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Master in Business Administration, MBA, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2004
Aims: A marketing position in an international company. Consulting and foreign operations are my main areas of interest.

EXPERIENCE
     
  LSF network
Paris
2004 – Present 		Director of Interactive Media Properties, Europe (United Kingdom, France, Spain, Deutschland).
Coordinated sales and marketing efforts as well as oversaw the development of new products. Responsible for media sales activity in the following European markets: France, UK and Spain. Negotiated and managed global advertising agency accounts. Ensured clients of achieveing optimal value by building brand awareness, lead generation, prospect conversion, customer acquisition, and customer retention and penetration.

Managed Internet affiliation programs with customers, suppliers, and other potential partners. Developed new products for Spanish and German markets, developed and optimized the actual sites (luckysurf.fr and luckysurf.co.uk) . Spearheaded successful product launches, resulting in added revenue of more than $ 300,000 in just twelve months.
     
  2002 - 2004 Senior consultant.
Managed natural and paid search engine marketing programs, affiliate networks and media buying. Accounts managed: UCB, CSF, Auto-IES, Cité de la Musique, Agmf-Gpm..
     
 

24pm
Paris
1999 - 2002

 Co-founder and Director of Marketing.
Broad scope of responsibilities ranging from marketing, strategic planning and market positioning, budgeting and expense control, financial reporting, business and partnerships development, key account management & retention, pricing to staff recruitment, development and motivation.
     
 

Experian
La Défense (92)
1997 – 1999

 Senior Web Marketer.
Responsible for content/community management, at the same time insured a buiness development role by developing various partnerships. Implemented B2B/B2C markting programs and pursued PR campaigns.
     
 

Europ Assistance
Gennevilliers (92)
1997

 Client Services department.
Primary hotline of Infonie's French provider. Technical support for subscribers with problems. Member of the switchboard team.
     
  Cybion
Paris
1994 - 1995		 Co-creator of the internet business intelligence offer.
.Expert in information search on the Internet: use of search engines and intelligent agents. "Internet and its applications" trainee programme, presentation of the scope and constraints of Internet for managers.
     
 

Six Quatre Deux
Communication
Boulogne (92)
1994 -1995

Client development and relationship management, in charge of multimedia development.
     
 

France OnLine
Los Angeles, USA
1994

In charge of the development of the company’s business activities and the promotion of the site.
French travel information site for American people.
     
 

French Trade
Commission
Los Angeles, USA 1994
Bogota, Colombia 1993


Pragmatic market studies and marketing potential for French companies seeking foreign distribution.
     
  EDUCATION
   
 

2003 - 2004

 Executive MBA. Concordia University Canada (AACSB accreditation).
 

1991-1993

 Business School E.A.D. Paris. Marketing, International Business.
 

1990

 University of Nanterre, Economic Science Degree.
   
  SKILLS
   
 

Software

 Office suite, Photoshop, Xpress, Office, POM, JMP.
 

Internet

 Realmedia Open Advertiser, TradeDoubler MediaToolbox, Overture, Adwords, Espotting, Web (HTML, javascript, Perl, PHP), mail, ftp, weblogs, forums, search engines, intelligent agents.
 

English

 Fluent (TOEIC score : 810)
 

French

 Mother tongue.
 

Spanish

 Fluent (lived 5 years in Colombia).
   
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
   
  Consulting and creation of professional and personal sites: a forecasting magazine Futuribles, a Non Profit Organization Enfants du Cambodge, Pax Christi.
  International outlook, schooling in numerous countries: Ethiopia, Morocco and Colombia. Work experience in the United States.
   
 
 
 
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