Advisory
Strategy, architecture and program leadership for CIOs and technology leaders. Thirty years running product engineering for some of the world's largest real-time travel platforms.
Advisory for technology leadersMission-critical platforms, delivered.
Executive advisory and senior near-shore engineering from Sophia Antipolis, France — for CIOs who need large-scale programs to land, not just to start.
- 30 yearsrunning product engineering for real-time travel platforms
- 6 hahead of US Eastern — live in your working day
- 20–70 %cost advantage over US on-shore rates
- 2017founded in Sophia Antipolis, France
Two ways to work with us
We advise, then we build.
Most consultancies stop at the recommendation. Most near-shore providers start at the ticket. We cover the whole path: the senior people who help you set the vision, choose the stack and structure the program stay to deliver it, alongside your teams.
Near-shore engineering
A senior European team that designs, builds and operates your platform in your working day, at a 20–70 % cost advantage over US on-shore rates.
How we deliver
Fixed-price assessments
Turn technology problems into business opportunities.
Some technology problems require more than another development project. Copernicus helps companies understand what is holding their technology or operations back, define a pragmatic path forward, and then help deliver the transformation.
Legacy System Modernization
Aging systems should not become a constraint on growth. Assess risk, define the modernization path, and identify opportunities to turn existing technology into a strategic business asset.
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Eliminate repetitive work, redesign inefficient processes, and apply automation and AI where they create measurable business value.
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Why a near-shore team in France works
On-shore immediacy, without the on-shore price tag.
European near-shore engineering, wrapped in EU-grade security and governance.
Real-time US overlap
We are six hours ahead of the US East Coast. Morning stand-up in New York, afternoon build review in Austin — we are on the call. Your feedback lands in today's sprint, not tomorrow's.
Senior talent at a 20–70 % cost advantage
France's deep cloud and fintech engineering pool lets you staff experienced engineers below US on-shore rates, without the coordination and rework costs of far-shore delivery. Transparent USD pricing keeps budgeting simple.
Cultural and linguistic alignment
English-first delivery, the agile rituals you already run, and a European business culture that meshes with US product organisations.
Enterprise-grade security by default
EU GDPR rigour and ISO 27001-aligned practices, audited. Compliance is built into every commit rather than bolted on before go-live.
Flight-time friendly
Nice, Marseille and Paris CDG offer direct or one-stop routes to every major US hub. Need us in the room? We are at your office the next morning.
One-team continuity
Because the hours overlap, the engineers who write the code also demo, refine and deploy with you. No hand-offs across hemispheres.
What we do
Five service lines, one team.
- IT Strategy & Leadership — vision, consensus, roadmap, governance.
- Solution Design & Sourcing — the stack that fits your business ambition, not the default one.
- Program Management — multi-region, multi-business-unit transformation programs.
- Build & Deliver — full-stack engineering from specification to production.
- DevOps & SecOps — assess, automate, operate under shared SLAs.
Travel & airline depth
Travel & Airline IT
Built by people who built the platforms you run on.
PSS integration and modernisation, NDC and ONE Order, Altea implementation and optimisation, availability, PNR and disruption management, TPF decommissioning, cruise-line and large-scale distribution platforms. If it is real-time, high-volume and cannot go down, we have shipped it.
Track record
Trusted in demanding environments.
Our leaders have delivered for Amadeus, Sopra Steria, Michelin, ENGIE, EDF, SNCF, CMA CGM, Capgemini and Tier-1 banks on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Amadeus
- Sopra Steria
- Michelin
- ENGIE
- EDF
- SNCF
- CMA CGM
- Capgemini
- Tier-1 banks
Who we work with
A good fit if you are…
- A large enterprise whose IT transformation has stalled and needs to be restructured and delivered.
- A scale-up whose platform must grow faster than its engineering organisation can.
- A company of any size that wants to entrust a mission-critical build or run to a senior team it can actually talk to.
Tell us where the program is stuck.
A 30-minute call with Renaud Arnoux-Prost. No deck, no pitch — a candid read on what it will take to deliver.