More than 30 assignments in various sectors held since 1987 - IT developer, business analyst, team leader, project manager, project director, consultant, process improvement specialist, facilitator, workgroup animator. 

Professional experience

France, 2006 -

Since 2006, I have been working in France mostly as PMO Consultant, Director of Projects in sectors such as Defense, Aeronautics, Ship-Building, on projects implementing PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions. 

Assistance in the management of the Centre of Competences projects portfolio: PMO, Performance Indicators, Milestones, Planning of Charge of all resources.  Development of new processes and associated tools

Assistance to the department heads of Lorient and Cherbourg (architecture - functional analysis, development and maintenance): Planning of Resources versus Projects and Milestones for approx.  100 internal and external resources.  Development of new processes and associated tools

Tools: PMBOK - OPX2 – MS Project – MS Office

South Africa, 2000 - 2006

I have been working in South Africa since 2000 in various managerial and consulting positions in different sectors (industrial, governmental and tertiary education), in a multicultural and multilingual environment.  I have been in charge of different departments as well as a consultant and facilitator for different local and international organisations. 

Associate Partner - Project manager

Shiva Designs

Sector: Graphic design industry

Country: South Africa

When: Since 2002 - current

Marketing and Web Design project management and development

Recent projects range from local small companies (web site developments) to FNB - First National Bank (local communication campaigns), Sun International and leisure resorts (interactive presentations for a tour in the US), French Embassy, etc. 

IT Manager

Iscor Coke & Chemicals

Sector: Steel and carbon industry

Country: South Africa

When: April 2003 - August 2004

Iscor Coke & Chemicals (ICC), is a division of Iscor Limited (now part of Mittal Steel - World's largest steel producer).  ICC is the leading supplier of Carbon Products and Regenerated Acid Products to the metals industry in Southern Africa, and a global supplier of Ferrite Products. 

Responsible for all related IT management processes for the Gauteng area (2 production plants in Pretoria and Vanderbijlpark):

Management of the IT Supply and Support department (5 IT specialists + 1 call desk officer) - ~ 10 servers, 300 PCs, switches & cabling on 2 different industrial sites, around 250 among 500 employees using IT equipment

Management of the Call Desk Center, improvement of the process and procedures within a SAP environment

Integration of Microsoft SMS (Systems Management Server)

Co-ordinate and manage IT infrastructure projects

Negotiation and introduction of Service Level Agreement with suppliers

Member of the core team to deploy Six Sigma (in charge of Project Methodology and Information Technology sides)

Animation of industrial problem-solving workgroups not related to IT for Iscor Coke & Chemicals (brainstorming sessions, Ishikawa - Fishbone Analysis, etc.)  on local industrial subjects (e.g. opacity on the stack)

Consultant - Information Systems

Independent

Sector: Consulting industry

Country: South Africa

When: October 2002 - April 2003

Organization of flow of information, improvement of quality and time cycle in several South African SMMEs

Animation of workshops based on process improvement and problem solving tools

Project management and development of the French Embassy web site in South Africa.  Deployment of dynamic database (development of a «back office» tool to manage and update the database). 

Maintenance of the Information Systems of the French Embassy Police Department, Pretoria

Operational Manager

F'SATIE

Sector: Training industry

Country: South Africa

When: August 2000 - December 2002

F'SATIE (French South African Graduate School in Electronic and Electrical Engineering) was founded by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Tshwane University of Technology. 

Deployment of methods of project management (evaluation of previous state, reorganization of processes linked to projects, setting up of the procedures and templates of documents, training, storage of information)

Guidance of South African students on projects for Master and Bachelor of Technology - Project Methodologies

Consulting and management of projects for local industries - Research and Development activities

Create and manage bilateral exchanges between France and South Africa: partnerships on projects, organization of visits, visas, agreements and administrative follow ups (professionals, universities and students)

Liaison between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, the Cultural & Scientific Service of the French Embassy in South Africa and their local partners

Europe, 1987 - 2000

From 1987 to 2000, I worked mainly in Europe.  As an Industrial Production Specialist, I was exposed to synchronous manufacturing, theory of constraints, problem solving methods, pull flow, Just in Time, Kaizen and other production management techniques.  As IT Developer, Project Manager and Consultant, I was leading projects dealing with various technologies (database, information systems, MES) in the nuclear, automotive and equipment industries. 

IT Consultant - Project manager

DGI 2000

Sector: IT industry

Country: France

When: April 1998 to February 2000

Participation in the creation of a consulting department (process reengineering)

Y2K co-coordinator for the head office and regional agencies of DGI 2000.  Consultant and facilitator for 7 companies of an industrial group working in the nuclear sector to certify their computers, software and means of production for the Y2K problem (Machine tool industry, France, 1998-1999)

Business Analyst and consultant for IT process reengineering solutions

Participated to the ISO 9001 initiative to certify all services rendered by the company

Participated in the writing of a manual to animate problem solving workgroups

Logistics, Production management, Strategy

Two years at CESI Rouen (Centre d’Etudes Supérieures Industrielles).  Led process improvement and other lean projects.  Amongst them were:

Leader of Kaizen groups for Autoliv (one of the world leading suppliers of airbags and security system for the automotive industry) - Automobile equipment supplier, France, 1997

Led and coordinated Kaizen groups Just in Time, 5S and management of the production flow. 

Animated problem solving workgroups. 

Also implemented a Kanban system (external demand - internal production line + external raw material supplier) to improve production priorities and production on demand.  It reduced the stock to 1/2 a day worth of production and globally eliminated overproduction (from a push to a pull system). 

Introduced a stock 'picking system', which reduced by 80% the stock kept in the warehouse and on the production line. 

Studied the impact of Just in Time on the Manufacturing Enhanced System. 

Management of a production line for Parker Hannifin - Electro-pneumatic industry, France, 1997

Managed a production line of 30 people (assembly line for electro pneumatic products). 

Led teams and organised the means of production to improve the service rate and reduce delays.  Delayed product lines were reduced from 100 to 15 per day. 

Improved the tracking and reporting system on line activities and capacity planning. Automation of the process was adopted by all other production lines. 

Also managed and trained temporary workers

Guest speaker in seminars and conferences about Industrial Performance, Continuous Improvement, Just in Time, Kaizen philosophy, Production Management methods, Solving Problem methodologies (tools and tactics) - public of Corporate managers, professionals, students (France, 1997 - 1999)

Opportunity study of innovative projects for a company specialised in the collection of nuclear waste, to improve the chances of renewing their contract on a client site. 

Reengineering of the different internal processes of the company (Value Stream mapping, Mudas reduction, documentation of the different processes, introduction of new technologies for IT collection of data - hand held terminals). 

Sensitised the teams to the company's projects. 

The contract was subsequently renewed. 

IT development of a company simulator for production environment and banking industry - ESC Trade High School Rouen, France, 1998

Collaborated with consultants on accounting, cost analysis, cost control, finance in order to create a game which functions as a company simulator (production environment and banking industry). 

Animated the simulation which was used to train people in various situations using role-playing game. 

Also used by final year students in Trade High School (1998 - 1999)

IT Project manager

DGI 2000 - Key accounts

Sector: IT industry

Country: France

When: April 1993 - March 1996

Software developer and project manager for key accounts, local councils and regional bodies.  Among many projects were:

Analyst programmer - Project leader

DGI 2000 - Cogema

Sector: IT industry

Country: France

When: March 1987 - March 1993

Where: Cogema - Site of la Hague

Created a software to treat information coming from sensitive sites such as nuclear recycling plants (collecting physical data with hand-held terminals, central database, real time radio transmission of critical information and statistics). 

Led a team of 5 developers + external contracting companies. 

Business Analyst, user requirements, IT development and project management. 

Two international patents were filed and the software was nominated "Software of the Year" in its category by a French magazine in 1989. 

International versions were also developed for other plants.  in English speaking countries. 

Missions and technical follow-up on providers sites (Canada), technical support and hotline (users in USA)

NT and OS2 network administrator

Member of a Technological Survey group: hardware and software tests on supplier’s equipment