Founder at StartupFrance.com
Paris Area, France
- Current
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- Founder at StartupFrance.com
- Founder at CabEasy.com
- Past
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- Purchasing Manager at Air France / New York
- Founder & CEO at SubMate.com
- Project Manager at Altran
- Project Manager at Lafarge (WW Leader in construction materials/HQ, Paris)
- Area Manager at Student Consulting Association (Grenoble Graduate Business School)
- Education
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- Grenoble Graduate Business School, France (EQUIS & AACSB accredited)
- Grenoble Graduate Business School, France (EQUIS & AACSB accredited)
- Robert Schuman University - Strasbourg/France
- Connections
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Laurent Kretz’s Summary
Web 2.0 entrepreneur, I build amazing products around cool ideas with business models that hold the distance. I am a problem solver focussed on execution. Passionate about social media and services interactions, I want to build rock-solid businesses.
Purchasing and Project Manager with a Master in Management, major in Project Management.
Laurent Kretz’s Specialties:
Early stage venture capital, media, marketing, consumer businesses, social networking, blogging, interactive advertising, knowledge and change management, web services development, UI, web2.0, online advertising, local advertising
Laurent Kretz’s Experience
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Founder
StartupFrance.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
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Founder
CabEasy.com
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
CabEasy allows taxi users to share cab rides to save money and protect the environment.
I take care of the development and business development of the service, which was launched in December 2008 (see Techcrunch, CNET, CenterNetworks, ... for press coverage) -
Purchasing Manager
Air France / New York
(Privately Held; Airlines/Aviation industry)
April 2004 — June 2009 (5 years 3 months)
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AIR FRANCE US (New York)
Purchasing Agent and Project Manager
Purchasing Intranet project:
- System audit and process definition,
- Working group leader (NY / Paris) to audit purchasing workflows performance and efficiency,
- Full project management, Lotus Notes.
ePurchasing:
- Working group participation for the WW deployment of an ePurchasing tool,
- Deployment and tests on the US market - Tool: B2eMarkets.
Purchasing actions: Different Bids in General Expenses. -
Founder & CEO
SubMate.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Founder and CEO of SubMate.com
SubMate allows train and subway commuters to discover each other.
- Wrote & filed 2 patents (Online Local Advertising and Commuters’ community - USPTO #US20080091525)
- Raised a seed round from Business Angels
- Defined functional and technical specifications & monitored external and offshore development teams
- Liaised with online marketing and guerilla promotion agencies in Paris and New York -
Project Manager
Altran
(Public Company; ALT.PA; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2004 — April 2004 (3 months)
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Intranet application development for UJARF (French Insurance Brokers Union)
Full project management: technical specifications definition, validation, development (Php, HTML, SQL). -
Project Manager
Lafarge (WW Leader in construction materials/HQ, Paris)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Building Materials industry)
April 2003 — January 2004 (10 months)
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LAFARGE (WW Leader in construction materials/HQ, Paris)
Project Manager
Purchasing Intranet (Lotus Notes + Lotus QuickPlace):
- Functional specifications definition, system audit, process definition,
- Worldwide working group leader & interface with the Group Purchasing stakeholders,
- Project management: conception, development monitoring, tests, deployment, training and launch (see: La Lettre des Achats, n°123 December 2004, p48)
eSourcing / eTendering (SynerDeal):
- Coach on pilot eSourcing application deployment over Europe: training and awareness sessions,
- Coaching on different call for tenders: planning, working groups leader, training and eTender launch. -
Area Manager
Student Consulting Association (Grenoble Graduate Business School)
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
January 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 9 months)
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Student Consulting Association (Grenoble Graduate Business School)
Area Manager
Marketing surveys management: +28% vs previous year, +18% on target
- Surveys: notoriety & image, advertising campaign launch, customer satisfaction,
- Team Management: survey agents and administration teams.
Project manager - communication and organization:
- Set-up of a CRM & Knowledge Management system (php+sql): specifications definition, new process set-up, training, development and tests
- Web site creation (awarded "best site of *Junior Enterprises*" by French newspapers Le Monde and NewBiz and by Altran Technologies - cf. NewBiz, n°22 June 2002, p4)
Laurent Kretz’s Education
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Grenoble Graduate Business School, France (EQUIS & AACSB accredited)
Master , Master in Managememt, Major in Information Systems , September 2001 — July 2003
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Semester in MBA program at Nanyang Polytechnic University, Singapore : Key Technology Strategic Management, Mobile Commerce, E-Business (Law&Policies)
Major in E-Process: Project management - Information Systems – KM -
Grenoble Graduate Business School, France (EQUIS & AACSB accredited)
BA , BA in Business and Administration, Major in Marketing , September 2000 — July 2001
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Robert Schuman University - Strasbourg/France
DUT , DUT (1st university degree - 2yrs) , September 1998 — July 2000
Additional Information
Laurent Kretz’s Websites:
Laurent Kretz’s Interests:
Travels: 6 months spent in South East Asia (Burma, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia), North Africa, Central America, Middle East, ... Photography: pictures contests for french manazines. Swimming, biking, winter sports, surf and bodyboard, squash and training Played the piano for 10 years
Laurent Kretz’s Honors:
For Lafarge, building of the Purchasing Intranet : see: La Lettre des Achats, n°123 December 2004, p48
For the Student Consulting Association:
Web site creation awarded "best site of *Junior Enterprises*" by French newspapers Le Monde and NewBiz and by Altran Technologies.
See NewBiz, n°22 June 2002, p4
