Jean-Christophe FEREY
Program & Project Manager
Paris area France
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
- Worked as Project manager, having 15+ years experience track record in executing strategic I.T. projects worth millions € for Fortune 500 customers in both Insurance-Finance and Telecom-Media industries.
- Successfully led cross-functional teams of up to 50+ people, in international & multicultural environments.
- More than 10 years experience in people management, coaching and mentoring project management staff.
- Broad and in-depth understanding of business, finance and technology (still an occasional weekend Web/Java/C++ developer…), strengthened by a double degree in both I.T. (Engineering degree, MSc) and Business (MBA)
Project & Program management
IBM - Global Business Services
November 2000
to November 2013
Paris
France
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Business development
- Project manager coaching
Detailed Description
- Manage large I.T. transformation projects in their operational, organizational, financial and commercial
dimensions:
- Ensure timely completion of projects worth millions €, impacting Front and Back office Business support platforms
- Lead multiple teams in international and multicultural environment: 20+ people as direct manager, 100+ people as
“transversal” manager
- Discuss key project status with VP/executive management
- Cover full-range of Business Support platform lifecycle: pre-studies, functional & technical specs, custom
development and customization, system integration, test & acceptance, data migration, maintenance.
Business development: preparation and submission of business proposals – up to 5 M€
HR management of a pool of project managers and consultants. - Ensure timely completion of projects worth millions €, impacting Front and Back office Business support platforms
Project Management
Unilog-Logica (now part of CGI)
November 2001
to October 2006
Paris
France
- Project management
- Audit (I.T. Project)
Detailed Description
- Manage medium to large IT projects for major Insurance companies.
Lead teams up to 20 people.
Audit “peer” projects, evaluating organizational maturity using CMMI model.
Senior Technical Consultant
INKTOMI
November 2000
to October 2001
London, Helsinki, Paris, The Hague, San Francisco
France
- Web & Network Technical studies
Detailed Description
- Conducted technical studies for big Telcos and Media companies throughout Europe in the areas of :
- Web architecture and search engines
- Network and bandwidth optimization through caching
Allowed to deploy Inktomi software solutions, supporting M€ deals.
Major assignments :
- NOKIA (Helsinki, Finland – 6 months) : implementation of a search engine for Nokia’s corporate intranet-extranet.
- KPN-QWEST (The Hague, Netherlands, 1 month) : Pre-study regarding implementation of audio-video services on
KPN-QWEST’s EuroRing backbone.
- FUJITSU-SIEMENS (London, UK - 1 month) : architectural recommendations for the corporate intranet
Technical environment : TCP/IP, Web architecture, Java, J2EE, JSP, XML, application servers Apache/Tomcat and BEA WebLogic - Web architecture and search engines
Pre-Sales technical support consultant
CAP GEMINI
January 2000
to October 2000
Paris
France
- Sales support
Detailed Description
- Contributed to close major deals in network management with telecom operators in Europe (France, Germany,
Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Romania) and worldwide (USA, Brasil).
Involved in business proposal definition and presentation to customers and prospects.
From I.T. developer to Project Manager
CAP GEMINI
January 1994
to December 1999
Paris
France
- Custom application development
Detailed Description
- Evolved from developer to Project Manager position through implementing technical projects for major telecommunication companies (CISCO, Telediffusion de France)
- Functional area: Network supervision - OSS / FCAPS
- Technical environment: Web / Java / C-C++ / Unix / TCP-IP / ORACLE.
- Functional area: Network supervision - OSS / FCAPS
