Joan Manel Castell Email & Phone Number

Strong, experienced and results-driven Senior Project & Program Manager and PMO & Engineering Director. More than 30 years experience in these activities.Expert in Customers and Providers Management. And Management of the rest of Project Stakeholders as well.Determined and decisive; uses initiative to meet and resolve challenges.Active and dynamic approach to work and getting things done.Good People Manager. Excellent interpersonal skills – works well with others, motivates and encourages.Self-driven and self-reliant – sets aims and targets and leads by example.PMP (Project Management Professional) certification by PMI (Project Management Institute).Achievements:• As PMO / Project Director in Alcatel-Lucent Spain, successful Intelligent Network Projects from Alcatel-Lucent Barcelona with very difficult customers and exceptional (even in war) environments (for customers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Congo, Ghana, Guinea…).• As Project Manager in Alcatel-Lucent Spain, Customer satisfaction reached and maintained in different projects for Spanish Telecom Operators.• As Project Manager in Alcatel Australia, successful IN Project for a Malaysian customer in an extremely complicated environment and very small time frame. Chosen as one of the three best projects of the year for the whole Alcatel Australia.• As People Manager, creation of very good development teams (highly motivated and prepared to face up to any challenge that can come) from scratch in Alcatel-Spain and Alcatel-Australia. Special award for Team Management received in Australia.• As Project Manager, introduction of Video Voice Mail and Video Server new products in a big Telecom Operator in Spain. Also in this Operator, successful implementation of key IPTV Projects, which have allowed it to grow from 700K to more than 4M subscribers in three years.• As PMO Director, create & stablish an R&D PMO from scratch in Fluidra-Spain for EMEA. Currently successfully taking care of around 35% of the R&D Projects managed in Fluidra Worldwide.

Listed skills include Telecommunications, Project Management, Software Project Management, Gsm, and 18 others.