Francis Beaulieu

Current

• SSO & Wireless Product Manager at Canoe

Past

• Director Operation & Technology at LIPSO
• Project/Product Manager at WSI
• Business Analyste at Microcell

• Consultant at CYTA in Cyprus (with edgecom)
• Consultant: Value added Services at TELESYSTEM INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS (Oskar)
• Consultant: Process Development at Videotron
• IVR Analyst at Microcell
• Manager New Services at TELESYSTEM INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS
• Project Manager at Teleglobe

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Education

• Université du Québec - Ecole de Technologie supérieure

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Industry

Wireless

Francis Beaulieu’s Summary

A Leader in Valued Added Service Development and Deployment. I have been involved in two mobile operator start-up in Brazil and Czech Republic where I was the Value Added Services Manager. I also developed a Mobile Internet Strategy for a European operator. I was involved in the implementation of Inter Carrier messaging for a major GSM operator in the USA. I also participated in an international conference on "Mobile Entertainment" in Europe.

From 2002 to 2007, helped LIPSO to become a leader in mobile messaging in Canada.

Currently: Wireless product Manager for Canoe/Quebecor Media Interactive

Francis Beaulieu’s Specialties:

Vendors Contract review, RFP redaction, Prepaid, VMS, SMS, MMS and WAP specialist. Wireless System integrator, Billing, Project Management.

Francis Beaulieu’s Experience

• SSO & Wireless Product Manager

  Canoe

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Launched mobile sites:
  m.canoe.ca
  m.torontosun.com (with the SUNshine girls)
  m.24heures.ca
  m.winnipegsun.com
  m.starcademie.ca
  m.jdeq.ca
  m.calgarysun.com
  m.ottawasun.com
  m.edmontonsun.com
  
  Mobile UGC:
  Send your picture to montopo@ tva.ca

• Director Operation & Technology

  LIPSO

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  September 2002 — October 2007 (5 years 2 months)

  Implemented the first Interactive TV concept with SMS in Canada
  
  Engineered & Implemented the first Mobile payment solution across all wireless carriers in Canada
  
  I was in charge of projects implementation, wireless carrier management, customer support.
  
  I was also involved in sales support (presales and after), solution design and long term planning.
  
  (until Feb. ’05) Founding member and sitting on the scientific committee of IIT-Research R&D Consortium involved on the introduction of new wireless applications & services (2.5G and 3G).
  
  Mobile Content activities:
  * Created a Content publisher (WAP Portal)
  * Launched a Branded phone with Rogers Wireless
  * Created one of the first “Off Deck” storefront in Canada (with integrated billing with the wireless carriers)
  
  Mobile Bar Code:
  * Implemented a mobile boarding pass with Air Canada using a unique technology allowing the delivery of a dynamic and adapted bar code based on the phone and its application.

• Project/Product Manager

  WSI

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  February 2002 — August 2002 (7 months)

• Business Analyste

  Microcell

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Wireless industry)

  January 2001 — April 2001 (4 months)

• Consultant

  CYTA in Cyprus (with edgecom)

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Wireless industry)

  June 2000 — November 2000 (6 months)

  September 2000 / November 2000
  * Prepaid re-launch
  
  June 2000 / July 2000
  * Mobile Internet Strategy for a Mobile Operator
  Aspects covered in the strategy were:
  * Wireless Portal, Business model selection, Branding & Positioning, Partnership framework, Service roadmap, Pricing Strategy, Market Communication, Distribution and Customer Management.
  * The areas that I was responsible were customer management, the service roadmap and the pricing strategy.
  * I also initiated the implementation of 3 new services (SMS over WEB, Email notification and m-banking via WAP).

• Consultant: Value added Services

  TELESYSTEM INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS (Oskar)

  (Wireless industry)

  October 1999 — May 2000 (8 months)

  I was a key player in a new GSM startup in Czech Republic. Fastest GSM startup that ever happens with a complete added value services portfolio. It was also the first implementation of prepaid roaming with Ericsson Prepaid platform.

• Consultant: Process Development

  Videotron

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  July 1999 — September 1999 (3 months)

  Voice over IP processes development link to DATA exchange with other local operator.

• IVR Analyst

  Microcell

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 1999 — July 1999 (3 months)

  RFP process for the selection of a new Interactive Voice Response System

• Manager New Services

  TELESYSTEM INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  October 1998 — April 1999 (7 months)

  Startup of a new cellular company in Brazil (Claro).
  
  Principal Assignment:
  * Voicemail system & prepaid platform implementation

• Project Manager

  Teleglobe

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TLGB; Telecommunications industry)

  1993 — 1998 (5 years)

Francis Beaulieu’s Education

• Université du Québec - Ecole de Technologie supérieure

  BAC , Electric/Engineering , 1989 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  December 1993 Degree in engineering
  Specialization: Telecommunications
  "Ecole de Technologie Supérieure"
  Montreal