Boris Kouacou

Agricultural Engineering professional with hands-on experience in business process analysis, field data collection, agricultural R&D and digital solution design. Experienced in assessing cross-functional workflows, identifying manual and fragmented processes, structuring business requirements, and proposing digital solutions to improve reporting, traceability and operational monitoring. Strong interest in data-driven agriculture, farmer-facing digital services and information systems that support better field and business decisions.

Assistant to the Managing Director (Internship) at SOPRESCI-AGRO (2026-04 – Present)

• Follow rubber plantation production activities and support technical assessment of field practices.
• Contribute to operational observations and recommendations aimed at improving farm management and production follow-up.

R&D Engineering Assistant (Internship) at AF-CHEM SOFACO (2025-03 – 2025-08)

• Conducted field diagnosis and assessment of cotton pests and crop damage in collaboration with the CNRA center in Bouaké.
• Collected, labelled and structured insect and crop-damage images to support pest identification and agricultural diagnosis.
• Processed field data and contributed to the development of an AI-assisted crop diagnostic model.
• Organized technical datasets to improve traceability and monitoring of phytosanitary issues within AF-CHEM SOFACO.

Business Analyst Intern at AF-CHEM SOFACO (2024-06 – 2024-08)

• Assessed business processes across Finance & Administration, Procurement & Logistics, Commercial & Marketing, field operations and customer-facing activities.
• Identified manual, fragmented and time-consuming workflows, including duplicated Excel files, paper-based invoice handling, dispersed reporting files and physical approval processes.
• Gathered and structured business requirements to identify operational bottlenecks, information gaps and process-improvement opportunities.
• Proposed digital solutions and redesigned workflows to improve data centralization, document traceability, reporting, approvals and operational monitoring.
• Analyzed commercial and field-agent workflows to define data needs and improve activity tracking, reporting consistency and management visibility.
• Contributed solution concepts for customer engagement and loyalty, procurement requests, employee information management and distribution-network monitoring.

Assistant to the Managing Director (Internship) at SOPRESCI-AGRO (2023-06 – 2023-07)

• Performed technical farm audits and observed crop-management practices in rubber production systems.
• Collected and synthesized field information to support assessment of practices and technical recommendations.

Rural Environment & Socio-economic Field Internship at Rainforest Alliance (2023-07 – 2023-08)

• Conducted agrarian landscape diagnosis and socio-economic surveys in rural communities.
• Collected data from local stakeholders and farmers, synthesized field findings and documented agricultural realities.

Agricultural Engineering in General Agriculture – INP-HB / ESA (2022 – 2025)

Preparatory Classes for Grandes Écoles in Biology (BCPST) – INP-HB / CPGE (2020 – 2022)