Dipl.-Ing. Thierry Zanada
Angestellt, Senior Program Manager, VTX Services SA
Zurich, Switzerland
Timeline
Professional experience for Thierry Zanada
Current 2 years and 5 months, since Feb 2021
Senior Program Manager
VTX Services SA
Current 4 years and 2 months, since May 2019
Management Consultant
Freelancer
• Responsible for the planning & engineering department in the business unit TEN (telecom) • Management, development and coaching of a nationwide team of 35 experts (system engineers, operations engineers, technical specialists) • Development and standardization of work processes in the various regions for crucial customers • Development of the cablex service portfolio in the field of engineering
Development of strategy, business models/plans. Create solutions, produce proposals, and support/advise sales for key customer opportunities. Creation and implementation of cablex' e-mobility offering. Conclusion of strategic partnership agreements in the Telecom, Energy and Internet of Things/Smart-City sectors. Idea and business plan for a smart energy management solution. Design of an e-mobility concept for the Swisscom Group. Development of a neutral host solution for the Swiss mobile market.
6 years, Jan 2008 - Dec 2013
Entrepreneur / Consultant
Various
Provision of sales force solutions in the Telecom retail area. Recruiting, training and managing sales organisations. Expanding the business in the West part of Switzerland. Opening a new business activities in the domain of finance and insurance. Looking for opportunities to develop company's business Managing quality and training programs Investors advisements
6 years and 11 months, Feb 2001 - Dec 2007
COO Wholesale
Sunrise - TDC Switzerland AG
• Member of the Executive Management Team (EMT) • EMT’s Ambassador for the French part of Switzerland • Member of TDC’s Corporate Resources • Member of the strategy / projects approval board • Project Management of key strategic projects • Responsible for the Wholesale business unit with full P&L accountability • Lead a team of 45 international and multi-cultural experts • Management and sale / purchase services in areas of Voice, Data, Internet, Infrastructure and Mobile
5 months, Oct 2000 - Feb 2001
Director Wholesale + Legal & Regulatory Affairs
sunrise communications AGResponsible for the Wholesale and L&RA departments. Manage and develop the Wholesale unit during the merge of diAx and sunrise.
10 months, Jan 2000 - Oct 2000
Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs and Wholesale Product & Account Management
sunrise communications AGIn charge of the legal and regulatory affairs for the whole company, close collaboration and management of external legal ressources. Responsible for the Wholesale Account Management Team (sales and purchase). Responsible for development and management of Wholesale products in voice, infrastructure, Internet and service provision areas. Lead and manage all negotiations with the incumbent (voice and data).
Responsible for all interconnection matters for sunrise. Develop the sunrise interconnection activities (i.e. with OLOs), lead negotiation/introduction of new services. Manage, develop (and win) legal case against Swisscom. Secure introduction of full carrier pre-selection and number portability services
1 year and 7 months, Oct 1996 - Apr 1998
Interconnect Manager Consultant Switzerland
BT Europe
Provision of interconnect consultancy initially to BT Switzerland, and then to Newtelco AG/sunrise. Member of the bid team for the participation of BT and Tele Danmark in Newtelco AG. Support to business case development and help to raise value of BT Switzerland. Lead the interconnect negotiations with Swisscom. Manage implementation of interconnection services to allow sunrise to be the first new operator to offer services in January 1998. Represent sunrise in working groups set-up by the Regulato
3 years and 1 month, Oct 1993 - Oct 1996
Senior Service Manager and Syncordia Manager Switzerland
BT Europe
In charge of overall customer satisfaction for selected key BT's corporate customers. Lead team of service managers across the globe to address needs of those customers and identify sales opportunities. Develop and secure the revenue of these key accounts. Expansion of Syncordia's outsourcing services portfolio in Switzerland. Management of special projects to support BT Switzerland’s General Manager. Member of BT Switzerland management team.
2 years and 2 months, Sep 1991 - Oct 1993
System Engineer
BT Limited Switzerland
Member of sales team. Responsible for all pre-sales activities for data and voice global services, including technical support and commercial negotiations for all business segments
2 years and 11 months, Oct 1988 - Aug 1991
Design Engineer
Ascom Zelcom AG
Member of hardware and software design team. Responsible for coordination of work with third parties and project management for a new range of data products.
Educational background for Thierry Zanada
2002 - 2006
Business Leadership Principles
INSEAD Fontaineblau / TDC
1994 - 1996
Success in Strategic Management
Manchester University / BT
1984 - 1988
Electricity
Ecolde Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
1980 - 1984
Electricity
Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Genève (EIG)
Languages
French
First language
English
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German
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Italian
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