Nicolas Quint
Blogger, Liberation
GOALS :
- Works on something challening & exciting
- Be able to make a *real* difference
- Avoid routine, learn new fields, set-up new things
EXPERIENCES :
- Polyvalence :
- had evolved from R&D engineer (developper) to finance through sales, presales, professional services, consulting, internal IT management
- currently work on Finance, Legal, HR and Business Ops aspects
- Entrepreneurship experience
- Experience in companies M&A (Due diligence process on both sides)
- Experience in employees relationships/negotiation (contracts, benefits plan, salary arbitration, ...)
- Leadership experience & management in different departments
- Corporate legal reshaping (set-up, merge, strike-off, ...)
- Cost-control/killing policies set-up and enforcement
ENVIRONMENT:
- IT Security ecosystem & technologies expertise
- Computer services & software development industry strong knowledge
Specialties:
- Self-learning and fast learning curve - Cross-dept experience - Communication skills - Leadership
Debt/cash management
Financial strategy
Business plan construction
Funding strategy & proxy
Company resale strategy & proxy
Specialized in hi-tech field
Blog about economy and corporate world
Ranked #8 most influent french economic blog by www.wikio.fr
http://resultat-exploitations.blogs.liberation.fr
Interviews of famous french economists (P.Dessertine, A.Orlean, JM.Daniel)
in 11 months :
80 articles
approx 3,200 comments
approx 640,000 pages viewed
2009 - 2010Exaprotect had been acquired by LogLogic (HQed in California) in May 2009. Following the acquisition, my role had evolved toward :
- responsibility for finance/HR/legal for french subsidiary
- cross-department effort to synchronize teams on projects to enhance customer experience
2006 - 2009Exaprotect was a software manufacturer in IT security field. About 70 people and offices in 5 countries.
I was in charge of Finance, Legal (Corporate + business contracts), HR and internal IT business specs & management
Had been deeply involved in 1 acquisition (SOLSOFT, oct 2006), 1 subsidiary sale (Exaprobe, July 2007) and the company acquisition by LogLogic (Due diligence process) in 2009
VCs relationships & reporting
In charge of 6 companies located in 4 different countries (legal representant)