Nicolas Pougnet Email & Phone Number

Lausanne, Vd, Ch

Genève, Suisse

As a Business Unit Director at Sword Group, I have been instrumental in driving the growth of our IT consulting services in Switzerland. My responsibilities include overseeing IT staffing, recruitment, development services, and integration of Microsoft and Atlassian products. I have successfully led the team to achieve a significant increase in revenue and client satisfaction. I am member of the management board since 2021 and developped strategic cross-initiatives:- Contributed to new customer oriented organization with dedicated BUS by sector of activity- Improved consultant loyalty by redifining Practice Lead and Team Leader roles within organization- Implemented a new CRM to track our commercial activities- Launched an annual start-up challenge to foster innovation within our company

Renens Vd, Canton De Vaud, Suisse

working for different customers

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

sportmania.ch is one of the leading Swiss online shop specialized in outdoor sport articles, in particular action sports.I founded the shop in 2011 which is now one of the leading action sport shop in Switzerland.>2 MioCHF yearly turnover

Geneva, Switzerland

Implementation and delivery of a mobile application (based on Ionic plateform) used for sensitive information storage for refugees. Team of 4 developpers, a technical architect, security expert.Technologies : Hashicorp Vault, Ansible, Tensor Flow, GIS.Roll-out of 2 CRMS (based on Microsoft Dynamics):- 1 CRM used to manage Internation Red Cross federations and contacts- 1 CRM to manage private and public donors and donations types

Nyon Suisse

ICT provides expertise and services for developing Information and Communications Technologies for the benefit of colleagues and football game.Responsibility as a ICT Venue Manager for EURO 2020. Organisation of operations and recruitment of ressources within Baiku Stadium (Azerbaïdjan) to deliver IT services (Wifi in Stadium, network for photographs, press and journalists).Deliveries done using waterfall and Scrum (Agile) methodolgy:- Identity management solution to manage +30'000 users (Sailpoint Identity IQ)- Implementation of SSO authentication method on +80 applications (saml, and openid connect over ADFS / Azure connect)- Integration of workforce management solution (4'000 employees) based on Service Now- Migration of 30'000 users from SQL directory to Active Directory- Deployment of central API management platform solution (WSO2)- Deployement of video streaming solution used for press conferences with simultaneous translations- Full rewrite of a custom application used to manage production of signage and goodies for UEFA competitions (moved from .NET to modern Java / Angular development with nearshore dev teams)

In charge of technical and marketing projects:

Products managed : VoIP, Carrier pre select, FTTH, IPTV, High speed internet

Development of services relative to VoIP (portability, voicemail, call rerouting, CLI-R, CLI-P etc.).Working as consultant among marketing and technical teams.

Definition of functional requirementsTeam buildingProject managementNegotiation of WiFi agreements with Orange, SFR, Hub Telecom, T-Systems

Development of new roaming services such as IN services, SMS inter-networking, prepaid roaming, GPRS.Management of multi-skilled teams including product managers and technical specialists.Reporting top management and development of partnerships.

Responsible for network deployment regarding the growth of national backbone bandwidth.Construction of a fiber network at Sophia Antipolis, Nice.

improvment of supply chain management regarding printers and scanners support within repair centers.Implementation of new processes to increase customers satisfaction.

Master In Marketing, Management & Finance, Institute Administration Des Entreprises

Ingénieur

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Ingénieur