Yacine BARRO

En résumé

Entreprises

• AFRICA24 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  SAINT CLOUD 2008 - maintenant AFRICA24 is the only Panafrican information channel broadcasting 24 hours a day, officially launched on 12 May 2009 in Paris.
  After a bit more than two years of existence, AFRICA24 is appears in the EMS Africa 2010 chart of the weekly reach of international News as the first francophone news channel with 12,8% of market share.
  
  As part of the founding team of this international TV News broadcaster focusing on all African countries and distributed all across Africa, Europe and the U.S., I was directly involed in establishing the right organizational chart, designing and deploying the video technical infrastructure, defining and implementing the right business model.
  
  On a daily basis, I am responsible for all the operations of the whole organization, approx. 100 employees as of today.

• CELTEL INTERNATIONAL B.V., ZAIN Group - Group Marketing Manager

  2007 - 2008 CELTEL (now branded AIRTEL) is a Pan-African mobile cellular operator with over 20 million subscribers covering Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, DRC, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
  
  In charge of developing, planning and executing a strategy aimed at positioning Celtel as the preferred communications partner in African corporate, medium and small businesses (newly addressed segment) through the provision of customized telecommunications capabilities and formal partnerships/alliances with major market players.

• MICROSOFT West and Central Africa, Dakar - Public Sector and Education Manager

  2006 - 2007 Responsible for developing Microsoft Public Sector & Education business across 19 sub-Saharan French speaking countries by fostering engagements with governments, ministries and international organizations in order to position Microsoft as the preferred ICT advisor in Africa and participating to Global Digital Inclusion.

• MICROSOFT West and Central Africa, Dakar - Business Development Manager - West Africa

  2004 - 2006 Opened the first Microsoft Local Representation based in Senegal covering the West African region (6 countries). Was primary responsible for driving the business by engaging with Enterprise and Public Sector customers.

• ENTERASYS NETWORKS (ex-CABLETRON), Paris - Channel Account Manager

  2002 - 2004 Enterasys Secure Networks is a networking company (formerly named Cabletron) designing and manufacturing all types of networking equipment including routers, switches, and 802.11 wireless devices; and catering exclusively to large enterprises. (NYSE : ETS)
  
  In charge of planning, managing and delivering on a new partner model enabling successful short, medium and long term alignment, revenue growth and partner skills augmentation.

• CISCO SYSTEMS, Paris - Account Manager

  2000 - 2002 Cisco Systems is the leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the Internet, designing, manufacturing and selling Internet protocol (IP)-based networking products and providing associated services. (NYSE : CSCO)
  
  Responsible for identifying opportunities, driving revenue and increasing market share within designated accounts in the research and education sector in collaboration with field resources and partners.

• AZLAN FRANCE - Partner Account Manager

  1998 - 2000

Formations

• UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER WBS (London)

  London 1997 - 1998 Marketing and International Business

• Boston College (Boston)

  Boston 1995 - 1996 Organizational behavior and Public relations

• Ecole Supérieure De Gestion

  Paris 1995 - 1998 Marketing and Management

• Université Paris 12 Val De Marne

  Creteil 1992 - 1994 DUT " Techniques de Commercialisation"

Réseau

• Ba MAMADOU

• Cheikh DAFF

• Cheikh SÈYE

• Florian SERFATY

• Frédéric DECIO

• Jacques BLANC

• Loïc RAJJOU

• Moulay EL AATIFI

• Ousseynou DIENE

• Thomas NGUYEN HUU