
Project Leader at Prima - CfA Aktion
Geneva Area, Switzerland

Project Leader at Prima - CfA Aktion
Geneva Area, Switzerland
Service oriented, ITIL certified generalist with an evolution of 8 years in IT support including 5 years in international and multicultural environments. Team coordination and work follow up for up to 30 people, including off-shore team members.
SKILLS:
IT support
Team coordination
Projects
Communication & training
Multitask, trustworthy, proactive and adpatable.
CERTIFICATIONS:
EXIN ITSM: ITIL Foundation (2006)
Help Desk Institute: Help Desk Analyst (2006) includes Customer Service
Microsoft 2261A: Supporting users running Windows XP (2004)
Crystal Report (2004)
Cambridge: Proficiency (1998), Advanced (1997), First (1994)
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2008 — Present (5 months)
Mandate from the SECO (Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs).
Create and lead a survey project on IT in international companies based in French-speaking Switzerland about the following themes:
- Helpdesk and Support
- Services and Outsourcing
- Standards and Procedures
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2007 — January 2008 (10 months)
- lead & coordinate all projects with the IT Direction and development teams in Paris
- document all projects implying Switzerland
- business analysis, functional and technical specifications
- organize implementation changes of the systems to minimize business impact
- administrate minor changes in the main system (Profile)
- organize, supervise & analyze key user acceptance tests
- build and manage the new intranet website
IT manager tasks
- manage IT support, telecommunication and installations for Michael Page and Page Personnel in Switzerland (all locations)
- handle contacts with service providers and order telecom and IT equipment
- manage requests for improvement & new applications, research and advice on the possible choices
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 4 months)
Provide IS/IT services and consultancy
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2006 — December 2006 (9 months)
- administrate HP Service Desk (Accounts, Person records, Templates, Configuration Items, Roles…)
- coordinate the Corporate Service Management SD4.5 Group, about 6 analysts
- participate to a few Service Management deployment projects & Kraft sourcing project
- work on procedures implementation based on ITIL principles
- be proactive on possible improvement changes
- perform QA activities and update documentation and training material
- train new key users and administrators within the system
- support SD4.5 key users and administrators and provide them with 2nd level support
- create BO reports according to CSM needs
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Tobacco industry)
December 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 3 months)
- coordinate the support for SAP Project and help during the first go live
- coordinate the implementation of the new SAP support organization (CCC Europe)
- coordinate the support for the Continental Competency Center Europe
- organize and dispatch the work for a team of about 30 consultants, key users and specialists
- responsible for communication with customers, affiliates, support groups and SAP key users
- document support processes, user management, service desk management, coordination
- provide and update training documentation to the local support groups worldwide
- HP Service Desk 4.5: register and deal with issues, manage Groups, Services, SLAs…
- SAP: create/manage users, super users and user groups, assign roles and profiles, SUIM
- deliver reports and statistics using Business Objects
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Events Services industry)
December 2004 — December 2004 (1 month)
www.csi-geneve.ch
- inform the journalists,
- fetch the results from the judges,
- accompany the winning riders to the press conferences...
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
November 2004 — November 2004 (1 month)
www.imbewu.org
- take pictures of every day life in a Port Elizabeth township (South Africa),
- live and communicate with the inhabitants...
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
February 2004 — October 2004 (9 months)
- 1st and 2nd level support for all computer, printer, network and phone problems
- install PCs and applications manually or via RIS, work with Win 2000/2003 servers
- manage user network accounts and accesses with Ikea Management Utility tool (AD)
- participate to the implementation project of the new trading and administration system KIT
- participate to the migration project (Win 98 to Win XP and Win NT to Win 2003 server)
- implement the new server file structure
- reorganize and document the office universal cabling (IT and VoIP telephony)
- create IT user procedures and trainings
- act as a backup for the IT manager and for Ramses (AS400) super user
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
December 1998 — February 2004 (5 years 3 months)
- create, manage, develop and promote the magazine and website
- manage the "journalistes en herbe"…
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2003 — January 2004 (9 months)
- document website building and search engine optimization (SEO)
- show the 2 associates how internet works and what can be done
- create, edit and design websites for SME
- handle client meetings and requests
- MS Office super user, Outlook and internet specialist
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2002 — January 2003 (2 months)
- specialize in Bandit (in-house developed application)
- document the system
- create the tutorial of Bandit
- test and evaluate the systems and bugs of Bandit
- support Bandit and MS Office 97/2000 users
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Events Services industry)
August 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 3 months)
- 2nd level support on MS Office (Outlook specialist) and Windows
- create IT courses matching Expo.02 needs (Windows & Outlook)
- train over 1200 Expo.02 Managers and employees
- manage and configure special user accounts
- coordinate communication between users and managers
- act as a dedicated support contact for Managers and VIPs
- re-create and maintain the intranet website
- keep documentation up-to-date
- participate to the migration of over 600 PCs and laptops from Window 98 to Windows 2000
- manage the file server cleaning project
- organize the coordination for on-site support with the service provider
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
March 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 5 months)
- plan, choose the movies and book the projection room,
- talk about the movies to classes,
- make and hand out the flyers...
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 7 months)
former Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Neuchâtel
- create lessons according to the teacher's suggestions/program,
- teach with student's books,
- prepare and correct dictactions, tests, vocabulary exercises, fill in the blanks,...
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
August 1998 — October 1998 (3 months)
- reorganize and manage the office
- coordinate the team of 4 secretaries
- communicate with international delegations and other parties
- inform the medias
- act as an interpreter for the committee
- organize VIP stays
ITIL 2006 — 2006
English, Journalism & Media 1996 — 2001
I started with English, French & German and ended up with only 6 months of German and one year of French.
Alltogether: 5 years of English and 2 years of Journalism and Media studies.
Some poetry I wrote while studying there was published by The International Library of Poetry and on their website www.poetry.com.
Federal Maturity E, Commercial - Economics, 1992 — 1996
communication, PR, media, coordination, computers, internet, photography, art, travelling, ice-skating, horse back riding, dancing, singing, acting, reading...
Member of the Committee of the Association des Anciens d'Expo.02 (www.ex-expo.ch), Imbewu (www.imbewu.org), WWF (www.wwf.ch), France Loisirs Suisse (www.fls.ch)
I have published some poetry at the International Society of Poetry (www.poetry.com), just search for my name.
Received the Editor's Choice Award 2007.
Elected as a member of the group "Best Poets of 2007".