Who I am
I am Maud Cappelle, an ERP Project Manager with over 15 years of experience specializing in digital transformation for SMEs and mid-sized companies.
What drives me: understanding how people work and what they truly need, then supporting them to ensure technology becomes an asset, not a constraint.
My international background
My professional story began long before the world of ERP: it started at 15 during a school exchange in Melbourne. There, I discovered that languages are more than just a tool—they are a way to open up to others, understand nuances, and adapt.
Since then, I have lived and worked in Spain, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and for three years in Australia.
Today, I work daily in three languages, which helps me:
Read between the lines, even in a highly technical context.
Streamline communication between multicultural teams.
Remove ambiguity within complex projects.
Learning a language is learning how to adapt—and in project management, adaptation is everything.
Mastering Complexity: From Horse Transport to Project Management
In 2013, I paused my career to pursue a dream: becoming a groom and traveling across Europe in a horse transporter. This experience was an invaluable school for crisis management and anticipation.
I quickly realized that the reality of the European roads—much like project management—is far from predictable or linear:
Narrow, winding roads: Managing unexpected technical and logistical constraints.
Impossible maneuvers: Implementing creative solutions under high pressure.
Handling the unforeseen: Staying the course and remaining calm in the face of uncertainty.
It was in this demanding environment that I developed the ability to keep a cool head, anticipate risks, and maneuver through complexity. These are directly transferable skills that are now at the heart of my successful project management expertise.
Oracle E-Business Suite Migration: Upgrading from version 11.5.7 to 11.5.10.2, including the implementation of new Project Costing (PAC) and Internet Expenses (OIE) modules.
Context: Migration from a regional information system to the national system; this major 5-year project involved 120 business contributors.
Achievement: Created comprehensive and accessible user documentation, enabling the team to independently master the billing processes (quittancement) and post-launch version upgrades.
Maintenance of the Octal ERP at a Wabtec industrial site (railway equipment manufacturer). As a member of the internal ERP support team, I performed extensive SQL querying to bridge the gaps caused by the legacy version of the system.
Advance Workshop (formerly A+ Software) for steel reinforcement manufacturers (3 years in Australia with Infrabuild). Initiated an analysis project for the implementation of interfaces between Advance Workshop and SAP S/4HANA, intended to replace the legacy JDE ERP. The project was suspended during COVID-19 to focus on consolidating existing interfaces between Advance Workshop and JDE.
Deployment of Sage X3 V12 at Leader Group, replacing the Cegid system at their manufacturing site in Le Havre. Conducted the scoping study for the deployment of the Bioex site in Lyon.
Full lifecycle management of system evolutions, from functional specifications to production deployment, in coordination with the Sales Administration department.
User support and guidance during Acceptance Testing (UAT), system indexing, and rigorous tracking of bug fixes.
Lead for the new version rollout, including team coordination and test automation via the ATP tool to ensure a stable and secure launch.
Why I founded Capito: Giving Meaning to Transformation
This is the very principle I wanted to apply to the world of information systems and digital transformation. Drawing on my experience as a Functional Consultant (Oracle E-Business Suite) and Project Analyst at Groupama, I realized that success does not depend on technology alone, but on the buy-in and engagement of the teams involved.
That is why I founded Capito, driven by this unwavering conviction:
📢 A project succeeds when people understand what they are doing and why they are doing it.
Creating Capito is my way of bringing added value to companies that want to succeed in their digital transformation by putting human understanding back at the heart of the process.