GERARD BOUVET

In charge of managing the evaluation of responses to an RFQ for a Telecom Operator at Düsseldorf, Germany. Trained on SCRUM Agile Methodology

In charge of the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) area for Surveillance (Radio Frequency and Network monitoring) marketing activities. Products introduction, customer presentations, trade shows organization.

Delivering surveillance and monitoring systems (UNIX OS) for 2G, 3G mobile networks, and systems to monitor end to end Quality of Service (Linux OS). Projects in Austria (Alcatel), Belgium (Proximus, Base, Mobistar) and the Netherlands (Vodafone). Third Party Program Manager for Europe . Managing relationship with subcontractors. Six SIGMA (Data and Statistical Analysis methodology to improve quality) White Belt. PRINCE 2 (PRoject In a Controlled Environment) Certification, Practitioner.

Customer Operations Manager (Communication Systems Group) for France and Belgium. Managing 12 people delivering solutions and services to customers in France and Belgium.

Working in the sales organisation, dedicated to strategic accounts (Vodafone and KPN Groups).

End to End Project Manager (Pre to post sales) in the system customer services organisation. Projects in France (SFR) and Belgium (Proximus, Base).

Project Manager in the Test & Measurement Group for telecommunications related activities - RATES project (Leased lines measurement system) for France Telecom (800 users, 500 remote sites, 8 interconnected computer sites). Size of the deal: $25M. This has improved the response time to customers by more than 80% - AcceSS7 systems projects (SS7 network monitoring) for Cegetel/SFR and France Télécom. Size of deals: between $100K and $3M - Management of International projects.