Fabien DESPREZ
Project Manager / Team Leader / Telecom Consultant
Team & Project Manager working in an international, multi-cultural context.
Strong expertise on Intelligent Network Platforms & Services, acquired in major telecom companies.
Excellent technical understanding of telecommunications network infrastructure with multi-vendor experience.
Combines managerial and technical leadership with multi-cultural awareness to achieve results.
Has developed excellent communication, analytical and presentations skills together with commercial awareness.
55 contacts* Lead a Team of 10 Specialists + 2 offshore teams
* Manage Projects in the field of Load & Functional tests, Automation tools, E2E QoS, Web development
* Project Management: Overall management of small to medium-sized projects from Think to Delivery
* Team Management: Recruiting, coaching and leading teams of specialists
* Process (Re-)Engineering: Change and Incident Management Processes (SLA, KPI)
* Clients & Vendors Management: RFP/RFQ/RFI, Negotiations/Contracting, Supplier Management
* Technical & Strategic Studies: Roadmap, Project Approach, Solutions Analysis/Design
2010 - 2011* Coordinate Engineering, Integration, Validation, Rollout, Operation & Maintenance workstreams with their respective leader
* Define strategies & Lead workstreams relating to NSN integration, Backup & Restore and Access Management
* Manage internal (Marketing, R&D, IT) and external (Huawei, NSN) stakeholders
* Monitor & control global project execution (schedule, risk)
* Report to Program & Organization management
Team & Project Manager - Alcatel-Lucent Intelligent Network Operational Skill Centre, France Telecom/Orange
2007 - 2010* Launch and management of the 'ALU IN OSC' Competence and Support Centre for Orange/FT group in the area of Alcatel-Lucent IN platforms and services
* Define Support Model, SLA/OLA and KPI for the OSC
* Lead the ALU IN OSC program from the pilot to the full roll-out to 20 affiliates
* Mentoring, training and coaching of the OSC team
* Report to local and Corporate management
2005 - 2007* Conception, Development & Validation of the "Diameter Mediation Device" for the "Data Charging Function" (DCF) of PPS product
* Design an open and scalable mediation for integration in an IMS network
* Prepare technical specifications (interfaces, service logic, test plan)
* Manage the development team (up to 5 engineers)
* Interface with the “System”, “Maintenance”, “Integration” and “Projects” teams
2004 - 2005* Define and/or upgrade the external interfaces on Alcatel Service Platform for the “Data Charging” (DCF) and “Direct Debit/Credit” (DDCF) applications
* Design and/or upgrade mediation services for data charging aiming at prepaid/postpaid convergence
* Prepare the technical specifications (interfaces, service logic, test plans) in accordance with the functional specifications and ascending compatibility
* Develop and/or upgrade impacted applications and services
* Prepare and run unitary and functional tests
* Support “Maintenance”, “Integration” and “Projects” teams
Researcher - Electronic Music Delivery (EMD), towards a “soft” DRM architecture, Philips NatLab (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
2003 - 2003* Study and define an architecture allowing secured, on-demand Electronic Music Delivery over an open, unsecure network such as the Internet.
* Propose a “soft” DRM policy that both protects Rights owners and meets customers’ expectations in terms of unrestricted use of the protected contents they paid for.
2000 - 2000* Analyzing and improving the European Pre-standard (HML Pink Paper, CEN/TC331:N205)
* Writing of a Knowledge Base for internal use on HML, XML, XML Schema, XSL, CSS…
* Development in Visual Basic of a prototype Hybrid Mail System for demonstration purposes