Thierry - CTO/Chief Technical Officer - France - iCEO #51485

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Thierry's Profile

iCEO #51485

Position: CTO/Chief Technical Officer

Nationality: France

Experience

Paris, based bilingual CTO who combines in-depth IT and operations experience to build world-class international organizations; transforms technology into strategic business partner while optimizing enterprise processes to drive revenue and profit gains.

Major Achievements

Chief Technical Officer / Executive committee member Full strategic and operational responsibility for IT organization with 61 personnel. Collaborate cross-functionally, providing senior leadership enterprisewide; manage €20 million operating/capital budgets. Built and tested 24 hours recovery Disaster Recovery Plan, for the company daily newspaper. Led flawless transition to SAP and Siebel and re-engineered back-office operations, allowing support staffing reduction HP SAN storage solution pilot organization. Quark publishing solutions reference. Restructured IT infrastructure, systems and applications as well as business operations; aligned technology with strategic corporate objectives, driving office move from 8 to single location, supporting company merge and split, reducing IT costs by over 10% to 14 Million €uros, reallocating resources from IT support to WEB development. Transitioned IT from cost center into profit generator, allowing print to online publisher development, contributing €20 million annually to the bottom line on newly created 25 million online revenue stream. Fully automated publishing in a single effective print and online content production process, inducing content management saving over €10 Million.

Industry Sector Competencies

E-Commerce/Internet

IT/Computer Hardware

Software

Systems Integration

Telecommunications

SAP

Professional Objectives

Function: CIO or CTO

Sector: B to B services, Media, Consumer Goods

Interim Manager: No

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Paris Area

Countries Covered

Belgium

France

Operational Competencies

Business development (Expert)

New product or service launch (Expert)