
Directeur produit / Product Manager at Canoe
Montreal, Canada Area

Directeur produit / Product Manager at Canoe
Montreal, Canada Area
Excellent knowledge of the web 2.0. Expertise in communities of large audience websites and in user-interface.
More than a year of experience in one of the fastest growing website of the Internet.
Strong experience in international product/project management with multi-cultural colleagues. Excellent communication and analytical skills. Fluent both in English and French.
Willing to travel. I've already lived 12 years abroad:
-10 years in West Africa (Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea)
-2 years in England
... for now.
Still interested in:
- Communities
- Web
- Entrepreneurship
- Deliver the best possible product (whatever the product is)
International project management. Product management. Communities. Web 2. Product strategies.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 month)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
March 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 1 month)
As Product Manager of one of the fatest growing Internet companies, I have the responsability to:
- Be the contact point of both local and international teams,
- Analyze the trends of the market,
- Define the next features of the site,
- Setup partnerships with MTVN, SFR and Skype from a product point of view,
- Manage translators and translation issues.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)
October 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Project management. I handled a new project from the analysis to the final deployment. The project was about lauching a new insurance website. Nationwide coordination of teams. Management of the subcontractors.
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — April 2006 (8 months)
With my associate, we created Stras'Info, a small company based in Strasbourg (France). The purpose of the company was to repair computers directly at the clients homes.
We were doing this activity in parallel with our studies.
The company lasted 8 months and its main goal was to make some cash to finance my studies.
MSc, Industry, Management, Innovation, 2004 — 2005
MSc, Information Technology (IT), 2003 — 2004
Graduated with Honors. Specialized in Software Architecture.
BSc, International Business, IT, 2002 — 2003