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SUMMARY : Sustained success in leadership positions with very competitive, diverse organizations in aerospace field. Large background in business unit management (up to hundreds of individuals). Very experienced in cooperation, international business, customer development, change management.EXPERIENCE :THALES CORPORATE - International Industrial Development Director- Coordination of the Mid Term Investment Plan,- Build up of the industrial network (experts, best practices, job opportunities),- Development of a new industrial maturity assessment tool,- Mentoring of local organisations to improve maturity worldwide,- Analysis of potential ERP solutions for emerging countries,- Development & reorganisation of the industrial panel worldwide, including joint ventures,- Industry 4.0 leader for the worldwide industrial aspects,- Definition of the strategy and methodology for large technological & industrial transfersTHALES ELECTRON DEVICES – Industrial Manager of Velizy site- Member of the business unit board (turnover : 330 M€, 3 sites),- Chairman of the board for Velizy (turnover : 140 M€, 750 people),- Definition of the strategy, business plan and product policy via a marketing and technical analysis, responsibility for the P&L (yearly gain),- Improvement of the customer satisfaction, development of prospective aspects,- Identification of constraints in the flux in order to optimize them, introduction of a finite ressources planification, increase of the lean approach, improvement of the productivity and of the supply chain, yearly improvement of 5%.AIRCELLE (SAFRAN) Industrial Technical & Technological Directorate ETRAS system business unit manager (Feb. 04 – Feb. 08)- Put back on track the program- Passed successfuly the milestones up to certificationARIANESPACEDevelopment Directorate (January 03 – January 04) Program Director Ariane 5 G+ Deputy Program Director VEGA rocketIndustrial Directorate (March 91 – December 02) Flight analysis department director (yearly budget 70 M€)DASSAULT AVIATIONPrototypes design bureau Head of the Rafale Nav/attack system integration (1989 - 1991) Head of the Mirage 2000 systems integration (1984 - 1989)EDUCATION : Space & aeronautics engineer (ESTACA 1984). Business administration (ENSTA 1994), Space Marketing (EURESAS 1998), Team management (CRC 1999 - 2002)(HEC campus), Communication (Verbateam 2011)LANGUAGES :English : fluent (technical english included), Spanish : fluent.HOBBIES : Cinema, tourism, reading, golf, ski, sailing (regatta skipper)

Listed skills include Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautics, Avionics, and 10 others.