Olivier Rousseaux Email & Phone Number

Leuven, BE

Leuven, BE

Leuven, Flemish Region, BE

Leuven, Flemish Region, BE

Leuven, BE

Hickory, North Carolina, US

• Definition and implementation of mid to long-term worldwide strategy for FTTH Access Networks Outside Plant product lines. Development of innovative solutions, deployment with key target customers.
• Thought leadership in the company and across the industry

Hickory, North Carolina, US

• Member of Commscope Africa leadership team, directly reporting to the General Manager. Support disruptive growth plan for Commscope in the region.
• Lead and develop project management and field application engineering teams accross the continent
• Lead technology and product portfolio roadmap for the continent. Drive relation with key target accounts from a technology and network architecture standpoint.
• Sales Manager for South Africa - lead sales team, drive customer and distributors relation

Hickory, North Carolina, US

• Responsible for the day-to-day management and mid-term strategy of Fiber Optics Optical Distribution Frameworks (ODF) and Fiber to the Antenna (FTTA) product lines within the Broadband Networks Solutions division.
• Coordination of sales, marketing, operations and R&D.
• Lead and manage key innovation projects, supervising and coordinating development of next-generation products from first concept to market rollout.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Redefined operational and commercial model of a European energy transport company, optimizing competitive positioning of the offering
• Designed and sized the organization of a multi-national food & beverages company
• Defined a new service offering for BCG in the area of program and change management, including competitive landscape analysis to optimize our positioning
• Redefined the governance and budgeting process of a major University Hospital to increase financial control and organizational efficiency

Leuven, BE

Responsible of all business development aspects for the ULP Wireless and DSP activities of IMEC-NL.Define value proposition and go-to-market strategy for the considered activities, co-steer 12-18 month research roadmap.In charge of all interactions with partners from first discussions to contract closure, including negotiations and contract.

Leuven, BE

Launched and led WiPulse from the first day onwards (August 2007). WiPulse was a fabless semiconductor startup developing ultra low power wireless communications ICs for the consumer electronics market.Matched IMEC’s technology with market needs, defining WiPulse’s target market and value proposition.Convinced IMEC management to reserve IP portfolio for.

Leuven, BE

Activity Leader Ultra Low Power Radios for the recently started (2005) WATS division of IMEC-NL. I have been involved since the start of the activity with three main responsibilities: Team management, R&D, and business development:Team management: Setting up the team and hiring team members (15 persons) Steering its activities according to research.

Leuven, BE

.Project Officer for IMEC, the largest independant european R&D center in the field of micro-electronics, within the DESICS division (Design Technologies for Integrated Information and Communication Systems).- Set up, manage and follow-up joint research projects funded by public authorities at the european, national and regional levels (EC, CELTIC, MEDEA.

Leuven, BE

.PhD researcher at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Electrical Engineering department. - Research Assistant: study and development of novel ideas and concepts for wireless signal processing, 16 publications. Oral presentation of research results and representation of the department in international conferences. - Teaching Assistant: Design and teach.

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

.Tendering and Sales Engineer for Alcatel Belgium in the Network Applications Division. The division develops and markets software for the management of large scale Telecommunication Networks: monitoring of the network, prevention and management of network breakdowns, enforcement of Service Level Agreements, billing, fraud detection and similar.

Masters, Executive Masters In Management (Formerly Cepac)

Phd, Electrical Engineering

Master Thesis, Automatic Control

M Sc, Electrical And Mechanical Engineering

School, Mathematics, Science And Modern Languages