Guillemette Paour

• Strategic Marketing
• New potential market analysis and associated business plan elaboration (ex : 300VDC and above, solar) for 5 year revenue potentials of 20M$ and higher
• Definition of new product specifications
• New product development initiation and early phase management with cross-functional teams
• New product launch management

• Managed a virtual team of four people located in four different locations (Asia and USA) from Europe
• Definition and coordination of two new product family launch campaigns with 20-70k$ budgets over 6 to 9 months
• Creation and publication of datasheets, application notes, technical papers and technical articles
• Organization of the booth for electronica 2010 trade show in Munich including press interviews
• Managed relationships with external collaborators including media buy and press relations
• Various project managements

• Managed to obtain double of market growth
• Creation of Division strategy for the automotive market
• Definition of new product specifications and early phase product development management
• Creation and publication of datasheets, application notes, technical papers and technical articles
• International sales force training and motivation (travels to China, South Korea, Japan, USA, Europe)
• Participation in the AEC committee for passive components used in automotive electronics (AECQ200)
• Key German/European automotive account management in 2009 - management of three key projects

• Product line management and its turnover of 30 M$
• Launch of a new high-end circuit protection product using innovative and complex manufacturing process generating several million dollars annually
• Coordination of activities with the sales force, marketing, development, manufacturing, supply chain and documentation teams
• Numerous international trips: China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, USA, Europe
• Resource and product allocation management
• Management of global projects (e.g. price sheet database)

• Project manager for new protection components for the telecom market: development , cost analysis, coordination with manufacturing teams (USA and Asia), qualification, technical support
• Successful development in under 12 months of a new device for the high speed communication market, generating several million dollars annually
• Technical support including customer complaint analysis
• Very familiar with all relevant telecom specifications (ITU, Bellcore-Telcordia, UL/IEC, FCC)

• Field application engineering; technical support for the European sales force
• Development of a new miniature component for the portable PC market
• Test bench development and test campaigns for the automotive market

• Development, build and presentation of a contact-less sensor using Giant Magneto Resistance chips