CTO / Infrastructure Director / Program Director / Transition Manager

As CTO / Infrastructure Director

• Bring expertise and a proven track record to drive successful IT initiatives.

Infrastructure Technology Platforms Dpt (~60 people) - France, India. Reporting to Infrastructure OPS Director

Transition Manager responsible of the following areas within the Worldwide Infrastructure functions:
Networking & Telecoms, ToIP, Infras Security, Compute & Storage, Database (M3, Cegid Retail Y2), Datacenters & Cloud (AWS)

This position requires Deep understanding of Modern Infrastructure technologies and software development practices including datacenters, networks, public cloud, infrastructure, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, databases, etc.

Help the client manage transition (RUN/PROJECTS) during the recruitment process for the target organisation + Facilitate ex-manager to transition to New Move to Cloud Program

Lead on Transformation Program & Infras Operations:

• Budget +10M€
• IT HR Department reorganization
• Total review on existing IT process, governance and IT frameworks
• Sync with CISO / CERT to apply remediation action plan
• Cloud Strategy Review (=Infras as Code: GitLab, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes,.)
• Service Catalog and SLA Review (New ITSM Product Service Now)
• DRP / Business Continuity Review
• Security Policy compliancy / Cybersecurity
• Sourcing partners / Contract Review

EXEC Member - Responsible of the following areas within the Worldwide Infrastructure & Workplace functions;
Networking & Telecoms, Unified Communication, Infrastructure Security, Compute & Storage, Database, Datacenters & Cloud (AWS/Azure/AliBaba), O365, Azure AD, All Digital Workplace products.

This position requires Deep understanding of Digital Workplace, modern Infrastructure technologies and software development practices including datacenters, networks, public cloud, infrastructure, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, databases, etc.

The Department is in charge to Design / Build (Project Management/Integration) / RUN (Operate) all solutions and Business critical applications.

On-going tasks already engaged:

• IT Department reorganization (Project to Product)
• Total review on existing IT process, governance and IT frameworks
• IT Master Plan review
• Datacenters Renew with Hybrid Public Cloud Strategy (=Infrastructure as Code: GitLab, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, ...)
• Service Catalog and SLA creation
• DRP / Business Continuity Review
• Dataplatform Integration (Snowflake, Databricks)
• Security Policy compliancy / Cybersecurity
• Sourcing partners / Contract Review
• End-user support Review (HelpDesk/HQ Genius Bar/Hotline /IAM Integration)
• Asset Management Creation (GLPI, NETBOX)
• End-User Device Management (MDM =MS Intune + Jamf for Apple Devices)
• New Active Directory Design
• IPO / M&A IT integration

Responsible of the following areas within the European Infrastructure function;
Networking & Telecoms, Compute & Storage, AS400 Platforms & Database Administration, Datacenters & Cloud, ERP

• EU Team reorganization and management (~80 people - 5 Direct Report - 7 Main EU countries)
• To Manage Budget (OPEX>30M€/CAPEX>15M€)
• Transform EU IT Supply Chain & Transport Org to a merged EU IT Corporate Team
• Define and Apply Global Infrastructure Strategy for Europe
  • Datacenters consolidation
  • Transversal Teams consolidation
  • Business Partner Relationship (Supply Chain & Transport)
  • Service vs Costs efficiency
  • Technology Standardization
  • Enforce IT Security in compliance with Group Security Policy
• To review all Infrastructure Operational Processes / ITIL v3 (=Operational Excellence)
  • Datacenters Management Operation 24/7 days
  • SAP DB RUN
  • DRP/BCP Yearly Executions
  • Service Delivery / Service Catalog Review
  • CMDB Review
• To Define/Manage/Lead EU Projects (=EU Datacenters consolidation, M&A Infrastructure integration, Global WAN, LAN/WiFi on SaaS, Cloud Interconnect, Compute Virtualisation, AS400 MCO, Oracle MCO, DRP/BCP)
• To manage relationship with external vendors & contractors (consolidation/savings plan)
• To Manage and report to XPO Global CTO (US) and CIOs (EU/US)

Technologies Portfolio:

• Avaya/Cisco/Aruba(Switching/Routing) + Check Point (FW) + Palo Alto (FW/IPS) + Fortinet (FW) + ForcePoint (SD-WAN) + F5 (LTM/GTM/LLC,AFM) + Cloud (Azure, VMWare, Google) + Zscaler (SaaS Proxy) + Dell/Cisco UCS Servers + PureStorage + IBM AS400/iSeries + EMC Storage + Database (Oracle Exadata/SQL) + SAP Infras + Backup Solutions (Veeam, Rubrik) + UC O365 (Skype/Teams) + MS Licensing (0365, SQL, Servers) + ITSM (ServiceNow)

Job Description: Global Network (Network & Security) Datacenter / Cloud Strategy / Team Management (~80 people) and cross team coordination (Plan/Build/Run) / Service Line P&L

• Team reorganization (Service Line customer oriented)
  • Transformation plan to reorganize the whole Service Line to support new Engie IT strategy
• To develop Datacenters and Cloud Strategy
  • Closing of old existing Datacenters (Locations : France and Belgium)
  • AWS and Azure Cloud deployment (Private and Cloud Interconnection)
• To manage and develop teams with strong network and security expertise
• To manage relationship with external vendors & contractors
• To build new service line offers
  • New Remote access solutions based on OKTA SSO Solution
  • New 3rd party access solutions
  • New Datacenters Internet accesses with high availability
  • New Cloud proxy offer based on Zscaler Solution
• To improve internal RUN processes and procedures (Change/Incident/Problem management)
  • Strong relationship with ENGIE IT GSOC
• To Manage and report to ENGIE IT CEO+CFO on P&L (17M€ Sales)

Technologies:

• Cisco's portfolio (Switching/Routing/WiFi/ToIP/Security) + Check Point (FW) + Palo Alto (FW/IPS/UA) Juniper (VPN SSL) + F5 (LTM/GTM/LLC,AFM) + Cloud (AWS, Azure, VMWare) + Fortinet (FW) + Zscaler

Job Description: Global Network and Datacenter Strategy / Team Management and cross team coordination

Missions (Scope = Telecom/Network/Security/Group Datacenters solutions)

• To study, to design and to provide solutions for all the main Group projects around the world.
• To provide operational support for the EMEA Group implementations.

Architect / Project Manager:

• L'Oreal Group Datacenter Strategy
• ➔Design and Integration of EMEA Group Datacenter (+5M€)
• L'Oréal GPRS/3G strategy and network/security standard
• L’Oréal Remote Access solution based on Citrix technologies
• L'Oreal Group WAN Transformation plan (+20M€)
• ➔ RFI/RFP : Move of the L’Oréal Frame relay’s backbone to MPLS new design (+130 sites)

Technologies:

• Complete Cisco's portfolio (Switching/Routing/WiFi/Security) + Check Point (FW) + Juniper (Security) + Streamcore (QoS on Internet) + Nortel (Alteon)

Freelance Telecom Architect

As consultant working for System/Network/Security projects in Engineering / Integration Department for Banks, Telecom Operators, IT Manufacturer

Nortel Network’s Team= Core Packet Switched Engineering (GPRS/UMTS Business Unit)
Mission = To design and to provide solutions for core IP network in many European GPRS/UMTS operator deployment

• Oniway GPRS/UMTS Project (Portugal) – 18 months
  • Pre-Sale, Design and Build
• Esat Digifone GPRS Project (Ireland) – 3 months
  • Pre-Sale and Design
• O² UMTS Project (England) – 1 month
  • Design
• Xfera UMTS Project (Spain) – 1 month
  • Design

Technologies:

• Complete Nortel's PS portfolio (Switching/Routing) + Check Point (FW) + Nortel (Alteon)

Network/System Architect

• Mission = Move of the IP core network dedicated to the Paris ABN AMRO trading room.
  • ABN AMRO Bank – 5 months / Technologies = Cisco’s Catalyst portfolio
• Mission = System and backup solution administration
  • Société Generale Bank – 7 months / Technologies = Unix / Windows-NT, Networker, Control/M