Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Manager, Marketing & Innovation at France Telecom North America
- Past
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- Associate Manager, Business Development at France Telecom North America
- Enterprise Architect - Strategic IT Planning at Bouygues Telecom
- Consultant at Collège des Ingénieurs
- Consultant at Freelance (Self-employed)
- Business Process Management [BPM] Analyst - Intern at France Telecom R&D, LLC
- Intern at Swisscom
- Education
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- Collège des Ingénieurs
- Eurecom Institute
- Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
- Connections
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- Industry
- Telecommunications
Alexandre Giess’s Experience
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Manager, Marketing & Innovation
France Telecom North America
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
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Associate Manager, Business Development
France Telecom North America
(Privately Held; FTE; Telecommunications industry)
June 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 7 months)
Keywords: Corporate Strategy, Market Intelligence, VoIP, broadband services, fixed-mobile convergent applications, residential gateways, music and video distribution
My objectives are:
• To research and analyze the evolution of the North American residential communications market on specific topics related to new products and services and marketing strategies relevant for the France Telecom Group
• To maintain a general overview of the telecommunications market in North America (e.g. regulation, usage, operational and financial characteristics of the main operators, etc.) in order to understand and foresee new trends in the market -
Enterprise Architect - Strategic IT Planning
Bouygues Telecom
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Wireless industry)
September 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 9 months)
- In a team of 5, was responsible for establishing rules and enforce them for the whole IT department (700 people) on subjects like portals, service-oriented architecture or line of business-specific issues.
- Proposed, with the help of a 10 people strong team, to the CIO a 3-year plan designed to achieve major cost reduction and boost IT alignment with business.
- Set up regular in-house events attended by the CIO, his top managers and IT architects in order to promote best pratices and IT governance.
- Represented Bouygues Telecom at Forrester GigaWorld Europe Conference 2005 -
Consultant
Collège des Ingénieurs
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 2003 — June 2004 (10 months)
Client: B2B unit of RATP, operator of the world’s largest integrated transportation network
Mission: Business process auditing
Achievements:
- Conducted 22 interviews in order to model and formalize the unit’s main 30 business processes, 11 positions and 85 day-to-day tasks
- Initiated quality improvement program in collaboration with management -
Consultant
Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2002 — December 2002 (2 months)
Client: France Telecom R&D LLC
Mission:
Identify BPM solutions portfolio optimisation
Achievements:
- Interviewed 6 FT project managers responsible for a BPM solution’s deployment
- Built an customized evaluation matrix (Excel) containing 44 criteria and a grading scale
- Proposed 4 scenarios that offered superior BPM capabilities
- Managed project in collaboration with FT R&D support teams in San Francisco and Paris -
Business Process Management [BPM] Analyst - Intern
France Telecom R&D, LLC
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2002 — July 2002 (7 months)
As an BPM analyst I was responsible for identifying pros and cons of several IT building blocks that might be used in the development of next-generation B2B process management services.
Achievements:
- Authored the 5 volumes’ series on BPM-related technologies (web services, EDI) and topics (artificial intelligence, mobility)
- Discussed partnerships with several Silicon Valley’s players active in the BPM market
- Represented France Telecom R&D (FT R&D) at standardization group BPMI.org meetings
- Evangelized BPM through publications (white papers, article) and active participation in corporate roadmap brainstormings and discussions with FT R&D US and France groups -
Intern
Swisscom
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
Alexandre Giess’s Education
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Collège des Ingénieurs
MBA , Management, HR, Economics, Strategy, Team Organization , 2003 — 2004
- Activities and Societies:
- Business & Ethics workgroup: team member. Workshop's chairman and master of ceremony
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Eurecom Institute
MSc , Corporate Telecommunications , 2001 — 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- Founder - Squash Club,
Participant and winner - Best picture contest (Class trip in Japan)
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Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
MSc , Communication Systems , 1995 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- EPFL student consultancy - Role: Logistical coordinator; in a 12-people strong team; client: UN's Internation Telecommunication Union
Additional Information
Alexandre Giess’s Interests:
Bossa Nova, Smart mobs, Building empires (Sid Meier's Civilisation PC game), Squash, urban cycling in Paris (achievement: not yet hit by a car...)
Alexandre Giess’s Groups:
Auxiliaires des Aveugles - Connecting blind people with their everyday life,
Gener'actions21 - Connecting young professionals through their interests in taking business to another level with respect to social & environmental issues
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College des Ingenieurs - Fellows -
EURECOM -
Orange Connection -
FTTx - Fiber to the x -
INTERACTIVE & DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP -
FACE - French American Conference of Entrepreneurs -
French MBA Conference Participants -
CONNECTIONS™ -
Collège Des Ingénieurs (CDI) -
Connected Home Networking -
Digital TV Professionals -
Orange Innovation & Marketing Club -
Telco 2.0 Initiative -
Consumer Services 2.0 -
Digital Home 2.0
Alexandre Giess’s Honors:
"Idea of The Year 2005", by Bouygues Telecom's CIO, Yves Caseau
"Outstanding work and superior achievements", by United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU); for participation in Telecom Inter@ctive 1997
Alexandre Giess’s Contact Settings
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