Olivier Dessoude Email & Phone Number

Cherbourg-En-Cotentin, Normandie, France

• Established Systems Engineering governance principles, in agreement with the customer and the combat system integrator;• Supervised SE activities in a multi-cultural environment;• Managed the SE front office in charge of:- Customer relationship, structured around regular working groups and workshops;- Aligning system requirements with customer's requirements;- Successfully passing System Requirements Review and System Functional Review;- Delivering engineering management plans (overall engineering, requirements, interfaces, configuration and MBSE);• Supervised the SE back office, in charge of:- Implementing the engineering plans,- Supporting naval architects, specialty engineers, and system leaders,- Reviewing engineering deliverables and producing the delivery packages; and- Measuring SE performance;• Transferred knowledge to Naval Group Australia's engineers in France; and• Gradually introduced MBSE into submarine design.

Cherbourg

• Promoted Systems Engineering as a path to performance improvement and risk reduction for the design and build of nuclear power plants;• Supported major projects:- EPR NM (France) : definition and implementation of the SE process, requirements engineering, functional analysis, definition of Product and Functional Breakdown Structures;- Hinkley Point EPR (UK);- ATMEA (development in partnership with Mitsubushi Heavy Industries); and- Internal projects on engineering methods,• Defined AREVA's "Systems Engineering Roadmap", a transformational program sponsored by Executive VP; and• As the leader of the SEMPER project (Systems Engineering for PERformance), delivered studies, training material, and recommendations for the adoption of Systems Engineering in the company.

Cherbourg, Normandie, France

• Demonstrated the first application of Systems Engineering in AREVA's nuclear power plant business, in the framework of the PCMS project (Plant Control Management System); and• Implemented the first Requirements Management System used in AREVA NP (3SL's Cradle tool).

Cherbourg, Normandie, France

• Reporting to the Western Region Director, promoted innovative technologies, both to strenghten position in the nuclear sector and as a diversification: - Entertainment systems for mega-yachts (spin-off company created); and - Virtual reality for radiation protection (minimising dose rate to nuclear workers);• Promoted company's image towards local elected officials;• Managed the La Hague Nuclear Reprocessing Facility account for all company's services;• Managed and performed consulting services for La Hague facility; and• Delivered lectured in international conferences:- Global 2009 Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference, Paris, France;- 1st Dassault Systèmes Energy Conference 2009, Orlando, FL;- Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 2008 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN; and- Nuclear IT Strategic Leadership 2006 Workshop, Atlanta, GA.

Arcueil, Île-De-France, France

In charge of operations, managed a team of 30 IT consultants , reporting to the CEO of Informatique CDC:• Promoted and disseminated new technologies (networks and cyber-security, e-Business architectures, decision support systems, scientific and financial modelling);• Advised decision-makers from all business units (investment banking, life insurance, regulated banking, savings and pension funds);• Co-founded Caisse des Dépôts's Innovation Club; and• Delivered lectures at Corporate University.

Ville De Paris, Île-De-France, France

Reporting to Director of Engineering:• Managed a team of 70 engineers in charge of warship combal system architectures: - Performing combat system design under contracts placed by French and foreign navies; - Designing combat systems for domestic and foreign navies (nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier and submarines, anti-air and anti-submarine warfare frigates, fast patrol boats); and - Responding to national and international ITTs (technical bid and worksharing), improving the tendering process (responsiveness, competitiveness, risk management, knowledge management);• Implemented improvement actions: - Introducing SE standards MIL-STD-498 / 499B and requirement managements tools (RDD-100) on export projects; - Obtaining ISO 9001 certification; and - Reducing number of contractors by 15 FTE while maintaining quality;• Managed cooperative agreements and working groups with international partners (NATO, UK, Italy, Norway); and• Earned the rank of Ingénieur en Chef, Armament Corps (Commander).

Arcueil, Île-De-France, France

• Managed a team of 6 junior scientists;• Performed applied research and experiments in the field of multi-sensory data fusion; and• Published over 15 papers, e.g.: - IEEE/RSJ International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1991, Osaka, Japan;- IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1991, Brighton, UK;- IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics, Control & Instrumentation, 1991, Kobe, Japan; and- Le Courrier du CNRS, #77, June 91;• Performed part-time teaching appointments at ENSTA and Université de Paris-Sud; and• Delivered lecture at Collège de l'Ecole Polytechnique.

X83, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Soccer

Phd, Multisensor Data Fusion

Engineer, Systems Analysis

Preparatory Class, Mathematics

Baccalauréat, C (Mathematics And Physical Sciences)

Stege Programme - 1996, Enterprise Management And Strategy

Education record

Two-year INCOSE program, delivered by coaches from INCOSE, Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Bristol and Worcester.