Vanina DELOBELLE

Global Product Director - Internet

Greater Boston Area

Current
  • Global Product Director at MONSTER WORLDWIDE
Past
  • CEO at COCOONY
  • Manager, Product Marketing EMEA at SIEBEL SYSTEMS
  • Product Marketing Manager EMEA at LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES
Education
  • Université de Corse Pascal Paoli
  • Institut Supérieur du Commerce de Paris
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Vanina DELOBELLE’s Summary

Product Management, Internet and Innovation are my 3 areas of interest.
I have 10 years experience in Product Management.
I am used to manage international products for both BtoC and BtoB markets.
I have experience in both large companies and SMB and multi-cultural environments.
I am passionate by the internet sector and have extensive knowledge of web 2.0 usages. I hold a PhD on Social Media.

Vanina DELOBELLE’s Specialties:

* Product Management
* Internet
* Social Media and Online Communities
* International Business
* Marketing
* Strategy
* Innovation
* People Management
* Consumer and BtoB.


Vanina DELOBELLE’s Experience

  • Global Product Director

    MONSTER WORLDWIDE

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

    October 2006Present (1 year 10 months)

    • Define and execute global product strategy for the social media and UGC products (forums, online communities, social networks...).
    • Work across the board for BtoC and BtoB products.
    • Define business model, product definition, overall product strategy.
    • Manage technical and business cross-functional teams on projects.
    Based in Prague and then in Boston.

  • CEO

    COCOONY

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

    April 2003October 2006 (3 years 7 months)

    • Provide Strategy and Marketing Programs.
    • Define new product strategies on behalf of customers.
    • Create Business Plans and deploy the strategy.
    • Work at all stages of developpment.
    • Work for SMB both on consumer and BtoB markets.
    • Manage a team up to 15 people.
    Based in Paris.

  • Manager, Product Marketing EMEA

    SIEBEL SYSTEMS

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

    December 2000April 2003 (2 years 5 months)

    • Responsible for the Communication, Media and Energy products.
    • Develop new products for key markets.
    • Set up strategic programs with key accounts.
    • Define customer satisfaction programs.
    • Work accross EMEA.
    • Work with cross-functional teams in the regions.
    • Coordinate activities with the United States.
    Based in Paris with frequent travels in EMEA and in the US.

  • Product Marketing Manager EMEA

    LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES

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

    September 1998December 2000 (2 years 4 months)

    • Manage the BSS products for EMEA.
    • Train sales forces on the new products.
    • Position products to strategic customers,
    • Develop new products for the EMEA.
    • Set up and manage the OEM agreement with Granite Systems (Inventory Manager).
    • Define the new Order management product after Kenan Systems' integration.
    • Manage cross-functional teams accross EMEA.
    Based in Belgium, then in the United States and finally in Paris.


Vanina DELOBELLE’s Education

  • Université de Corse Pascal Paoli

    PhD, Management, 20042008

    Area of research: Social Media and online communities for Marketing in the internet space (with honors) - March 2008

    Master Research (with honors) - 2005

  • Institut Supérieur du Commerce de Paris

    Master, International Business Administration, 1998

    Memory: Push vs Pull technologies

    Erasmus: last semester Fachhochschule Wiesbaden, Germany

    Placements:
    * Alcatel Télécom (9 months) in Paris - 1997
    * France Télécom (Questel-Orbit - 3 months) in Paris - 1996
    * France Télécom (Transpac - 1 1/2 months) in Stockholm - 1995

    Association : AAEISEC


Additional Information

Vanina DELOBELLE’s Websites:

Vanina DELOBELLE’s Interests:

Travels Blogging: I manage 2 blogs since 2005. This lead me to acquire a deep knowledge about online communities and about the internet usages and technologies.

Vanina DELOBELLE’s Groups:

I am the owner with my sister of Galactée - company in the beauty industry (CEO 2004-2006; associate since 2006) - www.galactee.fr

2004-2005: Marketing chair at EGC and marketing speaker at IIM, ENSAM, Université Pascal Paoli, IRA.

  • Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member
  •    French Web 2.0 member
  •    MobilOpen :: the International Mobile Internet Group member
  •    EMEA recruiters - knowledge sharing group member
  •    The Content Wrangler Community member
  •    E-Commerce Network member
  •    Siebel Alumni member
  •    Club IT ISC member

Vanina DELOBELLE’s Honors:

Best blog of the year by Strategies Magazine - 2006


Vanina DELOBELLE’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

Public profile powered by: LinkedIn

Create a public profile: Sign In or Join Now

View Vanina’s full profile:

  • See who you and Vanina DELOBELLE know in common
  • Get introduced to Vanina DELOBELLE
  • Contact Vanina DELOBELLE directly

View Full Profile