Yann Gourvennec

Current

• Head of Internet and Digital Media at Orange Business Services
• owner at Visionarymarketing

Past

• Contributor at BNET
• lecturer at Université Paris Dauphine
• lecturer at Thales university

• Innovation Principal at Orange Business Services
• Alliance Partner Manager at Orange Business Services
• Director, e-business & business development at France Télécom FCR
• Senior Consultant at Cap Gemini
• Consultant, Marketing Strategy & Internet at Unisys UK and France
• Business Systems Manager at Unisys Europe Africa Division
• Business Systems Manager at Unisys France
• Sales executive at Philips France

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Education

• Ecole supérieure de Gestion
• Thales University
• Université Paris Dauphine

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Recommended

40 people have recommended Yann

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Blog

Yann Gourvennec’s Summary

Internet & Digital Media; Internet Strategy, Web 2.0 evangelist; Marketing 2.0 evangelist; Social Media; Change Management expert; Sales & marketing (B2B); Consulting; Innovation and Business Development; Alliance Management; Information Systems Design.

Yann Gourvennec’s Specialties:

Internet Strategy, Web 2.0 implementation, Corporate Blogging Expert, Social media, Innovation, Marketing and Business Development, Change Management, Systems Design and IT strategy, Product/Services Marketing, Team Management- Strong International background

Yann Gourvennec’s Experience

• Head of Internet and Digital Media

  Orange Business Services

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

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  In charge of the external worldwide websites for Orange Business Services

• owner

  Visionarymarketing

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1996 — Present (13 years )

  http://visionarymarketing.com is my personal website and hub dedicated to ICT marketing, Marketing 2.0 and Web 2.0. I created this website to host and publish my research online in 1996. It has also been very useful as a test-bed for new Internet ventures and various marketing and educational initiatives. Visionary Marketing is also a brand and a registered logo.

• Contributor

  BNET

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  2009 — 2009 (less than a year)

• lecturer

  Université Paris Dauphine

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2007 — 2009 (2 years )

• lecturer

  Thales university

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

• Innovation Principal

  Orange Business Services

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Services industry)

  July 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  In charge of developing business opportunities through innovation. Innovative sales approach, new services and new approaches to services. Major focus on communications outsourcing services.

• Alliance Partner Manager

  Orange Business Services

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

  June 2002 — May 2005 (3 years )

  Alliance Partner Manager for Cisco Systems EMEA, HP EMEA, EMC, Unisys, and Capgemini and Schlumberger Sema

• Director, e-business & business development

  France Télécom FCR

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

  September 1999 — May 2002 (2 years 9 months)

• Senior Consultant

  Cap Gemini

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

  February 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 7 months)

• Consultant, Marketing Strategy & Internet

  Unisys UK and France

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

  February 1995 — January 1997 (2 years )

• Business Systems Manager

  Unisys Europe Africa Division

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1992 — January 1995 (3 years 1 month)

• Business Systems Manager

  Unisys France

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1988 — December 1991 (4 years )

• Sales executive

  Philips France

  (Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)

  August 1985 — December 1987 (2 years 5 months)

Additional Information

Yann Gourvennec’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Blog

Yann Gourvennec’s Interests:

Watercolour painting, Music, English literature, French literature

Yann Gourvennec’s Groups:

LinkedInnovators, Linkedin LIONS, French Web 2.0, CMIT, INSEAD eMBA 2007, blog.futurelab.net, Forbes Entrepreneur,Visionary Marketing Website and Blogs, emarketing Forum in Paris, Web deux connect in Paris (Jan 2008), Epsilon, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lille, FON, Cranfield, EM Lyon

•    eOffice
•    Executive Suite
•    FrenchWeb.fr - le groupe des professionnels du net francophone
•    SalesLab
•    LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
•    Orange Business Services
•    MBA ESG
•    Alliances & Channels Friends (Partnership, Strategic Alliances, Business Development)
•    Web 2.0
•    Ebusiness professionals
•    E-Business Managers Platform
•    ESC Lille - Lille Graduate School of Management
•    Orange Connection
•    Community 2.0
•    ESG Ecole Supérieure de Gestion
•    Enterprise 2.0 Group
•    Social Media Business Council
•    Anciens / Alumni PGSM (ESG - MBA ESG - ESGCI - ESGF - ESGI)
•    Chasseurs de Tendances
•    We Are Social
•    Personal Branding 2.0
•    TIC & Business
•    Digital Personnel
•    Orange talent programmes alumni
•    Orange Innovation & Marketing Club
•    Bonnes Pratiques Marketing, partageons nos idées !
•    TechTocTv's experts network
•    Media Aces

Yann Gourvennec’s Honors:

2007: Best rated presentation, Connect 2007 customer event in Lisbon: http://visionarymarketing.wordpress.com/?s=lisbon

2004: Outsourcing Business award for a €150m TCV contract over 5 years where I was instrumental in uncovering the deal, managing it and landing it, namely through a complex 3-way alliance programme.

Yann Gourvennec’s Contact Settings

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