Gilles Paveau

Senior Program Manager – Cybersecurity – IT – Telecom

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

Leading teams of experts delivering reliable and secured solutions in complex projects. 25+ years of international project, program management, pre-sales and support. Trail running, climbing and a bit of photography.

Experience

  • Ericsson (14 yrs 3 mos)
    • R&D Program Manager – RAN R&D Security
      Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Leading teams from multiple domains. Driving transformation on both product and production environments.

    • Support Operation Manager – MELA Support & Repair
      Dec 2019 - Dec 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Handled support operations at regional level, coordinated up to 8 countries in order to transform tools and process. Supported local teams escalations. Drove senior management communication. Implemented common communication tools. Managed legal support contracts transformation to allow automated troubleshooting data collection. Delivered quarterly consolidated staffing and financial forecasts.

    • Private IT Cloud Project Director
      Sep 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Deployed an IT cloud with Ericsson servers, Vmware + Openstack solutions and custom developments for a French Tier 1 operator. Managed a team of 35+ experts, handled all aspects of the project including Customer communication, commercial offers, scope baseline and delivery, staffing, recruitment, senior management communication, program governance, financial plan, invoicing, revenue recognition, operational escalations, support and maintenance contracts. Worked with Agile teams part of a SaFe program.

  • Fouding member - Ericsson France Toastmasters Club at Toastmasters International
    Jul 2016 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Founding member and former VP of Public Relations for the Ericsson France Toastmasters Club in 2016. In charge of the promotion of the club within Ericsson and liaison with other clubs in the district. "Every Toastmaster's journey starts with a single speech".

  • Pre-Sales Engineer EMEA at Brightcove
    Oct 2010 - May 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Worked with Sales Engineers to secure functional and technical features of Brightcove’s online video platform for prospects. Managed onboarding of new Customers. Secured key deals in media and industry domains. Coordinated regional partners (integrators or resellers). Lead Brightcove user groups in Paris and London.

  • Solution Delivery Manager EMEA - Redknee (now Optiva) at Optiva Inc.
    Jan 2007 - Sep 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Deployed charging solutions for telecom operators in EMEA. Supported pre-sales teams scoping delivery activities. Managed project financials, scope, planning, executive and customer reporting. Led integration teams (onsite and remote), 3rd party suppliers and local partners. Azur (RCA, Congo B, Gabon): turnkey billing solution. Safaricom Kenya: mobile money solution for 6 operators (MTN Rwanda/Uganda, Uganda Telecom, Vodacom Tanzania, Ucom Burundi). O2 Ireland, Telfort KPN, Vodafone UK: prepaid data billing solutions.

  • Orange (5 yrs)
    • Project Manager - Webservices framework - Orange Group
      Nov 2004 - Oct 2006 · 2 yrs

    • Project Manager - Roaming Performance - Orange Group
      Mar 2004 - Nov 2004 · 9 mos

    • Project Manager - Operation & Maintenance - Orange France
      Nov 2001 - Mar 2004 · 2 yrs 5 mos