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Laurent Farci
Technology Executive · San Francisco, CA · Open to new opportunities
Summary
Laurent Farci is a senior technology executive based in San Francisco. He was most recently Global Chief Information Officer at Monks (the operating brand of S4 Capital), where he led the IT and enterprise systems function through the company's growth from approximately 100 employees to over 11,000 across 34 acquisitions.
His core discipline is enterprise systems, revenue operations, and the integration work that turns acquired companies into a single operating engine. He is six times Salesforce certified and has deep experience with CRM, contract lifecycle management, and GTM technology stacks.
In 2007 he founded ChooseYourCRM.com, an early online marketplace for CRM systems, helping companies evaluate and select platforms during the emergence of the SaaS CRM category.
Current Focus: AI-First Operations
Laurent works in the current AI era as a hands-on operator and early adopter. He deploys AI-first systems in production, redesigns enterprise workflows around agentic AI, and builds with frontier tools including Anthropic Claude, OpenAI models, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that connects them to enterprise systems. His thesis: the interesting work right now is not adding AI to existing software, but rebuilding how companies operate now that the software itself can think.
Areas of Expertise
- AI-first system design and deployment
- Agentic AI workflows and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations
- Enterprise technology leadership (CIO-level)
- M&A technology integration (34 acquisitions integrated at Monks)
- Revenue operations and GTM systems
- Salesforce platform (6x certified)
- Contract lifecycle management (CLM)
- Scaling IT from startup to global enterprise
Background
- Global CIO, Monks (S4 Capital) — Led enterprise technology through the company's growth from approximately 100 to over 11,000 employees and the integration of 34 acquisitions.
- Earlier roles at Media.Monks / S4 Capital — Built and led the Salesforce platform as it became the company's core operating system.
- Founder, ChooseYourCRM.com (2007) — Online marketplace for CRM systems. Early entrant in the SaaS CRM evaluation space.
- Capgemini — Enterprise technology consulting.
- Independent consulting — Founded and operated own consulting firm.
- Education — University of Northumbria at Newcastle.
Memberships and communities
- Forbes Technology Council
- Gartner CIO Community
- InspireCIO Bay Area
Open to
- CIO, VP Technology, or Chief Technology roles at growth-stage companies
- Founding team roles at AI-first startups
- Advisory work on AI deployment and enterprise integration
- Speaking engagements on AI in the enterprise, MCP, and agentic systems
Personal Philosophy
"Technology should amplify intelligence, not complexity."
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