20+ years experience in digital project management from marketing websites to collaborative intranet platforms including CRM, extranet and other social networks initiatives for a Fortune 100 (Industry) French multinational company.
International management leadership of multinational teams (Europe, America, Asia) with direct (including offshore management in India) or indirect (digital coordination in a complex delocalized group) responsabilities..
Various non digital experiences previously in Education (High school level in Lebanon, College level in France & Canada), Insurance brokerage (France) and business employers association (Europe).
Engaged in multiple community projects (humanitarian and political). Have developed a strong editorial program on internet in publishing more than 50 websites focused on graphic design (typography, heraldry), travels (travelogues, travel guides), countries I've got close ties to (Southern France, Czech Republic) and others.
Jan 2022 - Present
▪ Building from scratch and now running the Enterprise Architecture of Saint-Gobain, establishing technological standards, trying to establish applications lifecyle processes... in a multi-BUs organization with an hybrid approach
▪ managing the integration platforms services (APIM, ESB, ETL) and various services lines to support the digital IT teams of the Group (CIAM, managed hosted websites services, hybrid CI/CD chain, cloud architecture and development) in their transformation journey.
Oct 2011 - Dec 2021
▪ In charge of the collaborative services offer from social network, communication portal and document management services to O365 worldwide deployment for 95000 users.
▪ In charge of ad hoc development in web technologies (full stack, mobile) for the Headquarters and of mutualized services lines for the digital solutions teams of Saint-Gobain branches.
▪ In charge of the technological watch and standardisation in close coordination with the various operational IT teams of the Group.
▪ Development of a development and support team in Mumbai, India.
Jan 2005 - Sep 2011
▪ Websites core models for supporting web strategy for 8 divisions of Saint-Gobain (Glass, Solutions, Sekurit, Solar + Abrasives, Ceramics, Plastics & Fibers)
▪ Web applications development for supporting business digital transformation: purchasing portals, e-ordering systems, capex management, extranet, CRM/SFA & eLearning.
▪ Internal transformation challenge in building a dedicated offshore development team in Chenai, India
Jan 2001 - Dec 2004
eBusiness Projects:
▪ Development of a the common website flagship of Saint-Gobain Glass to structure the SGG transformation around one common brand.
▪ Development of a glass doors configuration system for the Belgian, Swiss and Polish factories of Glassolutions.
▪ Development of an ad hoc web based CRM for supporting the SGG salesforce.
Marketing Projects:
▪ Market Management: in charge of the glass doors market segment for Glassolutions in Europe. Suppliers rationalization and offers standardization.
▪ Product Database: transformation and rewriting of the non structured Saint-Gobain Glass catalogue to feed a newly developed product database.
Aug 1997 - Dec 2000
▪ In charge of the Swiss & Southern Europe area for an insurance broker specialized in insuring expatriates.
▪ In charge of the website development & support.
Aug 1997 - Dec 2000
▪ In charge of international activities within the Paris Employers Union.
▪ General Secretary of the Businessmen Organisations of European Capital Cities (Business European Capital Cities now).
▪ Organisation of a Congress at the Paris City Hall.
Aug 1994 - Aug 1996
▪ Development of the economics education at the NDJ High School
▪ Pedagogical projects management (Press week, Scouts (beavers), Travels in Middle East)