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TechSixtyFour
- Advisor
2016 - maintenant
TechSixtyFour is the UK’s coolest wearable mobile phone and tracker made just for kids.
It's the smarter way to stay connected to your child.
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Misterbandb
- Advisor
2016 - maintenant
misterb&b helps the gay community travel more safely, feel welcome & get local insider tips. Its value proposition is compelling and has brought new hosts to the sharing economy. In addition, our value proposition is at the intersection of 2 robust markets which have recently seen exits like Grindr (social gay app—$155M) and OneFineStay (short term rental vertical—$169M). Our community numbers 150,000 strong and has 60,000 hosts in over 135 countries, effectively making misterb&b the largest gay hotelier in the world.
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Videdressing
- Advisor
Paris
2016 - maintenant
After 1.5 years at Videdressing, commuting between Paris and London, I have decided to step down from my day-to-day operational role yet to remain in an Advisor capacity to pursue more personal projects in the upcoming months.
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Videdressing
- Chief Marketplace Officer
Paris
2015 - 2016
Launched in December 2009, Videdressing is the largest French and #2 European marketplace dedicated to branded fashion, offering a highly merchandised, fashion savvy retail environment as well as an incomparable range, curation and value for money. The site operates as a trusted third-party between buyers and sellers, securing all steps of the transactional process from payment to receipt of the merchandise in order to ensure complete customer satisfaction, prevent fraud and fight against the sale of counterfeited items.
VC-funded environment (primary investors include DN Capital, Piton Capital and Earlybird)
• Member of the Management Team
• Ownership of the overall marketplace strategy and growth. Responsible for Buyers, Sellers, Trust, Marketing, Customer Care & Operations, and Business Intelligence
• Manages a team of ~30 (half of the company)
• Defines and leads an extensive turn-around and acceleration plan
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EBay
- Head of Sellers & Innovation - eBay Marketplaces France, Italy & Spain - Based in the UK
PARIS
2014 - 2015
• Member of the Management Team responsible for France, Italy, and Spain
• Led and implemented overall seller (C2C and B2C) strategy through pricing/promotions, product improvements & seller acquisition/retention initiatives. Owned responsibility for a 2.5 B$ GMV business. Turned around C2C business achieving 20-point YoY uplift for C2C while further accelerating B2C growth by 8 points YoY
• Drove innovation strategy, including conceptual definition and implementation of new mobile apps
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EBay
- Head of Product, Innovation and B2C - eBay Marketplaces Greater Europe - Based in the UK
PARIS
2013 - 2014
• Member of the Management Team responsible for France, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Poland.
• Led product strategy and improvements for both site and mobile, achieving 15-point uplift in buyer metrics
• Led and implemented overall B2C growth strategy through pricing & seller acquisition initiatives, incl. through selective partnerships, achieving a 10-point acceleration YoY in B2C sales
• Defined and drove innovation strategy, including from-scratch implementation of new BOPIS app-only experience
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EBay
- Head of eBay Spain - eBay Marketplaces France, Italy and Spain - Based in UK & Spain
PARIS
2012 - 2013
• Member of the Management Team responsible for France, Spain & Italy
• Defined and implemented the revised strategy. Set up a small virtual team to drive a turnaround for eBay.es
• Within 6 months, reaccelerated growth by +30 pts YoY focusing on Buyer Experience, Pricing and Marketing initiatives. Won the right for the team to expand geographical scope to other European emerging markets
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EBay
- Head of Buyer Experience & Monetisation - eBay Marketplaces France & Italy - Based in the UK
PARIS
2011 - 2012
• Member of the Management Team tasked with unlocking the next growth pools for eBay Marketplaces
• Accelerated growth in France by +15 pts YoY and in Italy by +20 pts YoY
• Led and executed overall buyer experience strategy. Focused on key challenges imposed by the integration of Classifieds with traditional transactional formats (Auction/Fixed Price), as well as leveraged eBay Big 3’s (US, UK, DE) growth initiatives.
• Defined and implemented right level of monetization in line with optimal buyer experience
• Prioritised and drove key supporting initiatives with support of Analytics, Finance, Product, User Research, Marketing, Communications, CS, Legal, Content
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EBay
- Head of Monetization - eBay Marketplaces - Based in France
PARIS
2010 - 2011
• Member of the Management Team
• Led and executed overall monetisation strategy, primarily through transactional revenue, advertising and tapping into vertical revenue pools. Grew revenue 1.3x faster than transactional volume
• Defined key classifieds verticals (Motors, Real Estate, Services) strategy and drove implementation
• Drove key supporting initiatives through Product enhancements and major step changes, Internet Marketing and Communications
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EBay
- Head of Strategy & Vertical Development - eBay Marketplaces France - Based in France
PARIS
2010 - 2010
• Member of the Management Team within a major and unique eBay Marketplaces experiment to provide both transactional and classifieds formats within one single ecosystem. Mandate was to help win back C2C in France, a highly challenging and competitive environment
• Coordinated key analysis providers (Finance, Analytics, User Research, Marketing Research). Prioritized analyses and insights delivery roadmap.
• Provided strategic recommendation and tactical decisions supported by consistent business understanding. Guided priorities for Product, Marketing and CS teams. Produced an actionable and comprehensive view. Communicated with key stakeholders for insight-driven decision-making.
• Acted as key point of contact for best practices sharing with eBay Classifieds Group teams and rest of eBay Marketplaces.
• Drove business development actions to grow key Verticals (Motors, Real Estate) in terms of reach, best-in-class user experience and monetisation
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EBay
- Head of Business Development - eBay Holidays (eBay Classifieds Group) - Based in Ireland
PARIS
2009 - 2010
• Member of the Management Team for a proof of concept ambitioning to become the No.1 pan-European classifieds vertical for Vacation Rentals. Despite initial success, corporate decision revisited investment and market priorities.
• Led the eBay Holidays Business Development function for 6 European countries, including defining goals in terms of Listings, Partners, Revenue and Resource Needs
• Conducted Business Development for clients and delivered revenues for eBay Holidays
• Determined future approach for Business Development and Customer Service
• Drove a better understanding of the Vacation Rentals space, and defined the future of eBay Holidays and the optimum approach to market, including securing the second round of funding
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EBay
- Senior Strategy Manager - eBay Classifieds Group - Based in Ireland
PARIS
2008 - 2009
• As part of a team of 3, participated in the development of the overarching eBay Classifieds strategy, including business development, expansion and M&A
• Led ad hoc projects and support for classifieds operating units in more than 20 countries
• Identified and implemented opportunities to improve internal business performance
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Roland Berger
- Consultant
Paris
2006 - 2008
• For an incumbent telecom provider, defined the detailed framework of a major transformation program (5 weeks)
• For the French government, led a cost-saving plan on €15 Bn purchase: defined the processes and methodology for the audit, managed 50 consultants across four consulting firms, and defined the recommendations to be implemented throughout the whole public administration (7 months)
• Defined the restructuring program of an airport operator (positioning study and implementation of the new target company through a merger of its subsidiaries) (4 weeks)
• Analyzed the potential of an international E-commerce strategy for a major European retailer (6 weeks)
• Implemented a cost-saving plan on capital goods purchase for a global tire manufacturer (10 weeks)
• Defined the new organization and the associated cost synergies induced by the PMI of two financial services players (4 months)
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Philips
- Global Project Manager - Philips Corporate IT - The Netherlands
Suresnes
2002 - 2004
• Achieved within a four-people team a 30 M€ annual reduction (25% of 120 M€) on Telecom costs
• Strategy and business development: Analyzed the Telecom market and identified cost-saving opportunities. Initiated and implemented corporate actions and policies in terms of feasibility, cost/benefits and added value. Controlled the financial reporting of the projects. Anticipated costs and provided risk assessment.
• Global project and team management: Managed several projects (up to 1 M€ budget each) within budget and time along with suppliers and global multi-disciplinary teams to roll-out new global services. Negotiated (global Requests for Proposal) with key global telecom players for several M€ each. Regularly reported to the CIO on results. Involved in high-level internal and external company politics with global key suppliers. Maintained an effective relationship with the various stakeholders: Corporate IT, internal and external Philips.
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Ericsson
- Network Engineer - Ericsson - Based in Sweden
MASSY
2001 - 2001
• Participated in the R&D Project to develop Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) solutions. Worked under high pressure to meet deadlines with suppliers and other department members (multi-disciplinary effort), in order to gain market-share as first mover in a booming business. Delivered on-time and within budget highly customized client solutions to the first ISP clients. Project exceeded expectation enabling unit to become a department.
• Managed highly conceptual network projects, with special attention to the Quality of Service. Developed and coded, as part of a two-people team, a user-friendly traffic-shaping application for an Ethernet switch.
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Siemens
- Software Engineer Intern - SIEMENS Industrial Services & Solution - Germany
Saint-Denis
2001 - 2001
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Siemens
- Software Engineer Intern - SIEMENS Automation & Drives - Germany
Saint-Denis
2000 - 2000
