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Axway
- Director Product Management
annecy
2011 - maintenant
- Manage new product development (Managed File Transfer - A2A & Governance) using Agile development methodology, ~75 people distributed (8 teams) in US and Europe, define product vision and strategy with executives, managed product lifecycle and portfolio
- Initiate, plan, schedule, estimate, forecast, coordinate, control, manage and deliver all activities for projects and related release initiatives according to budget and timeline defined
- Provide leadership, direction and integrate activities with other departments to ensure successful implementation and support, reporting to and working closely with executive level
- Manage project chartering (Market opportunities, customer development, User Experience research with customer interviews, product requirements definition, architecture, project funding, structure & organization)
- Define & improve software development process (overall product development & lifecycle, and User Experience), and coached new agile projects
- Speak at Axway events and customer presentation to support critical customers or prospects
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Axway
- Principal Product Manager
annecy
2010 - 2011
- Developed Managed File Transfer (Ad-hoc MFT) software using Agile Development Methodology (Scrum), ~70 persons distributed in US and Europe
- Defined product vision & strategy, managed product lifecycle, analysed competition
- Managed release and sprint backlogs, establishing deliverable user stories from high level business requirements
- Defined & improved agile development process for large distributed projects in collaboration with an agile project/program management coach (first agile project of this size in the company - 8 teams)
- Supported account manager & sales representative for critical customers or prospects
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Axway
- Program Manager
annecy
2008 - 2010
- Managed and oversaw product management & software development activities related to Visibility product suite (Reporting, dashboard, alerting...)
- Managed teams (30 persons in 4 teams distributed in Europe), developed staff career (mission and annual reviews, training ...), assessed and managed risk, defined and tracked indicators, reported clear program status to management and stakeholders
- Defined & improved Axway development methodology based on agile principles (Scrum), working closely with 3 agile coaches from US and Argentine assigned to the project during 1 year (sprint planning, review and retrospectives, daily stand-up, scrum of scrum, story point estimation...)
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Axway
- Product Manager
annecy
2007 - 2008
- Managed product backlog, roadmap and directions related to whole Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) products suite
- Rolled-out product and contributed to collaterals writings, pricing definition and competition analysis
- Contributed to distribution support on customer requirement analysis
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Axway
- Project Manager & Pre-sales consultant
annecy
2004 - 2007
Project management
o Planned, tracked indicators & costs, assessed and mitigated risks, managed team (3 to 35 resources) and developed resources career, reported clear status
o Integrated Axway software products & solutions (Gateway, CFT, MFT, B2B, Integration, BAM, Orchestration ...)
Bid management
o Managed complex bid/proposal response according to RFP requirements (architecture, products/solutions, project management – planning, estimation, resource skills, quality, costs -, pricing - licenses and professional services required)
o Coordinated bid/proposal response inputs from different entities (product management, sales, professional services, legal...)
o Supported account manager & sales representative during overall bid process
o Built complex solutions during POC and demonstrated offer value to customer
o Succeeded in significant deals (>1M€ Licenses & Services)
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Axway Software
- IT Consultant
ANNECY LE VIEUX
2002 - 2004
- Integrated Axway software products & solutions (Gateway, CFT, MFT, B2B, Integration, BAM, Process management, Orchestration ...)
- Defined specifications, configured and administrated products and solutions, developed interface/scripts, validated and qualified whole solution
Customers (BNP, Fortis - Belgium, Natixis, SFD, France Telecom, La Banque Postale, Volvo - Sweden...)
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Solectron
- Project Manager for Computerized Maintenance Management System integration
Milpitas
2000 - 2002
Analysis of existing product for CMMS, Analysis of CMMS Software vendors, Selection, Integration and Training of users.
