Jacques - Consultant MAITRISE D OUVRAGE

Organization Missions

Organizer & Auditor for the WORLD BANK – Rep. Of Djibouti April - May 2004 & June 2001
Missions partially accomplished in English

o Parametric reformation of the pension system of the Republic of Djibouti, and reform of the information systems of three national pension funds (OPS, CNR and CMR), including their merger.

Project #1: Responsible of the audit of three public pensions funds information systems and preparation of their merger.

Project # 2: Coordination of the production go-live of the new public pension fund operational structure, including the supervision of the client data migration, the drafting of operational procedures and the organization of the software faults monitoring.

Organizer for BNP PARIBAS Services – Geneva January 2003 to January 2004

o Coordination of client data migration for the merger of UEB Monaco and BNP Paribas Private Bank Monaco - Replacement of the previous migration coordinator.

Responsible of the UAT and migration organization, including the definition of the validation tools, the monitoring and reporting of the tests results to the general management in Geneva, Monaco and Paris, and the migration week-ends logistics.

o Drafting and optimizing of the operational procedures for the Private Banking Métier in Switzerland, following the merger of the Bank’s Back-Offices in Switzerland (BNP Paribas Private Bank, UEB Switzerland, BNP Paribas Monaco and BNP Paribas Services Back-Offices) within the framework of the Basel II agreements.

Interviews with the Front and Back-Offices staff and team leaders, operational procedures drafting and optimizing, control and decrease of operational risks, revision and standardization of Front-Office check lists.

Worldwide Coordinator for BNP PARIBAS Private Bank – Paris September 2000 to August 2002
Missions accomplished in English

o Preparation and changeover to the Euro phase 2 for the whole Private Banking Métier (38 entities in 25 countries)
o Preparation and changeover to the Euro for the French ex-Paribas clienteles (Private Banking, Retail, Staff)

Responsible of the project's organization, definition, kick off and coordination of the cross-functional projects, definition of the Métier's guidelines, coordination of the on-site projects in close relation with the Territory and Métier Coordinators, coordination with the other Group and Métier transversal projects (merger, deployment of information systems, subsidiarization), internal and external communication on the project (Website, in-house magazine, commercial booklets), training of the on-site coordinators, in close collaboration with the Métier technological coordination.

o Study and definition of the Business Continuity Plans (BCP) for the whole Private Banking Métier

Responsible of the project's organization according to the Group methodology, coordination of the on-site projects in close relation with the Territory and Métier Coordinators, business impacts analysis and definition of needs for the Headquarters in Paris, internal and external communication on the project.

Project Manager for GENERIAL (PARIBAS Group) – Paris July 1999 to August 2000

o Implementation of a management delegation of corporate savings funds (Articles 82, 83 and 39 of French fiscal regulations, funds in Units of Account and in Euro) for FORTIS Assurances

Coordination of the Générial / CSC development teams, the Paribas IT production teams, the Générial User's Acceptance Tests team, the Générial administrative managers, and Fortis' teams, definition of the testing strategy and of the test cases, coordination of the UAT, training of the users supervision of the production go-live for the various families of products, and of the migration of the associated portfolios, participation in the drafting of the operational procedures, analysis of the production load leading to a team reorganization, coordination of the functional study of a new product of corporate savings.

I.S. Manager for the French Mission of Cooperation – Burkina Faso May 1993 to August 1994

o Computerization of the French Cultural Centre and the Center of Information and Documentation.

Responsible of the computerization of the administration department, the accounting department and the library and resource centre, including implementation of specialized software packages (G3C: public general and analytical accounting; Opsys and Texto: library and resource centre management), parameter setting, interface programming, training of the local and French staff.
Business Support Missions

Deputy Project Manager for PARIBAS Asset Mgmt – Paris March 1999 to July 1999

o Y2K attestation of the CHORUS software package (administrative and accounting management of the UCITS).

Responsible of the analysis of the software package CHORUS, definition of the test cases, the date’s scenarios and the plan of test in association with the accountants and the managers of the securities master database, coordination of the UAT, methodological and technical support for the accountants, drafting of the monitoring documents.

Consultant for TIMMI Technologies (Medical R&D Company) December 1995 to January 1997

o Development and implementation of management applications for medical offices (General Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Gynecologists, Nurses, Pediatricians).

Definition of the specific needs of every profession, installation and parameter setting, user training and support.

Director for PLEIN SUD (Consultancy company) - Rep. Of Benin September 1994 to August 1995

o Several mandates from international groups, public administrations and financial institutions in Western Africa.

Participation to the project ESCALE of computerization of the harbor customs of the Economic Community of States of Western Africa (CEDEAO) for Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger, supervised by the Agency of Canadian Cooperation CANAD' AID, implementation of the software packages Opsys and G3C (Libraries and Accounts Departments) in several French Missions of Cooperation in Benin, Niger and Togo, council in selection of technical service provider for the Presidency (Communication Department) and for SONAR (National Company of Insurance and Reinsurance).

Training Missions

Deputy Teacher for the Technological University Institute – Nancy January 1992 to June 1992
Mission accomplished in English

o Support lessons for foreign students in analysis, programming, database, operating systems and general and analytical accounting.

Information Systems Designing Missions

Project Leader for the CREDIT LYONNAIS – Paris August 1998 to February 1999

o Study and implementation of RBE "Gross Operating Income" for the Direction of International Affairs (8 subsidiaries of retail banking), with the Direction of Management Control, and revision of upstream application softwares EIE "Individual Operations Report" and EMS "Expense Management System".

Analyst for the CREDIT COMMERCIAL DE FRANCE – Paris September 1997 to July 1998

o EURO and Y2K adaptations of the OMEGA application: Securities/Issuers/Maturity Schedule/Prices History Databases for the Credit Commercial de France (HSBC Subsidiary) and the Barclays Bank.

Internet Designer for BREITLING – France/Switzerland February 1997 to August 1997
Mission partially accomplished in English

o Study of a web based catalogue of spare parts, for the official retailer’s offices in several countries, as a replacement of the paper catalogue.

Analyst-Developer for SCHLUMBERGER Industries – Besançon April 1989 to August 1989

o Analysis and development of a program calculating the Costs Reports and the Gross Operating Income for the Management control Direction.