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Cotonou, Bj

Cotonou, Bj

Head of FTTH and WLL Infrastructures and Operations :• Roll-out of a 16,000 home passed GPON network in Cotonou• Lead Technical Departement restructuring (65 people) to bring customer satisfaction to the highest level:-> Enhance responsiveness by setting a Customer Services and Support Center along with an externalised Call Center-> Speed up subscriber service delivery by optimizing last mile deployment processes and strengthen subcontractor involvement

Sorèze, Fr

SFR Operator/Public delegator – Project > 45 M€ over 3 YearsMission: Provide end to end overall programme leadership and project management control on the implementation of a fibre network in south west of France for more than 70,000 homes and enterprises. • Ramp-up delivery capacity up to 3,000 homes/month-> Introduce new planning tool and delivery processes -> Identify and lead key subcontractors to results• Strengthen partnerships with customer, local authorities and beneficiaries to ensure timely delivery of the project and expand our business to new territories, new services

Paris, France, Fr

. Defence & Security Market (6 months mission) : Manage integration and deployment of new IT environment at National level.. Retail Market (11 months mission) : Joined service delivery management team as PMO to provide strategic project management guidance and support with development of a new ERP program (> 50,000 days over 3 years) for the leader of the French retail market.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Telecom Operators Accounts (Vodafone, Vini, OPT, Viti): 8 to 10 M€ orders per yearLead the delivery and integration of all Nokia Portfolio and Services (Network deployment, system development, integration, optimization, operations, support and maintenance) to public and private Telco accounts• Set-up the new project office and manage the local company branch (Administration, Finances, HR) • Handle and build trusted relationships with Customers (from operational team to C-Level), Subcontractors & public institutions• Leveraging our infrastructure and solution portfolio by analysing customers’ strategy and influencing their technical and leadership departments with the right solutions (FTTX, 4G, VoLTE, IP Core) and valued propositions• Provide excellence in professional services to cope with challenging SLA/KPI and customer support objectivesMajor projects: Mobile Radio Access and Core networks swaps & optimization, Definition and deployment of first E2E 4G network, FTTx introduction ,Integration of Value Added services (Number portability, SMS, Voice mail, Roaming & Lawful Intercept platforms)Sustain leadership in Support and Maintenance services

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Multi Telecom Operators Accounts > 10 M€• Drive all projects remotely (software upgrade, system integration, box drop) with support of our local partner• Organize smooth implementation of the new business and operational model (branch on each French territory) after ending our Channel partnering model• Promote business expansion and contribute extensively to the win of a +10 M€ valued tender for refurbishment of Mobile and Core network in French Polynesia

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Drive the delivery of the wireless part of a new 3G nationwide network (950 sites) within a 9-month time frame:. Speed-up training and knowledge transfer to local resources on new technology. Set-up a staging center in New-Zealand to achieve assembly and pre-integration of 620 Base stations and allow fast track nationwide roll-out in less than 4 months;. Lead a team of Subject Matter experts for the introduction of first-off features and services. Define new resource forecast model

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Projects > 15 M€. Lead the 60-people team responsible for all on-going projects and operational activities in the execution of the Qtel multi-product contracts. Support customer’s strategy for network transformation and promote new technology (New Payment platform, IP Backbone and IMS). Sustain Indoor building solutions expertise to carry out 60 more buildings. Advise Sales team to build offer (>100 M€) Vodafone Qatar mobile network creation and anticipate delivery program to plan resource transfer

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Accountable for the execution of mobile radio projects in Qatar and UAE - Projects Value from 20 to 35 M€ per year Qtel – Qatar Mobile National Operator • Ramp-up delivery team (30 to 80 people in 1.5 year) to match with network creation and growth (New 3G network in less than 8 months, 2006 Asian Games capacity extension, Maintenance support)• Set-up of a Network Operation & Maintenance team (15 people) to operate and support Qtel 3G network• Improve margin by increasing the local workforce (25 people) and promoting the low cost subcontractorsEtisalat – UAE Mobile National Operator• Build-up dedicated roll-out team for indoor building solution frame agreement (80 buildings a year)• Secure delivery of the new contract (400 Network Elements) on tight schedule (3 months)• Ramp-up of local and sub-contracted resource dedicated to Radio Optimization (10 people) Various Customers • Worked with pre-sales and procurement on building tender covering introduction or extension of 2G and 3G networks of emerging customers in the Gulf (Du in UAE, Nawras in Oman).

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Accountable for continuous improvement of pre-sales and project management processes of the Regional Service Centre Africa, Middle East and Indian subcontinent:. Review the overall Customer Satisfaction Management processes (TL9000 metrics monitoring, Customer complaint management and Customer Satisfaction assessment tool). Implement new project management tools (Project alert management, Guides, Gates & Milestones Checklist &Templates) to better control the project life cycle

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering And Industrial Management

Master'S Degree, Mechanics

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering