Mission as contract manager on a major (94 M€ contracted amount) European Project
Contractual negotiations with the customer and consortium partners. Flow-through of the contracts
signed with the customer to the consortium partners and to the internal activities.
Service level (KPIs and penalties) management
Invoices and financial overview
Main achievements:
29 customer-oriented contracts managed and flown-through the consortium partners, 10
amendments => more than 80 contractual documents
30 KPIs managed, including those on the planning of 445 deliverables
70 invoices tracked for a global amount of 88 M€
Projects Manager
Safran Data Systems, Caen (Normandie) and Arcachon (Aquitaine)
2013 - 2020
Contract Management for projects on: satellite reception ground segments, satellite frequency
monitoring and jammers localization systems, teleneutralization system
Main activities:
Analysis and monitoring of contractual obligations,
Task structure (WBS) and Milestones definition,
Building-up and up-to-date keeping of project planning,
Identification and management of project risks and opportunities,
Cost control against budget analysis,
Project actions management,
Main achievements:
Management of a 30 Meuros project in Temporary Joint Venture setting
International projects management (3 x QATAR*, Pakistan, Korea), 2 in France (for DGA)
Independant Consultant
Paris area Thales (synthetic reports of network and IT activities performed in Afghanistan for NATO _ ISAF)
2009 - 2013
Airbus (proposal for a change of Governance of EGNOS activities, in charge of the contacts with the
national airpace control authorities)
Ineo Defense (answer to tender on major NATO Satcom Hub; project management for the delivery of
mobile military satellite communication _Syracuse_ stations to Thales)
Main achievements:
Take-over of a contract in a crisis situation, with the client refusing to sign the acceptance for one of
the first deliveries; project afterwards carried out to the satisfaction of both supplier and customer
Definition of the CISAF reports presentation and bonus/malus rules currently in use
Consultant on behalf of customers like
VENTORISEADS Astrium
2009 - aujourd'hui
Mission:
Answers to bids
Redaction of technical documentation
Results:
Answer to tender completed on schedule
Technical documentation underway
Operational Manager
2002 - 2008
Missions:
Organize and manage the Operations Department (12 people), in charge of installation, configuration, supervision and maintenance of the operational equipment.
Perform Technical analysis and correction of the links quality
Define and implement the operational processes
Specify, check and implement the operational tools
Results:
Daily traffic rose from 500 000 minutes in 2002 to 2 million minutes in 2008
2006 daily operational margin achieved: 11 – 12 K€, break even = 9 K€
6 years long uninterrupted 24H / 7D service, 600 destinations for 100 clients
MULTICOMS, B2B French Telco, 35 employees, 52 M € turnover, Paris, France
2000 - 2008
Communication Projects Manager
2000 - 2002
Missions:
Define customers' needs, initial analysis of usable satellite spots and equipment
Generate pre-sale engineering, technical, planning and financial estimations and documents
Perform project management: technical facts analysis, planning & cost follow-up, team supervision
Coordinate on-site installations, client presentations and acceptance reviews
Results:
6 international projects (Algeria, Yemen, Rumania, Ukraine, Russia, and Indonesia) completed in two years with total value 7M€
Project Manager
Satellite Communications
1995 - 2000
Missions:
Manage the satellite-based communications component of an 'en-route' air traffic control system for Uzbek governmental authorities
Make pre-sales presentations to Turkmen and Kazakh air traffic control authorities
Assemble a cost assessment for a French satellite-based military communications system
Results:
Uzbek en-route air traffic system and its satellite subsystem operational
Cost assessment performed and presented
Projects Manager
Telecom
1991 - 1995
Missions:
Manage projects for major clients (CNES, IFREMER)
Results:
Several projects managed, among them demonstration of an ATM-based high rate multi-service link compatible with SPOT-satellite video data (50 Mbps)
THALES Group Paris area: Colombes, Versailles, Bagneux.
1990 - 2000
Langues
Anglais - C2
Autres compétences
Studies:
SUP'AERO Engineer, specialization in space mechanics, promotion 84,
Additional Formations:
Finances (internal EADS and Thales formations)
Management (Cegos, internal EADS and Thales formations)
Telecom and networks (Learning Tree and internal Thales formations)
VoIP, ToIP (Multicoms internal formations)
Satellite Telecommunications and link budgets (Telecom Paris)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1984 ‘Sup’aéro’ Aerospace Engineer, Toulouse (France)
Languages : French (Mother tongue), English (Fluent)
Communication skills Preparation and management of major project reviews
Organisational / managerial skills Management of a 24h / 7d operation team (12 people)
Job-related skills Proficiency in Satcom and telecom definition and interconnection
Miscellaneous:
Technical director for the 3i3s Association (satellite-based caritative projects)
Board member of a parental association (APEL)
English Science-fiction, c
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