We power the people who keep complex manufacturing moving
Imagine manufacturing, without blind spots
Modern manufacturing is where ambition meets reality. Precision, timing, and coordination determine whether programs stay on track and customer commitments hold. But when teams operate from different truths, execution breaks long before the plan does.
Pelico exists to eliminate those blind spots and keep execution aligned as conditions change.
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What closing the execution gap requires
Closing the execution gap in complex manufacturing is not about adding more tools, reporting, or planning. It requires orchestration around what is actually happening on the ground.
It’s about teams seeing the same issue at the same time, understanding the impact, and coordinating decisions in real time so execution moves together instead of too late.
At Pelico, this belief shapes everything we build and how we work.
Execution aligned with reality is not an aspiration. It is a requirement.
Inspired by a modern manufacturing dilemma
Pelico was founded in 2019 by a team with deep expertise in AI, enterprise software and industrial operations. We set out to solve a simple but persistent question.
How can a single late part halt a billion-dollar program?
The answer was not more planning, dashboards, or disconnected tools. It was better orchestration—connecting data, teams, and decisions so manufacturers can act earlier, align faster, and protect flow at scale.
Since then, Pelico has remained grounded in its operational roots, partnering with leading manufacturers across aerospace and defense, industrial equipment, luxury, and transportation systems.
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Operational DNA
Pelico is built and run by people who have lived factory-floor realities and supply chain complexity firsthand. That experience shapes how we work and how we partner with customers.
During deployments, Pelico teams embed directly with operations, working alongside production, planning, and supply chain leaders to ensure rapid time to value and durable impact.
All our customer operations team members are APICS-certified.
AI-native
AI is foundational to how Pelico thinks, builds, and operates.
It reflects our belief that modern manufacturing requires systems that can anticipate issues, reason across constraints, and support human decision-making under pressure.
At Pelico, AI is designed to augment people, and to help teams operate with confidence in the face of constant change.
AI is core to how Pelico works, scales, and drives impact for customers.
our vision
Manufacturing that runs with confidence
Manufacturing should operate with confidence, not constant tension.
We are building a future where execution is guided by systems that anticipate disruption, make trade-offs clear, and keep teams aligned in real time. Where performance is stable by design — not reliant on heroics when plans break.
This is the future we are building toward.
Leadership
Pelico is led by experienced operators, engineers, and technologists who have built, deployed, and scaled complex systems in environments where execution matters.
Tarik Benabdallah
Co-founder, CEO
Mamoun Alaoui
Co-founder, COO
Jonathan Hickson
Co-founder, CTO
Hamza Charrouf
Chief Customer Officer
Edwin Hirdes
Managing Director, EMEA
Anthony Duval
VP Sales, US
Antoine Déroche
VP Partnerships
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Kristina Colak
Head of People Operations
Salma el Amrani-Parmentier
Head of Finance
Julien Mauhourat
VP Customer Operations, EMEA
Henrique Valer
VP Customer Operations, US
Alexandre Jais
VP Product Management
Etienne Vial
VP Engineering
David Blavier
Head of Data and Software Engineering
Nina Jiang
Chief of Staff
Ina Foalea
Chief of Staff, US
Investors
Pelico is backed by long-term partners aligned with our vision and industrial mission.
Ready to work where execution matters?
Pelico builds technology used daily inside some of the world’s most complex manufacturing operations. We’re growing and looking for people who care about execution, ownership, and impact.
