Gwenaël Le Bodic

Gwenaël Le Bodic

Entrepreneur and Mobile Communications Expert

Montreal, Canada Area

Current
Past
  • Researcher at University of Strathclyde - Mobile VCE

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Education
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Institut national des Sciences appliquées de Rennes
  • Institut Universitaire des Technologies - Vannes
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Gwenaël Le Bodic’s Summary

Telecommunications expert with deep market knowledge, I authored many reference books and articles in the domain of mobile communications and mobile messaging.

Straigth after completing my PhD studies, I joined large European telecommunications such as Vodafone and Alcatel-Lucent and this helped me gaining first-class expertise and recognition in the domain of Internet and Mobile Communications services. I most recently took leading roles in start-up companies and directed the development of innovative services.

I am currently with Airwide Solutions directing the management of several carrier-grade solutions. Position also consists of defining the vision for these products to meet the requirement of future communications services. My current fields of activity include mobile messaging (Mobile Instant Messaging, Mobile Email, Social Networking, MMS, SMS, Interconnect between services/communities and IMS technologies), service delivery platforms (J2EE, Jain SLEE, etc) and development of mobile applications (iPhone and Android).

Previously, I held the position of product manager at OZ Communications (now Nokia) for the development of mobile instant messaging solutions (T-Mobile SuperSMS).

Previously, I was Senior Architect for the Vodafone Group where he was responsible for the strategic roadmap for mobile messaging technologies. I was also involved in the deployment of MMS systems for large multi-operator environments and in the realization of messaging interconnection between mobile networks (MMS hubbing).

For several years, I carried out research and development studies for the telecommunication vendor Alcatel in Paris, France. This included many contributions to various standardization development organizations (3GPP, OMA, etc.). I had the responsibility for the technical design of the embedded messaging solution for the first two Alcatel MMS-capable phones.

I occasionally act as witness expert in the domain of mobile communications.

Gwenaël Le Bodic’s Specialties:

- Start-up creation (Internet/mobile convergence)
- Mobile and Internet services
- Open source technologies (LAMP)
- Book authoring, lecturing and consulting
- Witness expert
- Application development (iPhone and Android)

Gwenaël Le Bodic’s Experience

  • Senior Product Manager

    Airwide Solutions

    (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

    September 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

    Product management: definition of service propositions, business cases, price books, requirement definition, R&D coordination, management of partner relationships, support to sales and operations teams. Responsible for several telco-grade messaging products including MMS centre, MMS bulk/push engine, SMS/MMS gateways and LDAP repositories.

    Definition of strategy towards future messaging services and technologies including converged messaging, presence services, mobile advertizing and mobile broadband. Evaluation of innovative models for delivering services in the converged world of Internet and mobile communications.

    Airwide's lead for standardization activities at OMA, 3GPP/ETSI and GSMA. Focus on Converged-IP Messaging (CPM), Converged Address Book (CAB), Mobile Advertising (MobAd) and Rich Communications Suite (RCS).

  • Product Manager

    Oz Communications (now Nokia)

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    April 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 6 months)

    Definition and management of mobile messaging products for mobile operators and device manufacturers. Work with cross-functional teams (sales, marketing, server/client architects and developers, user interface designers, documentation, legal, etc.) to achieve product objectives.

  • Senior Solution Architect

    Vodafone Group

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

    October 2003 — May 2006 (2 years 8 months)

    - Definition of MMS technology strategy and roadmap
    - Design of messaging solutions (business case evaluation, use case modeling, requirements engineering, architecture design)
    - Vendor management activities
    - Standardization (OMA, 3GPP, GSM Association)
    - MMS interworking (between operators) and service interworking (SMS, Email)
    - Design of solutions for multi-operator environments
    - Technical lead for the set-up of field trials for messaging proofs of concept.

  • Business and Technology analyst

    Alcatel Mobile Phones (now Alcatel-Lucent)

    (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

    October 2000 — October 2003 (3 years 1 month)

    - Expert in Mobile Messaging technology and services
    - Standardization (ETSI, OMA, 3GPP)
    - Selection of 3rd party software solution (MMS, IMPS, etc.)
    - Design of messaging solution for Alcatel's first two MMS phones

  • Researcher

    University of Strathclyde - Mobile VCE

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    September 1998 — October 2000 (2 years 2 months)

    - Research studies for the mobile industry (Nokia, Vodafone, O2, etc.)
    - British research programme - Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence (MVCE)
    http://www.mobilevce.com/

Gwenaël Le Bodic’s Education

  • University of Strathclyde

    PhD , Telecommunications , 1997 — 2000

    Thesis on the topic of a digital marketplace where intelligent agents representing users can negotiate services with agents representing mobile operators. A new business model for delivering mobile communications and an exciting ecosystem to understand the concepts of market dynamics, auction techniques and agent technology.

    My research were funded by the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence in the UK.

  • Institut national des Sciences appliquées de Rennes

    Ing. , Computer Science , 1994 — 1997

  • Institut Universitaire des Technologies - Vannes

Additional Information

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Gwenaël Le Bodic’s Interests:

Book authoring: 1) Mobile Messaging, 2nd Edition - February 2005, Publisher: Wiley & Sons 2) Multimedia Messaging Service - October 2003, Publisher: Wiley & Sons 3) Mobile Messaging, 2nd Edition (also available in Russian) - November 2002, Publisher: Wiley & Sons

Gwenaël Le Bodic’s Groups:

Courses and speaker at industry events:
- Paper on Mobile services with applications (26 - 29 October 2009, Bordeaux, France) - ICIN 2009 – Beyond the bit pipes
- Panel on Mobile Advertising (23 - 24 September 2008, Toronto, Canada) - The Messaging Industry Association (TMIA)
- Mobile Messaging (17 - 18 June 2008) / University of Oxford
- Mobile Messaging (11 January 2007) / IEEE CCNC Las Vegas
- Mobile Messaging (20 - 21 June 2006) / University of Oxford

  •    INSA
  •    Réseau d'Architecture en Informatique du Québec
  •    University of Strathclyde Alumni (official)
  •    Vodafone Friend
  •    Mobile Product Management
  •    momomo (mobile monday montreal)
  •    Alcatel Lucent Association Group (+ 4,000 members WW)
  •    WIMS 2.0
  •    TechnoMontréal
  •    Montreal NewTech Meetup Group
  •    Airwide Solutions
  •    GSMA Mobile World Congress (The Official Networking Group)
  •    Mobile Operator Smart Pipes and Applications 2009
  •    Ile sans Fil
  •    OMA MC (Mobile Code)
  •    iPhone Dev Camp Montréal

Gwenaël Le Bodic’s Honors:

Member of the Alcatel Technical Academy (2003)

Selection of awarded patents:
. 1) Mobile communications network (hierarchical network infrastructure)
. 2) Method of activating a camera from a remote terminal
. 3) Terminal comprenant des moyens pour activer l'interface homme-machine d'un terminal distant
. 4) Method and system for transmitting/receiving multimedia content via a radiocommunication network
. 5) Multimedia Messaging Service comprising a service indicating recipient's absence
. 6) Multimedia Messaging Service comprising a reply field indication request date
. 7) Dynamic selection of radio communication network operator or service provider
. 8) Mobile communications networks (resouce management via digital marketplace)
. 9) Enhanced Message Service comprising identifier and reuse information elements
. 10) System of interoperability between MMS message and SMS/EMS messafe and associated exchange method

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