2018 – 2019
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Fulbright Scholarship recipient
- Dean's Scholarship
- Wharton Executive Leadership / Total Leadership coursework
- U.S. Army War College crisis negotiation simulation
LORENZO COLOMBANI · DESIGNER & DEVELOPER · AI ENABLEMENT
Experience, credentials
and publications.
Teaching, technology, law and philosophy inform how I help people work with AI. Here are the qualifications, publications and professional roles behind that work.
Publications
Articles & papers
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- Zenodo · 2026
Keep It Secret, Keep It (in a) Safe, Then Cast It into the Fire
Engineering AI Act Data Governance — A Practical Guide for Data Teams.
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Medium · 2026
Aristotle Was a Data Engineer
Aristotle's Categories mapped onto Data Vault — substance, relation and accident as Hubs, Links and Satellites. With a companion video and interactive simulation.
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ResearchGate · 2025 Revised Edition
Why is France So Conflictive?
Independent study on French negotiation culture, supervised by Stuart Diamond at UPenn Law School.
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Dalloz, AJ Contrats · 2018
Le déséquilibre significatif dans les contrats commerciaux
A new tool against GAFAs: Analysis of significant imbalance in commercial contracts.
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Revue Française de Gestion · 2017
Responsabilité sociale des entreprises
Global and technological stakes of corporate social responsibility.
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Academia.edu
Philosophy Papers on Academia.edu
Academic work in philosophy of science and technology.
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Medium Blog
Medium Articles
Covering the intersection of AI, Policy, Law and Philosophy.
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Chief Editor · ThinkH+
Brainstorm Law Review
Featuring field experts, lawyers and various stakeholders on AI and human augmentation.
Education
Education & credentials
2010 – 2016
Master's Degree
Sciences Po Paris
- Global Governance, Political Science & Business Law
- Graduated Cum Laude
2010 – 2014
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
Université Paris-Sorbonne
- Philosophy of Science & Technology
- Magna Cum Laude (Mention Bien)
2012 – 2013
Exchange Program
University of Pittsburgh
- Philosophy of Science & Technology
- GPA: 4.0
Professional qualifications, courses & awards
- Certified Data Vault 2.1 Practitioner (CDVP2.1)
- Data Warehouse — The Ultimate Guide
- Complete SQL & Databases Bootcamp
- License to Practice Law (CAPA)
- Fulbright Scholarship
- Penn-Wharton Innovation Award
- No-Code Agent Building
- Professional Scrum Product Owner I
- Professional Scrum Master I
- Psychoanalytic Diagnostics & EI Communication
Experience
Professional experience
Jun – Aug 2026
Scalefree · Data Vault consultancy
Business Intelligence Consultant track · Scalefree International GmbH, Hanover
A three-month internship (June to August 2026). Integrated source systems into the enterprise data warehouse on Google BigQuery, performed data modeling with Data Vault 2.1, and contributed technical articles and subject-matter presentations.
June 2025 – September 2026
Board Member
Wharton Alumni AI Studio · Alumni nonprofit
Spearheaded "AI, Applied." — convened 15 contributors to curate 87 real-world AI use cases referencing 94+ AI tools (September 2026 collection) — and single-handedly built its public showcase site. Founded and led the "AI – Law and Regulation" think-tank, publishing policy and governance reports.
2025 — 2026
Community Lead, Paris Forum
OpenAI Forum — community, not employment
Launched the OpenAI Forum community in France from zero as solo founder — first event live within two weeks of contact, at 90% attendance — then built and led the five-person team running monthly events, with a knowledge-management system designed for zero coordination overhead.
Listed 2024 – 2026
Mediator
Paris Court of Appeal
Listed in the Paris Court of Appeal mediator directory for 2024–2026. Work in dispute resolution and negotiation informs how I handle complex discussions and help parties find agreement.
2022 — 2026
Founder & Principal Consultant
Make Working Fun
Negotiation consulting and training practice built on Getting More, Stuart Diamond's Wharton methodology — recognized Senior Instructor by Getting More Inc. Coached executives on transactions, labor disputes and career transitions; taught at ESCP, GEMA and Groupe IGS; prototyped a multimodal empathic-AI healthcare tool with Hume.ai and the Wharton AI Studio.
2022 — 2023
Professor
ESCP Business School
Designed and delivered courses on European Institutions, Comparative Political Systems and International Business Law to international cohorts of 30–60 students — interactive materials, gamified assessment, in-person and virtual delivery.
2019 — 2022
Chief Learning Officer
MCR Groupe
Rose from Negotiation Consultant to Chief Learning Officer at a boutique HR consultancy: delivered 50+ training sessions to client teams from SMEs to CAC 40 groups, guided a nine-month judiciary-mandated collective-bargaining renegotiation, rebuilt the firm's knowledge base, automated its Qualiopi certification workflow — one task, its completion time cut by 94.4%, and launched its negotiation practice with former RAID chief negotiator Christophe Caupenne.
2015 — 2019
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
ThinkH+
Founded France's first think tank on human augmentation law and AI ethics. Secured a €100,000 L'Oréal mécénat commitment, contributed a legal memorandum cited in Cédric Villani's national AI report, successfully petitioned France's National Ethics Committee, and published the Brainstorm Law Review.
Creative work
An interview and a song.
Audio story · Philosophy
Interview of Mr. Howard C. on AI
A conversation in an old western saloon about whether AI truly thinks, with René Descartes.
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Music video · Comedy
Well, That’s Just Great
A sardonic song about the hollow encouragement to smile through difficult moments.
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