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Fabien Lefèvre holds an engineering degree in Hydraulics / Waters Resources (1996) from the National Hydraulic Engineering School of Grenoble (France) and a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography (2000) from the University Paul Sabatier of Toulouse (France).He worked one year in the Hydraulic and Oceanographic Service of the French Navy (EPSHOM, Brest, 1996). In 1997, he moved to Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS, Toulouse, France) as an engineer in the Space Oceanography Division (CLS/DOS). He was assigned three years to the French National Research Centre (CNRS, Toulouse, France) to master his PhD (1997-2000).Back to CLS in 2000, he worked as a scientific engineer and developed oceanographic expertise in space, in-situ and numerical model applications.In 2010, he became the Head of the Applications and Services Team of CLS/DOS, a new team of 25 engineers and oceanographers to contribute to the development of services and applications in the field of oceanography. As an applications project manager he was in charge of operational and technical activities related to fishing support, environmental applications, offshore oil & gas sector, ship routing... His role was to design and adapt operational oceanography products by best combining, analyzing, post-processing and delivering products to customers.From June 2014 to June 2017, he worked as a senior project manager in CLS. He was coordinating the setup and the implementation of CLS integrated projects. His sectors of expertise were environmental surveillance, maritime security and sustainable management of marine resources.From January 2017 to August 2019, he was responsible of Large Projects and Key Accounts within the new Environmental Monitoring division of CLS. He was developing projects in the field of oceanography, hydrology, forestry, land use, urbanization, risk management… mainly for export markets.Since September 2019, he is the Head of the Ocean and Climate Division within the Environment and Climate Unit. He is managing a team of a 30 people to set up activities according to scientific and quality objectives, planning and budget. He leads the development of applications and services for oceanography topics. He manages operational and technical activities using in situ, space technologies, numerical modeling, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning processes for scientific, institutional and industrial ocean applications.