Jean-Yves Besle

Current

Professional Executive Coach (and CEO) at ORMEXIS Executive Evolution

Past

Corporate CRM Program IS Director at ALCATEL
Corporate IS Project Manager at ALCATEL
Corporate Software Process Improvement Manager at ALCATEL

Software House Technical Director at CSC
Software Project Manager at THALES

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Education

Académie du Coaching - Paris
Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Lille

Connections

108 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

Jean-Yves Besle’s Summary

Professional executive coach with substantial hands-on experience as executive and coach in world-class high-tech companies (aerospace, avionics, software houses, telecommunications).

Worked 25 years managing worldwide corporate technology-based projects and developing human assets.

My job is to help executives align their mission to their personal values whilst alleviating their psychological distress so that they are in a position to steer their career, to contribute efficiently to their company's success and to foster leadership.

Jean-Yves Besle’s Specialties:

Executive coaching, Management & Leadership development, personal evolution & career counseling, intercultural facilitation, support of expat & spouse cultural adjustment, conflict mediation, post-360 planning, project team assessment, professional coaching supervision, culture change facilitation, work-related stress alleviation

Multinational corporate environments, high-tech industries, SME executive boards, companies based on strong intellectual assets

Fluent in English, French, Spanish

Jean-Yves Besle’s Experience

Professional Executive Coach (and CEO)

ORMEXIS Executive Evolution

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

September 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

Professional coaching for corporate and small business executives : supporting strategy assessment, leadership development, change anticipation, meaning and commitment creation. Counseling for executives in transition or suffering from work-related stress
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Accompagnement professionnel pour décideurs d'entreprises : assister vos réflexions stratégiques, le développement de leadership, l'anticipation du changement. Susciter sens et engagement. Soutenir les cadres en transition ou en souffrance
Corporate CRM Program IS Director

ALCATEL

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

March 2000 — February 2003 (3 years )

* Global deployment of solutions for Customer Relationship Management.

* Worldwide responsibility.
Corporate IS Project Manager

ALCATEL

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

September 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 6 months)

* Supporting Business Units in gradually migrating from networks of miscellaneous legacy data systems to a hub-and-spoke architecture providing targeted business information services to specific users.

* Coaching of BU BP&IS managers in setting up their own process analysis and improvement projects.
Corporate Software Process Improvement Manager

ALCATEL

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

April 1992 — August 1998 (6 years 5 months)

* Proposal and implementation of the corporate policy regarding the processes used to acquire or develop software embedded in hi-tech products. Worldwide responsibility.

* Fostering of Business Unit processes evaluation and improvement programs(SEI/CMM with link to business Key Performance Indicators). Audits and analyses of critical projects.

* Coaching of Business Units' improvement project teams.
Software House Technical Director

CSC

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

September 1989 — June 1991 (1 year 10 months)

* Software house developing tools and embedded software exclusively for aerospace systems

* Strategy definition, preparation of commercial bids and technical offers, team recruitment, workload planning

* Coaching of project leaders
Software Project Manager

THALES

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

November 1983 — June 1989 (5 years 8 months)

* Selection and implementation of technologies and processes leading to significant reductions of development costs and lead times for the Airbus A340 aircraft electronic instrument system.

* Setup of development toolchains, processes and methods for the electronic instrument system of the Airbus A320 aircraft

* Head-up display software development embedded in fighter aircraft. Joint franco-argentinean project team.

Jean-Yves Besle’s Education

Académie du Coaching - Paris

Certified Professional Coach , Executive Coaching , 2004 — 2005
Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Lille

MA, Sc - M. Eng - Chartered Engineer - Ingénieur Diplômé , Computer Science, Information Systems, Microelectronics, Telecom , 1981

Additional Information

Jean-Yves Besle’s Websites:

Jean-Yves Besle’s Interests:

Psychology, Philosophy, Literature, Languages, Multi-cultural projects, Innovation, Pioneering, Education, Linguistics, Science, Writing, Photography

Jean-Yves Besle’s Groups:

* ICF (International Coach Federation)
* AmCham France (American Chamber of Commerce)
* MEITO (Mission pour l'Electronique, l'Informatique, et les Télécommunications de l'Ouest)