Jean-Stéphane BAGOËE

DISTREE EVENTS, Leader in IT Channel Events for emerging markets, 5M€/y, Paris, France, Dubaï, Moscow, Barcelona, Monaco

ONLINE MARKETING DIRECTOR
Setup and implementation of a global online Marketing Strategy for the company. Management of Partnerships, definition and implementation of new projects. Successfully increased the penetration of our Events in MEA Regions and Russia.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Sold DCC CIS to major IT Consumer Vendors, DCC is now the largest Consumer IT Channel event in Russia, (USD 800 000)
Sold DBC CIS to major IT Corporate Vendors (USD 600 000)
2004

INTELLIGENT EMAILS, Email Marketing start-up, London, UK

FOUNDER AND OWNER
Founded one of the first Email marketing company in France, performed Email marketing consultancy.
3 long-term clients trusted the company for their Email marketing campaigns.

ALPHA-OPTIC, Archiving Computer Solutions, Brussels, Belgium.

COUNTRY MANAGER
Setup and development of new business in Belgium for this French based Computer Value added reseller. I visited hundreds of Belgian hospitals to promote our revolutionary archiving system. In one year I was able to initiate +10s of negotiations and even signed a promising 100 000€ deal with the famous Anderlecht hospital which set the milestone for future deals. In this industry, the sale cycle is over 2 years.

PANDA SOFTWARE FRANCE, 5th largest international group of security software for corporate networks, Poissy, France

MARKETING DIRECTOR
Developed from scratch the entire marketing offer for France. I conceived a 1M€ marketing budget and sold it successfully to the Spanish headquarters. I had to supervise 3 people in the planning and execution of the budget and adapt worldwide product launches for the French market. I was the interface between the sales and the engineers. I also had to localise and manage the online Marketing and e-commerce website (thousands of clients).

STRATWEB, Web agency, Versailles, France

SALES DIRECTOR
It was the start of the internet boom and I decided to be part of it. I won a bid for major internet project called Ordipha, it was a BtoB para pharmaceutical e-commerce website of 1M€, based on an oracle platform. I acted as a chief of project, followed training at Oracle and managed a team of 10 engineers: developers, designers, web architects, database modellers and testers. I successfully delivered the product, on time and on budget. I learned the principles of project management.

MODULUX, PC Assembler, 35m €/y, Paris, France

MARKETING AND SALES DIRECTOR
I was Recruited by Modulux, the French branch of a Canadian direct sales PC constructor (Elonex’s competitor), to supervise the company’s PC offer and promotion: Created product ranges, shrinked costs, increased margins, followed all marketing (media planning and PR). I was also starting to supervise the blossoming E-commerce offer.

1995-97 PC Halle S.A., IT retail chain, 10M€/y, Paris, France

COMPUTER SUPERSTORE MANAGER
I was selected to setup and manage the new company flagship 800sqm superstore located on the Champs-Elysées. I had to recruit, and manage 20 employees, 1 Million € of monthly rotating portfolio, improve sales and margins through segmented offers. One day, Evo group’s President refused my business plan to setup an online store for the group. I was already feeling the new market opportunity…

1994 EVO COMPUTER GROUP, PC/Soft. Distribution group, 30m€/y, Paris, France

SOFTWARE MANAGER
I Developed from scratch the software offer of Evo Group, a chain of PC superstores in Paris. The concept of PC superstores emerged at that time, and PC HALLE, Evo’s brand name, was the very first one in France. I recruited and trained a team of 6 people, setup the software display of 2 large PC superstores, negotiated and purchased the 1 M€ monthly software stock, supervised sales, advertising, and logistics issues. I was in charge of this business unit which, in return, helped the company grow on their PC solutions sales.