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Carole BLIN

PARIS

En résumé

Senior manager with over 25 years of experience at software vendors in the financial area.
Coordination of multi-cultural and multi-location teams to deliver successful projects; priority management, change control, objective setting, excellent communication skills, ability to build consensus and to overcome obstacles, analytical skills with ability to translate complex requirements into simple plans. High resistance to stress.

Mes compétences :
Management

Entreprises

  • DIAGRAM

    maintenant
  • Misys plc - Head of Upgrade Factory

    London 2014 - maintenant Moving the Customer Migration Service to the next level: the Upgrade Factory, available for more and more Misys products (FusionCapital Kondor, Summit and Opics, FusionRisk, FusionBanking LoanIQ, Equation etc...) enabling clients to use our product's latest features while we take care of the upgrade.
  • Misys plc - QA Program Manager - in charge of Customer Migration Services

    London 2011 - 2015 Management of the Customer Migration Service: an improved approach for customer upgrades (tools, best practices, risk assessment, gap analysis, testing strategy, delivery of UAT-ready version, project management, coordination between local team, customer, Development centers and Indian testing partner, …). Kondor F2B, KGR, Summit, Opics...
    Management of customer-related projects in QA: development of sponsorship/partnership for new requirements or new projects, extension of testing coverage, workshop organization…
    Coordination of internal teams to achieve challenging delivery plans.
  • Thomson Reuters - Head of Product Delivery Management Back Office & Enterprise Wide Risk Management

    Paris 2005 - 2011 Management of the Product Delivery Managers for KTP, K+TP, WebAccess and KGR, in charge of the coordination of product teams for care & maintenance and new version deliveries (commitment reviews, follow-up, fitness for launch, change control, priority management, care & maintenance deliveries…) and point of contact for the consultants.
    + other activities outside the scope of my official role:
    Coordination of F2B customer projects with local teams (all countries): new implementations, upgrades; organization and coordination of test plans involving internal and external resources
    RFP drafting and management
  • Thomson Reuters - Product Manager KTP and Product Delivery Manager K+TP

    Paris 2002 - 2005 Management of KTP product teams (Financial Engineers and Developers)
    Product Delivery Management for K+TP
  • Reuters Financial Software - Development Manager, Kondor Trade Processing (ex-DCM)

    2001 - 2002 Management of a team of 20 software engineers; care & maintenance and development of new versions
    Participation in the conception of a new product, more integrated with Kondor+, Reuters’ Front-Office product, “K+TP”
  • DIAGRAM - Head of Development, Bank & Corporate products

    1999 - 2001 Management of 80 people (financial engineers, development engineers, QA, documentation, support) for the care and maintenance of the “old technology” products and the development of the new offer, DCM (Diagram Capital Market); management of the obsolescence and migration plan. Implementation of best practices, whole delivery process improvement.
    Deep involvement in the preparation of Diagram’s acquisition by Reuters.
  • DIAGRAM - Product Manager

    1996 - 1999 Management of SGI product teams (25 people: financial engineers, development engineers, QA & documentation team, 2nd & 3rd level support), coordination with business teams to build the product roadmap, communication with customers, coordination of huge and successful projects like Y2K compliance and switch to the euro.
  • DIAGRAM - Development Manager

    1995 - 1996 Management of SGI development team
  • DIAGRAM - Manager of the Customer Support Center

    1994 - 1995 Creation and management of a new team dedicated to 2nd and 3rd level support as well as care & maintenance of SGI; started with 2 resources, staffed with 4 supporters and 5 development engineers at full speed.
  • DIAGRAM - Project Manager

    1993 - 1994 Participation in the creation of a new Back-Office product covering the full scope of financial instruments, SGI (“Système de Gestion Intégrée”), specifically in charge of the Options & Futures part; drafting of specifications and detailed analysis for developers and testers
  • CONCEPT/SCBF/CBFI/DIAGRAM - Product Manager

    1990 - 1993 In charge of SMO product team
  • CONCEPT/SCBF/CBFI/DIAGRAM - Development manager

    1989 - 1990 In charge of SMO development team
  • CONCEPT S.A. (DIAGRAM) - Development Engineer

    1987 - 1988 Development and care & maintenance of a young Back-Office software dedicated to the management of Forex deals, SMD (“Salle des Marchés Devises”)
    Development of a new Back-Office software dedicated to Options & Futures, SMO (“Salle des Marchés Options & Futures”)

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