R&D Consultant at POINTGREEN
Marseille Area, France
- Current
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- R&D Consultant at POINTGREEN
- Founder at Aardvark Management
- Past
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- VP, R&D at Arkoon Network Security
- Program director, Finance department at Gemplus
- Director of the Support Response Center at Gemplus
- R&D Manager at Gemplus
- R&D manager, Smart Card Readers at Gemplus
- R&D Section Manager, Business computers at Hewlett-Packard
- R&D section manager, PC workstations at Hewlett-Packard
- R&D project manager, Networks at Hewlett-Packard
- R&D hardware engineer, Networking products at Hewlett-Packard
- Education
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- INSEAD
- Ecole Centrale de Paris
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Pierre-Yves THOULON’s Summary
Over 24 years in research and development for the computer industry, mostly in the area of networking and security, with experience in semiconductor, hardware and software.
17 years of R&D management in hi-tech international contexts.
And always on the look-out for more !
Pierre-Yves THOULON’s Specialties:
Software, hardware, ASIC, management, product generation process, product development, customer support, finance and sales forecasts, Lean 6 Sigma, networking, security, UTM
Pierre-Yves THOULON’s Experience
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R&D Consultant
POINTGREEN
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
September 2009 — Present (4 months)
Complex project management. Product planning.
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Founder
Aardvark Management
(Computer & Network Security industry)
May 2009 — Present (8 months)
Your projects get out of hand?
The quality of your products suffers?
Your processes are slowing you down?
Your methods turn out to be sub-optimal?
Aardvark Management helps businesses solve problems related to R&D (Research & Development), through consulting, coaching, or even by playing a direct part under you control, and offers a whole range of services, through a team of highly experienced professionals. -
VP, R&D
Arkoon Network Security
(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2006 — February 2009 (2 years 5 months)
- Responsible for product development for all product lines (Unified Threat Management [UTM] appliances & information security software).
- Restructured the product development and innovation processes -
Program director, Finance department
Gemplus
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GEMP; Information Technology and Services industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year )
- Transversal project leadership: (1) Reduction of the sales forecast from 4 weeks to less than one, using the Lean Six Sigma methodology, (2) Definition and deployment of a Sales and Revenue Forecast Review process.
- Management of the Finance system administrators (Oracle Applications, Hyperion) -
Director of the Support Response Center
Gemplus
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GEMP; Computer Software industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
- Global worldwide responsibility for the overall technical support process
- Creation of the center from scratch : definition and implementation of the model/processes/tools, hiring/training of a team of “level-2” support engineers (product experts), definition of the support offering (including contractual aspects and case-by-case negotiation with customers), coordination of the support actions across all BU departments. -
R&D Manager
Gemplus
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years )
- Team originally split across 6 locations (~100 engineers): Canada, Texas, California, Sweden, Germany and France. Headcount reduced to 50 people, and locations to 2 sites (Pennsylvania, France) in two successive restructuring exercises. Management of all human resource, organizational, and budgetary aspects during the restructuring.
- Product line includes software for: smart card personalization (industrial software used in Gemplus manufacturing sites), digital signature, and access control to IT systems. Responsibility spans the full software development cycle, including pre- and post-sales support activities, and roadmap definition in close collaboration with Marketing and the other product line groups (smart cards & readers).
- Foster of a more flexible, customer/service oriented, fast turnaround mindset; major enhancement of the product generation processes accordingly (“CMM”). -
R&D manager, Smart Card Readers
Gemplus
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GEMP; Computer Hardware industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
- Full responsibility for Gemplus readers product development. Broad range of technologies: ASIC, hardware, firmware, software, mechanical engineering…
- Redefinition of the department product generation processes and tools.
- Introduction of very low cost readers, with mass customization capabilities. -
R&D Section Manager, Business computers
Hewlett-Packard
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Software industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years )
- Generic roles and responsibilities of this second-level management role include: recruiting, coaching, appraising, motivating project managers and engineers, defining and managing budgets for the various projects, interacting with customers…
- Definition of the software strategy for the division, in close collaboration with the marketing, procurement, and technical support departments. Areas of responsibilities in terms of delivery: operating systems, diagnostics and management tools, software deployment tools, internet, security, 3rd party product integration.
- Relationship with internal and external partners (esp. Microsoft). Management of joint developments; influence on suppliers development and quality processes. -
R&D section manager, PC workstations
Hewlett-Packard
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Software industry)
1995 — 1998 (3 years )
- Strategic responsibility for the “components” (add-on cards or subsystems integrated with our products — graphics, LAN, audio, disk interfaces…): definition of the product roadmaps, relationship with external and internal partners, management of the integration team (8 engineers, hardware and software).
- Re-engineering of the product generation process, leading a cross-functional taskforce.
- Creation of a firmware design team of 7 engineers, to provide low level software as well as test and diagnostics tools for the next generation machines: definition of the team mission and structure, negotiation of contracts with external suppliers.
- Creation of a multi-national ASIC design team (13 engineers, budget : $6M per year): definition of the team’s mission and structure, hiring, set-up and management of joint developments with US-based divisions, definition of product and technology roadmaps. -
R&D project manager, Networks
Hewlett-Packard
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Hardware industry)
1992 — 1995 (3 years )
- Responsibility for HP’s family of terminal multiplexors and high speed Network Interface Cards: product plan definition, relationship with internal and external partners, management of the projects (team and budget).
- R&D representative in the division’s ISO 9001 certification core team. -
R&D hardware engineer, Networking products
Hewlett-Packard
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Hardware industry)
1984 — 1992 (8 years )
Terminal multiplexors and LAN interfaces, ASIC design.
Pierre-Yves THOULON’s Education
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INSEAD
"Short-form" MBA , Young managers programme , 1998 — 1998
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Ecole Centrale de Paris
Engineering , Electronics , 1980 — 1983
