Yannick Even, IT Manager, MBA, Business Intelligence Expert

French nationality, married, 2 kids, Indian (PIO) & European working Visa, yeven@hotmail.com

EDUCATION
Post-Graduate Programme in Management (~MBA), Major in Marketing, Strategy& Leadership 2009-10
Indian School of Business (ISB) #12th world business school (Financial Times 2010) Hyderabad, India
President, International Club: Coordination of international business & multicultural events on campus, Torchbearer award
Project for Microsoft Global Services India: propose a new growth business model within organization constraints

Engineer in IT Management 1995-98

Polytech (ISIM) Montpellier, France
Project for the University of Sheerbrooke, Canada: Student intranet design & implementation

WORK EXPERIENCE
Skills/Expertise: Client engagement, Alliance management, Global project management, Expert in Business Intelligence

BUSINESS & DECISION (B&D) Based in Paris, France

IT Consultancy specialized in Analytics: BI, CRM & E-Biz January 1999 – March 2009

8 promotions in 10 years: From Junior Consultant to Senior Manager & Director of the Worldwide Microsoft Alliance
Implemented reporting & budgeting applications in various industries: Luxury goods (LVMH, Chanel), FSI (BNP Paribas,
Dexia, CNCE, AXA), FMCG (Unilever), Construction (St Gobain, Vinci), Telecom (Cegetel SFR, Tunisiana)…

Leadership and Strategic Planning

 Defined B&D business development strategy, designed & marketed new generic offers in line with Microsoft road map
 Built GEFCO BI strategic roadmap & projects implementation steps until 2012
 Benchmarked & evaluated SAP banking solution integration in the Global BNP Paribas information system.
 Led the worldwide deployment of the LVMH Group consolidation tool (700+ subsidiaries, 40 servers)
 In over 6 years of management, my teams never failed deadlines and initial projects were always followed by additional
business wins & creation of sustainable relations with clients.
 Mentor of 15 consultants, directly contributed to marketing, trainings & HR enhancement programs inside B&D
Client/Public Relationship
 Negotiate & manage €100K to €700K projects within my personal clients portfolio (incl. Chanel, Vinci & CNCE)
 Increased business with Microsoft by 10% in 6 months transforming business leads and POC to contracts
 Represented B&D at international events (i.e. led the 1st European presentation of Microsoft PPS at the 2007 Techdays)
 Nominated by Unilever & LVMH as the single-point contact between the functional & technical teams during projects
Dealing in a multicultural environment
 Planned & managed the launch of 2 IT service centers in Bangalore for AXA Group Solution
 Negotiated, conceptualized & planned project of the new reporting tool of Tunisiana, GSM Operator based in Tunisia
 Conception & deployment of the BI generic solution for Chanel sales reporting in Italy, US & Japan
 Conception & deployment of the 1st European reporting and budgeting tool for Unilever in 13 countries (Expert for
Netherlands, Project Manager for Ireland & Italy, Team Leader for Scandinavia & Austria)
 Managed the delivery of the new budgeting tool of Alexander Dennis Ltd, buses manufacturer based in Scotland
Team & Project Management
 Led team sizes of 2-15 consultants through all project phases (POC & solution conception to delivery, test & support)
 Track Microsoft internal expertise & commercial force, follow running projects, build training and certification plans
 Conception & deployment of the new reporting project improving banking data quality for CNCE
 Coordinated international BI budgeting projects for Dexia Bank; Conception & project planning of several financial
budget & reporting tools for La Poste (2000 users), St Gobain, Foncia,…
 Unilever development and support team Manager (6 offsite members), trained 30 European databases administrators

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
 Tabla player (Indian Drums) - more than 250 tours and concerts all over the world since 1991 - accompanied top
artists (Ustad Nishat Khan), played in prestigious halls (RAH London), performed in front of 10,000+ people, studied 6
months in the PK Salve International Academy in Nagpur (1998).
 Secretary of a cultural association promoting Indian culture since 2000, 500+ members, webmaster, communication
strategy, events promotion & management in Europe & USA (California).

PERSONAL
 Languages: Native French, Fluent English, Beginner in Spanish & Hindi.
 Interests: Football (soccer) & Swimming for physical balance, Golf & Meditation for relaxation and life balance.
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