Didier - IT Manager - Directeur de projet

Experience

Project Director
Delachaux Group, Paris, Omaha, Weil
2021 – Ongoing
 Conduite de l’IT foundation program pour construire un unique Active Directory dans Azure pour toutes les entités
 Personnel IT réparti entre USA, Allemagne et France.
 Déploiement global de la solution avec les équipes/représentants locaux (72 sites, 32 countries)
 En charge du planning, de la gestion des risques, des KPIs et des tâches PMO
 Suivi de l’avancement et definition des priorités aux équipes
 Conduite du changement pour le projet
 Reporting au CIO de l’avancée du projet

IT Operations Manager
Tereos, France, Brazil
2020 – 2021
 En charge de la production IT, équipe interne et sociétés partenaires - 50 sites / 40 ingénieurs
 Contrôle du bon fonctionnement et de la sécurité des systèmes, services et infrastructures – 6000 utilisateurss / 1200
servers
 Implémentation et renforcement des modes opératoires, en suivant les bonnes pratiques ITIL
 Recrutement, passage des consignes, distribution des tâches et priorités aux membres de l’équipe
 Préparation et suivi des plans d’action, résolution de problèmes, identification des axes de développement
 Point de contact avec le senior management pour les points relatifs à la production IT
 A l’initiative de plusieurs projets d’architecture globale dans l’objectif de réduire les coûts (-900K€)
 Définition des standards et migration vers un modèle de services managés

Contract Manager, Trade Finance, Bangkok Bank
BT Systems LLC, Jersey City, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok
2017 – 2019
 Migration de BankTrade / ClientTrade depuis V9 sur Mainframe, DB2, VSAM vers V16 sur Linux, Oracle
 Définition et contrôle du scope du projet
 Coordination de #20 consultants techniques et fonctionnels
 Garant de la bonne marche du project auprès du comité de direction client

Senior Project Manager, Market Risk & Finance
HSBC Global Banking and Markets, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Bangkok
2015 – 2017
 Coordination du programme de transformation FAME pour les branches métiers Market Risk et Finance
 Déménagement de 7 applications critiques depuis la France vers le Datacentre UK
 Définition, scoping et planning des livrables projets
 Contrôle et suivi de l’avancement du projet et gestion des risques avec le sponsor du programme chaque semaine
 En relation étroite avec les équipes métiers et de production

Senior Project Manager
AXA Investment Managers (part of AXA S.A.), Paris, London
2014 – 2015
 Coordination d’un projet d’amélioration de la sécurité pour #180 applications
 Représentant des lignes métiers auprès des équipes projet : scoping, état des lieux, remédiation, tests et déploiement
Senior IT Project Manager
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) / NYSE / Euronext Inc., Paris, London, New York
2012 – 2014
 Mise en production de #10 projets IT clés, relatifs à la production cash & derivatives, impliquant la mise à jour du
système de transaction boursière(UTP), du référentiel valeurs et indices (Matrix) et du système de data capture(BDM)
 Déménagement de Datacentre
 Suivi des développements et de préparation de l’intégration dans la production existante afin d’éviter toute
interruption de marché
Datacentre/Project Management Office Manager
Société Générale S.A., Paris
2011 – 2012
 Coordination de l’activité de 5 ingénieurs de production. Management de #15 équipes de spécialistes externes.
 Mise en place d’une méthodologie de suivi ITIL des activités exercées dans 4 datacentre (#5,000m2
, >10MW).
 Définition et répartition des tâches, contrôle des opérations et recette/validation des projets datacentre
(déménagement de sites et matériels sensibles, mise en place de nouvelles infrastructures, rationalisation,
consolidation et urbanisation)

Programme Manager
Safran S.A., Paris
2010 – 2011
 En charge d’un projet international de migration de la messagerie groupe: 26 sociétés réparties sur 150 sites dans le
monde, délivrant le service pour plus de 60,000 utilisateurs.
 Représentant des lignes métiers pour chacune des sociétés, en liaison constante avec les multiples équipes IT pour
s’assurer de l’intégrité du déploiement. Garant de l’avancement du projet auprès des Directions et en charge du CAB.
Corporate Manager

NYSE Euronext Inc., Paris, London, New York
2008 – 2009
 Restructuration complète de l’environnement technique Corporate Finance, représentant #20 applications utilisées par
#500 utilisateurs (Europe, Amériques, Asie). Consolidation des données sur un SAN, mise en place d’un système global
de sauvegarde et d’un réseau dédié, implémentation de Oracle eBusiness et migration de Oracle Hyperion HFM.
 Mise en place de SOX et de la traçabilité associée pour #20 bases de données et applications.
 Intégration du service web dans NYXT et reprise en charge de 20 applications précédemment externalisées.
 Conception et mise en place d’une infrastructure dédiée (120 servers et équipements réseau) pour supporter le
nouveau site web ******** regroupant les services listing et cours des valeurs pour la bourse de New York et Euronext.
1991 to 2007
 Différents rôles pour plusieurs leaders industriels, banques et éditeurs de soluti


IT Operations Manager
Tereos, France, Brazil
2020 – Ongoing
Manage overall IT day-to-day activities, internal team and contractors - 50 sites / 40 engineers
Ensure that systems, services and infrastructure work reliably and securely - 6000 users / 1200 servers
Develop, implement and enforce operational policies, following ITIL practice management guidelines
Recruit, select, train, assign, schedule and coach team members
Contribute operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews
Prepare and complete action plans; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends
Serve as primary point of contact with C level Managers to solve issues related to IT Operations

Senior Project Manager, Trade Finance, Bangkok Bank
BT Systems LLC, Jersey City, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok
2017 – 2020
⦁ Migration de BankTrade / ClientTrade depuis V9 sur Mainframe, DB2, VSAM vers V16 sur Linux, Oracle
⦁ Définition et contrôle du scope du projet
⦁ Coordination de #20 consultants techniques et fonctionnels
⦁ Garant de la bonne marche du project auprès du comité de direction client

Senior Project Manager, Market Risk & Finance
HSBC Global Banking and Markets, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Bangkok
2015 – 2017
⦁ Coordination du programme de transformation FAME pour les branches métiers Market Risk et Finance
⦁ Déménagement de 7 applications critiques depuis la France vers le Datacentre UK
⦁ Définitiion, scoping et planning des livrables projets
⦁ Controle et suivi de l’avancement du projet et gestion des risques avec le sponsor du programme chaque semaine
⦁ En relation étroite avec les équipes métiers et de production

Global Project Management Officer, Quality of Service and Operation
Generali, Paris
2015
⦁ En charge d’un portefeuille de #100 projets : déploiements et migration applicatives et infrastructure
⦁ Suivi des problèmes, des dépendances inter projets, de la gestion du changement et de la qualité de service avec les différents acteurs des projets

2014 – 2015 : AXA Investment Managers (part of AXA S.A.), Paris, London
Senior Project Manager
• Application security enforcement project coordination including enhancement of more than 180 software applications.
• Point of contact between Business and Project/Technical teams for project phases: scoping, assessment, remediation and tests, deployment on different environments (Dev, Test, UAT, Production).
• Risk analysis and remediation proposals.
• Accountable for reporting to Business senior management.
• Systems included SDLC, .NET, JAVA, Windows and Linux.

2012 – 2014 : IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) / NYSE Euronext Inc., Paris, London, New York
Senior IT Project Manager
• Responsible for project managing multiple key development and infrastructure projects, primarily on cash & derivatives operations. All projects were completed on time and on budget, or progressing smoothly and due to meet scheduled targets.
• Worked closely with key stakeholders from different departments to ensure that all projects requirements were met.
• Systems included SDLC and ITIL.
Key projects included:
• Primary Market: Design and implementation of a new Primary Market product type to fill up order books during subscription periods, and then commit to trades at the given date. This significantly impacted the trading system (UTP), the referential data engine (Matrix), data capture and statistics (BDM). Managed the follow up of the development process and took corrective actions as needed. To ensure smooth rollout scenario definition and implementation, minimise risk and avoid market disruption.
• BDM Derivatives: Design and implementation of a new data capture information system for Business Statistics & Data Intelligence regarding Continental Derivatives, based on the existing solution for Cash. Reduced manpower requirement to maintain new system by 90% compared to the old BIS system.
Design of the new IBM Netezza hardware environment and smooth system migration scheduling.
• CCG Latency: Implementation of a new technical solution to improve performance regarding members’ connection to the quotation engine. Worked closely with IT teams and business representatives to define an efficient rollout scenario that mitigated risks, maintained fairness between members and took into account the technical and human restraints.
• Smarts Upgrade: Design and implementation of the new platform hosting the Market Control and Integrity system. Coordinated smooth migration of data to the new system. Proposed and validated the new hardware platform, allowing a saving of US$1m on the initial planned storage solution with no loss of performance. Also identified and mitigated risks, and defined the Proof of Concept approach and a rollout scenario.

2011 – 2012 : Société Générale S.A., Paris
Datacentre/Project Management Office Manager
• Responsible for the design and implementation of a new methodology to follow up the workstreams in progress across four datacentre sites (#5,000m2, >10MW), following ITIL practice management guidelines.
• Managed a team of four engineers, responsible for coordinating their activities to ensure they were able to perform their duties effectively. Also managed all specialist subcontractors.
• Scope of work included operations control and validation, sensitive hardware and full sites removal, infrastructure solutions design and implementation, rationalisation, consolidation and urbanisation.
• Closely monitored key projects involving Cloud, Mainframes, EMC storage systems and backbone networks.
• Managed all stock and purchasing of equipment, such as racks, patching, cables, connectors, etc.
• Systems included ITIL, EMC, NetApp, IBM, HP and Cisco.

2010 – 2011 : Safran S.A., Paris
Programme Manager
• Responsible for providing project management support for the implementation of a major international messaging project to improve processes and provide support for project owners. This was a unique group messaging and collaborative system, and was the first time that the organisation had managed an IT project at group level.
• Coordinated the project across 26 group companies on 150 sites worldwide, covering over 60,000 mailboxes.
• Acted as the organisation’s representative on the project, responsible for daily liaison with all IT departments to oversee the entire implementation, ensuring that the project ran to schedule. Managed all queries and provided solutions as required. Presented regular progress reports to the Planning Director, and administered the change management board.
• Systems included MS Exchange and WSS.

2008 – 2009 : NYSE Euronext Inc., Paris, London, New York
Corporate Manager
• Responsible for managing a range of financial applications and web services programs in Europe in order to coordinate business needs. Proposed a series of target solutions and coordinated the design and implementation of the projects from inception through to delivery.
• Restructured and rationalised the full European Corporate Finance environment. This included data consolidation on SAN, implementing a global backup system, designing and implementing a dedicated corporate network, update planning and reporting, implementing Oracle eBusiness, and designing and implementing an Oracle Hyperion HFM upgrade.
• Integrated the web services department in NYXT and back-sourced externally hosted applications.
• Designed and implemented a dedicated infrastructure to support the new ******** website and functionalities.
• Systems included PRINCE2, ITIL, Oracle Suite, HP, Cisco, Oracle eBusiness and NetApp.

2006 – 2007 : AXA Investment Managers (part of AXA S.A.), Paris, London
Programme Manager
• Responsible for managing multiple IT projects to ensure all programmes were delivered on time and on budget.
• Coordinated IT personnel, both permanent staff and external contractors, to ensure that all team member were able to perform their duties effectively.
• Projects included renovation of the Citrix environment, a full messaging environment redesign, migrations and workstation upgrades, and a workstation environment standardisation project based on Windows XP SP2.
• Systems included Citrix, MS Exchange, SDLC, KVS, Windows XP and NetApp.

1994 – 2005 : IT Project Manager
• Worked as a freelance IT Project Manager for a wide variety of clients across Europe and East Asia.
• Conducted a wide range of installations, migrations and other IT projects, working to client specifications.
• Advised clients on a consultancy basis to offer expertise on IT systems to improve functionality, efficacy and cost-effectiveness.
• Managed technical teams (both company personnel and external contractors) in order to ensure accurate delivery of the project requirements.
Key projects included:
• L’Oréal Group, Paris: Managed a MS Exchange/Windows workstation environment migration.
• Neuf Telecom, Paris: Managed a MS Exchange/VMWare messaging system migration.
• Prosodie, Paris: Managed the internalisation of the Havas Voyages (travel agency) messaging system.
• Banque de France, Paris: Migrated a MS Exchange message environment system.
• Aventis Pharma, Paris: Implemented a MS Exchange/IXOS/KVS message archiving system.
• Egg, Paris, London: Removed HP/Windows/MS Exchange datacenter.
• Compaq Services, Paris: Renewed a Compaq Proliant/Windows infrastructure of Cap Sogeti.
• Crédit Lyonnais, Paris: Managed a SNA to Windows migration.
• DB, Bangkok, Singapore: Implemented a new IT management process to increase efficiency.
• European Community, Brussels, Luxembourg: Coordinated a Unix to Windows migration.
• Caisse Nationale de Crédit Agricole (CNCA), Paris: Managed a Compaq Proliant/Windows infrastructure migration and consolidation.
• DB, Bangkok: Implemented a new IT management process to increase efficiency.

1991 – 1993 : Insurance Cie, Paris
Head of IT
• Responsible for managing the company’s IT function to ensure all operations ran smoothly without incident.
• Supervised the IT team to enable all team members to perform their duties effectively.
• Managed departmental budget with full financial responsibility.

Prior to 1990
• Performed a variety of project management roles for Software Editor companies across Europe and Africa.
• Deployment projects included financial tools, accounting, and sales management software.
Accountable for solution implementation in customers’ environment.