bug — it can affect someone's medicine. "Move fast and break things" simply doesn't belong here. It taught me that technology should protect the people it serves, not just chase growth.

The academic side

My business-intelligence studies came alive on the job. Moving the team to a cleaner Git and DevOps workflow turned out to be a people problem, not a technical one — so I leaned on change management. And reliable data pipelines plus solid GDPR handling became a real selling point, not just a box to tick.

V

ACT V · VISION

What I'm
Building Now

Helping European companies protect what matters most — their data.

The companyMaison Les 2 Du Dôme — a small French firm I'm co-founding, built like a workshop.
My roleCo-founder & CTO — as much a strategist as an engineer.
What we buildSecure, EU-compliant systems companies can actually trust — « forteresses numériques ».
The real lifeLong, unpredictable hours and strict European rules (GDPR, NIS2). I went in with my eyes open.

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ACT V · THE MARKET

Is There Room
for This?

Lots of demand, not enough people. That's the opening.

WhereAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes first, then the wider European market.
Who forMid-sized, non-tech firms — factories, regional clinics, logistics.
The proofFrance Travail, Carif Oref and APEC all show cyber-security as one of the hardest roles to fill.
Why usBig service firms are slow and generic; we're small, sharp, and we actually build.

THE TEN-YEAR PLAN

The Ten-Year Plan

Not a quick flip — something built to last.

YEARS 1–3

Earn Trust Locally

Security audits and solid foundations for nearby mid-sized firms. Steady, honest work that builds a name.

YEARS 4–6

Grow Across Europe

Turn what we've learned into our own security products, used by more clients across the continent.

YEARS 7–10

Look Further

An honest, AI-based way to spot threats early — bridging Europe's care with the scale I saw in India.

LOOKING BACK

It All Adds Up

Looking back, none of it was wasted — every part led somewhere.

Chess→ thinking ahead

Drums→ timing & teamwork

INSA Lyon→ engineering & maths

Sikkim Manipal→ business sense

↘ ↓ ↙

Maison
Les 2 Du Dôme where it all led

Caring for my mum→ resilience

AWS→ security at scale

Netceler→ building for people

Clermont PGE→ tying it together

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EPILOGUE

Why It All Fits

The plan is ready. So am I.

What brought me hereA clinic in Kolkata, a chessboard, a drum kit, and a few hard years I wouldn't trade.
What the school gave meThe PGE pulled all of it into one clear direction.
Where I standNot a student asking permission — someone ready to build.

THE ANSWER

Do the knowledge and skills acquired during the professionalization pathway enable access to the chosen profession?

Yes.

Thank you — I welcome your questions.

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Forteresses numériques — built to protect.

Paul Shantamurti · Grand Oral 2025–2026 · Clermont School of Business