
Telecom Senior Account Executive at Gartner
Paris Area, France

Telecom Senior Account Executive at Gartner
Paris Area, France
15+ years of experience in Consulting, Media and Telco.
Team leadership and management in both hardware and software indutries
Managing Tiers 1 Telco for Macromedia, Adobe, Sybase and Gartner.
Over $100 M pipelines developed and managed in Telco, Web 2.0 and Mobile environments.
Developing EMEA Sales and Partners Ecosystem to support initiative and projects
WW Global Account Management for Tier 1 Telco Accounts.
CxO level project negotiation and implementation.
Building key accounts strong strategic relationships leading to double digit growth YoY.
(Public Company; IT; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
CxO level negotiation to sell high end Gartner offerings (Research, Consulting & Benchmarking) to leading Telco Carriers and Internet Providers in Europe.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SY; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)
Global Account Manager , Telco BU
EMEA management for France Telecom, Cegetel and Bouygues Telecom
Business dev. for major ISP AOL Neuf and Illiad
Development of a dedicated SI network.
• Setting up Global Partnership based on Unwired Enterprise Platform
Mobility, Dematerialization, Back office on Mobile
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)
July 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 6 months)
Global Account Manager, Telco
EMEA management for France Telecom, Alcatel, NDS, Cegetel and Bouygues
Telecom
• Develop an over $20 M pipeline in 8 months
• Setting up Global Partnership based on Engagement Platform
• Strategical Partnership with France Telecom COMEX
Quota over $4M
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MACR; Computer Software industry)
July 2002 — November 2005 (3 years 5 months)
460% growth in 36 months
Global Account Manager, January 2005-November 2005
Telco Account
Large Account Manager, July 2002 – December 2004
Managing a team of 2 people
• Improving license total sales based on the MVLP program
• Implementing and developing VAR Network for > K € 150 Enterprise solutions
• GAM of the top 10 ( Bank Insurance, Telco, Services)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2001 — June 2002 (9 months)
INRIA spin-off funded by Viventures(Vivendi) and SGAM(Société Génèrale). Xyleme employs some of the world’s leading researchers in database technology, internet infrastructure and semantic interpretation.
All the solutions are XML, Java ans web services based.
• Promoting and developping Xyleme solutions
- Large account (AXA, Vivendi, le Monde, AFP, CEA, Administration, Big 5 Consultant group).
• Seting up large partnership (Cap Gemini, Xpress, Adobe, Unysis).
• P&L, marketing, Bêta functionnalities definition .
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AVID; Computer Software industry)
April 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 6 months)
Member of the french board of directors
Managing a team of 10 people (2 pre-sales 5 sales,3 admin)
• Promoting and developing Avid integrated solutions
- Digital and interactiveTV Newsroom
- High End Streaming servers
- Digital production workflow for the media industry
• Setting up large partnership (Sony, Thomson, Cable & Wireless, Cap Gemini)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)
September 1996 — March 2000 (3 years 7 months)
Large Account Department
Senior Account Manager Publishing & Media Market . october 1996- march 2000
1999-2000 revenues 135 FF million
Main objectives :
• Promoting Apple hardware and software solutions (ie Quicktime TV)
• Managing and developing Apple VAR media oriented network
BA , International Business Administration , 1987 — 1991
American University Clubs of France
Gartner New Hire Key Achiever 2008
WW Enterprise Sales Rep Macromedia - 2005
EMEA Enterprise Sales Rep Macromedia - 2005
EMEA Sales Award Apple - 1999