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Verimatrix
- Project manager
2013 - maintenant
Project management of customer program implementations and deployments of end-to-end Multi-Network Solutions (IPTV, OTT, DVB and Hybrid TV), software Integrations, and Video Content distribution in a multi-competency, multi-lingual, multi-territory environment.
Specialities :
- Client facing role from specification & planning/budgeting to development, integration, tests, delivery & acceptance of Products and Services, meeting agreed requirements, schedule, & quality, whilst operating within the agreed budget of the projects, in a customer oriented culture.
- Owner of the release of Statement of Work (SoW) covering project/program activities & deliverables, delivery scenarios & milestones, roles & responsibilities, acceptance criteria’s, assumptions & exclusions. (pre-sales)
- Owner of the management of all project/program activities according to the defined processes, covering team steering, customer facing, decision making, efficient communication, change management & adapted reporting to achieve highly complex project goals and customer satisfaction (project execution)
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Irdeto
- Project Manager
Paris
2005 - 2013
Project Manager at Irdeto, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
World leader in content security, management and delivery for pay media companies
Primary assignments
- Planned and directed implementation & delivery of Irdeto security Products & Services to customers worldwide, meeting their business requirements, schedule and quality criteria, whilst operating within the agreed project budget.
- Led complete programs from initiation through execution & acceptance, applying industry standard project management methodologies
- Carried out day-to-day operational aspects of the projects, including agreeing & tracking scope, plans, timelines, resources, budget & costs.
- Managed mitigation of risks, resolution of issues, effective and concise communication to client & stakeholders, change management.
- Built & led cross-functional project teams of 4 to 15 engineers and 3rd party (offshore) partners, maximizing team communication & performance. Held regular status meetings internally & externally with customers, reviewing progress, actions, road blocks, status of deliverables, and keeping project team well informed of changes & challenges directly impacting project organisation
- Focused on DVB end-to-end solutions, Set-Top-Box Integrations & Video Content distribution (traditional broadcast & IP)
Key achievements
Successfully managed over 30 projects on time and under budget ranging from 350KEUR to 10MEUR turnover:
- Account Program Manager for ORS-ORF (Austria), UPC Direct (NL), Maxdome/ProSieben1 (Germany)
- System Integrator Project Manager for SunDirectTV (India)
- Project Manager for SFR, Bouygues (France), VTC (Vietnam), RMG (USA), The Walt Disney Company (Russia), …
Additional assignments
- Participated in Talent management & internal mentoring; Interviewing prospective candidates
- Contributed to improve Team processes: Project compliances; Enabling Sales; Team Process best practices
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Cellon
- Project Manager
JOUE LES TOURS
2004 - 2005
Software Project management for mobile phone embedded software delivery : Philips 655, Philips 162, Haier Z100/Z160, Haier Z300/Z360. Main objective : management of a development team for customisation of plateform software into customer dedicated software for sales and production.
• Manage software team from MMI/look & drivers developments to integration & validation : define and build project software plans in accordance with quality process for software milestones & delivery ; plan, negociate with skill leaders, setup and manage resources allocation during projects life ; plan and request all material needs for development team ; setup software configuration through Clearcase ; manage weekly CCB (Change Control Board) meetings and set the priority, acknowledgement to team members, status and delivery of Problem Report or Change Request ; report customer updates and main issues faced in the project to platform project leader and team members ; manage software certification (FTA, CTA, GCF, PTCRB).
• Manage customer relationship (Philips Mobile, Haier Mobile) on software issues : support pre-sales team for product design & answer to RFQ ; define functionnal specifications upon customer requirements and platform features ; organize and manage weekly meetings to report main software issues and maturity level evolution to customers ; plan meetings with customers to align on technical issues (delivery contents, support plan, maintenance plan) and define project software milestones ; analyse and negociate Problem Report raised by customers and asign priority ; deliver software & present milestones to customers
• Manage multi-sites communication and work organisation between France and China : coordinate software developments and deliveries for the projects ; anticipate hardware needs and modifications in relation with software implementation ; synchronize production requirements and software delivery ; go to China to synchronize software activities and main project milestones (hadware update, Proto-run production, mass production start, customer acceptance).
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Oberthur Card System
- Project Manager
1999 - 2004
2002/2004 “Solution dpt” Manager at Oberthur Card Systems, in Beijing, China.
Creation of the new « SIM/UIM cards Solutions » department in Beijing (China) ; Project management for Asia-pacific region (China, India, Philippina) ; Recruitment of team members ; Internal trainings for technical and marketing teams.
• Coordination between french R&D teams and chinese technical support teams : analysis of the local needs expressed by the customers, transcription of the needs into internal development process, and validation of the product releases according to the client expectations.
• Adaption and localisation of the european solutions to chinese needs : java applet for dynamic menu update and download on GSM and CDMA smart cards (WML download), mobile email application on smart cards (POP3 client) ; interoperable (ETSI 03.48) applet download on SIMs.
• Installation and validation of the test and demonstration environments (smart cards & servers), connected to China Mobile and China Unicom GSM and CDMA networks (Beijing, GuangXi, JiangSu, GuangDong).
1999/2002 ALTRAN Consultant working on a project bases for Oberthur Card Systems, in Paris, France.
As Project Manager, specifications, analysis, implementation, tests and integration of a JAVA smart cards administration server (OTA plateform) for JAVA applets download, Over The Air or on a Card Reader, according to the ETSI 03.48 standards (Security Mechanisms for the SIM application toolkit) :
• Project Manager for MobilROM project (Orange, Romania) and Wind (Italy): installation and setup of
UNIX server for OTA management of JAVA SIMs (rebranding, remote applet management), in operator
environments ; installation and configuration of Oracle database ; customisation of interfaces with operator billing and provisioning modules ; integration of High-Availability and Load Balancing ; Training and customer support of the services.
• Specification and development for "JAVA applet download" server and administration & user management servers, connected to Oracle database. MMI design and development (CGI Perl, Python & JavaScript) for server administration through WEB interfaces.
• Interoperability workshops and tests handeled : Integration of Gemplus and Orga interoperable SIMs, for generic Remote File Management and Remote Applet Management.
• Technical support during all the phases of the sales cycle from pre-sales to after-sales. Technical
consultant for architecture and design of the solutions. Support and Training to European Operators :
Wind, Omnitel in Italy ; France Telecom Mobile in France ; Telefonica in Spain ; Paegas.
