
Business Development Manager at Microsoft
Paris Area, France

Business Development Manager at Microsoft
Paris Area, France
Areas of expertise: Strategy, Innovation, Concept Design, Technologies (especially web & mobile), branding & identity, marketing, business development in the New Technologies industry
Core competencies: strong interpersonal skills, strong presentation and communication skills (both oral and written), analytical & creative, problem solver, connecting & influencing, project management and team player
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
Responsible for the Microsoft IDEES initiative in France. IDEES aims to accelerate the development of promising French software based start-ups through technological, marketing, strategic and sales partnerships and support.
(Management Consulting industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
Mission: Develop a business unit around a proprietary methodology and process of Innovation inside Novedia, a 500p group specialised in marketing, new media and new technologies.
Goal: Helping Marketing, Innovation and R&D managers design and implement new products, services, customer experiences mainly over the Web (Web 2.0), the Mobile channel (Mobile marketing)
Focus is on creating new value propositions: creating value for the company through sustainable innovations, creating value for the consumer through need-based, user-driven innovative experiences
Methodology: delivering end-to-end innovation expertise ranging from new offering positionning (market analysis + brand storytelling+ customer needs observation) to new offering engineering (concept design + technical project management) to new offering marketing (launch + measure of ROI + business model)
Core competencies acquired: entrepreneurship, sales and business development, marketing acumen, project management
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
I have proposed and entirely designed from scratch the first 28 hours course on "Innovation management "for undergraduate students in Sc Po
I am actively involed in the Entrepreneurship development programs led by the insitution management
I am tutoring young entrepreneurs in the framework of the Sciences-Po incubator
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAP; Information Technology and Services industry)
2003 — 2007 (4 years )
Mission: Reporting directly to the CEO and associated to the company Executive Committee, primary role was to provide leadership, analytical and tactical support in a broad range of strategic projects. This includes direction of the strategic planning process; scanning and evaluating business opportunities; preparing strategic reports, recommendations and presentations; and gathering market and competitive intelligence.
Focus: Providing insight and direction in new business development: Particularly involved in emerging markets initiatives (India/offshore, China and Eastern Europe) and new business units development (R&D outsourcing)
Core competencies acquired: Strategic orientation, Results orientation, Strong leadership skills and team orientation, and Partnering and influencing.
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; International Affairs industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Mission: Involved in the UN-wide Millenium Development initiative with a particular focus on 1) assessing how information and communications technologies (ICTs) can be used positively to reduce poverty and 2) designing joint programmes to address the digital divide and enrich educational curricula
Core competencies: Information Technology public policy, project coordination, negociation
Master , Economics , 2002 — 2003
Valedictorian / Major de promotion
Economics & Social Sciences 1998 — 2003
post graduate , Economics , 2001 — 2002
Living in the Bay Area and studying at UC Berkeley in those distinctive years gave me the opportunity to 1) learn about the latest development in Network economics, Technology governance and regulation, Knowledge economy, (what we then called) New Economy and 2) be fully immersed in the New technologies ecosystem (entrepreneurs, VCs, academy) and culture
Master , Public Affairs , 1998 — 2001
Innovation, Technologies, Internet, People, user-centric innovation, Web 2.0, innovation management, complex project management, marketing, mobile marketing, brand content management, brand equity management, storytelling, writing, teaching, design,"design thinking", concept design, reading, contemporary litterature, running, swimming, sailing, dancing, baroque music, contemporary choreography,
"Student of the Year" by French newspaper Le Figaro in 2003