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Christian LEFEBVRE

NINGBO

En résumé

Summary:

• A result-driven management executive with strong international operational experience in high-technology industry (assignments in Italy, North America and China)
• 13 years experience managing technical and strategic innovation into the business to sustain a competitive advantage for large worldwide corporations
• Solid record of success in building, mentoring and leading high-performance teams in multi-sites, multi-cultural environments (up to 700 employees, 30M$ Spending)
• P&L responsibility for multi $M wireless mobile venture setup in 12 month period
• Demonstrable record of successful deliveries under time pressure and budget constraints
• Fluent in French, English and Italian

Specialties:

• Proven ability to operate and negotiate at board level
• Consistent achievements in defining and implementing a dvpt strategy to improve the company's position on the market
• Strong technical experience in Voice/Data networks architecture, mobile terminals design, HW/SW dvpt
• Excellent analytical, communication, team working and networking skills
• Demonstrated leadership to manage multicultural and pluridisciplinary teams with the talent to drive innovative thinking

Mes compétences :
Chine
Multimedia
Nortel
Télécoms

Entreprises

  • Ningbo Sagem Bird Research & Development Co, Ltd - General Manager

    2005 - maintenant • Setup the new JV established between Sagem Communication and China Bird Telecom (700 employees beg'g 2006, 1000+ forecasted end 2007)
    • General management of the company
    • Responsible for the venture's P&L
    • Support Bird and Sagem Communication Business requirements

  • NORTEL NETWORKS - Director, GSM/GPRS Evolutions

    Toronto 2003 - 2004 • Leadership of the R&D efforts to define Nortel GSM-GPRS products portfolio strategy
    • Definition and implementation of inovative solutions increasing Nortel’s profitability and reducing customers’ capital expenditures for the introduction of new services and functions

  • NORTEL NETWORKS - Director, GSM/GPRS Access OA&M

    Toronto 2001 - 2003 ­• Head of the SW Dpt in charge of the definition, development, tests and delivery of GSM-GPRS OA&M products portfolio
    • ­Setup of a SW Sanity program reducing by 20% the defects found in product validation
    • ­Transfer of SW sustaining activities from France to Russia

  • NORTEL NETWORKS - Managing Director, Palermo R&D Lab

    Toronto 1999 - 2001 ­• Creation and development of the laboratory: mandate, strategy, objectives, building, capital spending
    • ­Recruitment and staff management (50 engineers hired in 9 months)
    • ­Integration of Palermo employees in Nortel R&D community (corporate culture, dvpt process, quality goals)
    ­• Management of the subsidies file submitted to the Italian Ministry of Research (2.8M$ received)
    ­• Development of a partnership with Palermo University of Sciences (40 scholarships in 2 years)
    ­• Definition, conception, development, tests and support of GSM/UMTS OSS software
    ­• Certification of the laboratory following TQE1C Quality standards (France Telecom audit)

  • NORTEL NETWORKS - Senior Manager, GSM Wireless Product Integrity

    Toronto 1997 - 1999 ­• Creation of a new organization in charge of the validation of GSM HW products in the area of Radio, Product Safety, Reliability, EMC, Mechanical, Power (more than 500 configurations approved in 3 years)
    • ­COFRAC accreditation of the radio measurements Lab (GSM BTS homologation costs dropped by 45%)
    ­• Definition and development of ‘’HALT’’ tests to reduce radio products return rates by 20%

  • NORTEL NETWORKS - Team Leader / Manager, BTS Qualification

    Toronto 1993 - 1997 ­• Management of 15 engineers in charge of the radio performances evaluation of GSM products according to ETSI standards
    • Responsible of the GSM Access portfolio homologation in more than 60 countries

  • NORTEL NETWORKS - Ingénieur de Développement Hardware

    Toronto 1992 - 1993 ­• Development on GSM radio products for BTS sub-systems

Formations

Pas de formation renseignée

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