Bastien - Chef de projet GSM

January 2007- present : Ericsson AB – IT department (Stockholm- Sweden)
All projects/programs below are done in an outsourced/multivendor environment with multicultural teams. Ericsson complies with ITIL V3.
Program manager (ongoing) Application Modernization Program
Define the strategy for modernization and reduction of all global and local applications (more than 6000) at Ericsson
Responsible for the reduction of the global application TCO by 100 M€ /year
Program resource budget :TBD
Key learning: Strategic optimization of the application landscape
Project manager Lync 2013 global roll-out and insourcing from 3rd party
Insourcing of Lync service for 130,000 users. Set-up of the support organization.
Migration of existing Lync 2010 service to Lync 2013.
Management of 6 sub project managers
Project resource budget 3 M€
Key learning: Management of a telecom and IT convergence project and management of cross functional teams
Program manager Implementation of a global contract management service (SAP)
Setting up of the new purchasing processes and migration from the legacy system.
Set-up and implementation of the new IT infrastructure and integrations
Program resources : 45 people
Key learning: Management sourcing processes and development under extremely challenging circumstances
Release strategy project manager
Project manager and SME for the definition of a new release strategy for all 270 global applications (including SAP) and 190 R&D tools at Ericsson
Key learning: Get an understanding of release management in a global landscape and how to integrate the development approaches
SAP Release Manager - Management of 120 FTEs continuously
Program management for the global SAP development
Management of technical upgrades, service packs and enhancement packs
Program resource budget 16 M€ on a yearly basis
Key learning: Detailed understanding of SAP development and technical maintenance.
Project manager SaaS: process improvements
As is analysis and process improvements for SaaS services’ support processes: incident, problem, change, configuration, capacity, support, monitoring…
Key learning: in-depth understanding of challenges with SaaS services
Program manager SAP platform migration
Migration of the global SAP platform, target architecture on virtualized servers in new data centers.
Budget 30 M€
Key learning: SAP platform migration and program management in SAP environment

Oct. 2004-January 2007 : HiQ Data AB (Stockholm-Sweden)
Major Swedish consultant group specialized in telecommunications and IT.
Assignments:
Ericsson Enterprise: Maintenance of Ericsson’s push mail solution
Telenor: Solution designer of VoIP, data networks and internet accesses.
Key learning: Maintenance experience of a global application

Oct. 2000-sept 2004 : Telecom Operations (Devoteam - Siticom Group) (Paris-France)
Major French consultant group specialized in telecommunications and IT.
Directeur de Mission: Line Manager for 9 employees
Assignments:
Alcatel: lead engineer for data and telephony implementation project in Sudan
Nortel Networks: Project manager in an outsourcing project for all the telecom and data services. Deployments of PBX:s in agencies, offices, villages, call centers
TELE2 France: Program manager for an interconnection projects with France Télécom. Responsible for a team of 2 project managers and 6 technicians.
Télécom Developpement: Project management for the interconnection and migration projects between TD and other international carriers.
Key learning: Team management and consulting experience

Dec. 1999 – Oct 2000 : UPC France - Paris (France)
Responsible for access network of B2B services:
Maintenance of the access network (xDSL and telephony)
Management of field engineers and subcontractors.
Key learning: Maintenance experience of telecom equipment

Jan 1998 – Dec1999 : Ericsson France – Paris (France)
Ingénieur d’affaires
Management for the deployment of GSM switches and commercial follow up
Key learning: First work experience in telecommunications and in project management