Track Record

Business

Business development for various US and French companies, offset programs, sales enhancement and new channels, new programs, innovation processes, startup support and board membership.

Strategic, change management and financial advisory work on program management, M&A, integration, supply-chain management and customer services with COMAC, CAST and AVIC in China, United Aircraft Corporation and NPO-Saturn / United Engine Corporation in Russia.

Support of government infrastructure development in Cape-Verde, Mozambique, Japan and Romania.

Over $6 Billion acquisition transactions by our GrowthPhases partners, namely in the USA, China, Brazil and India.

Fundraising campaigns, growth funds, series A.

Conferences

1980s: various Physics and Space technology conferences as a speaker in the US, China and in Europe

2007: “Consolidation, governance and human capital”, City of Stars, Korolev, Moscow, for CEOs of Russian Space Corporations

2009: “World economics and the hospitality industry”, Portuguese Hotel owners’ association, Lisbon, Portugal

2010: AVIC China global conference for 3 days for 120 managers in Beijing, China

2011: advisory role for the Japanese government’s Chief Economist on demographics policies for GDP growth, Tokyo, Japan

2011: “Prospects and challenges of China General Aviation”, China International General Aviation Convention 2011, Xi’an Shaanxi, China

2012: internal conferences / Executive Education for COMAC purchasing managers on Supply-Chain Management, Shanghai, China

2012-2014: Wharton Aerospace leader of the Entrepreneurship Community of Practices, Philadelphia, USA

2013: conference on the future of organizations and business transformation for 100 business leaders in Cape Verde, under the sponsoring of the government, Praia, Cape Verde

2014: conference on the future of technologies in agriculture, forestries and fisheries and the global effect of TTIP in Japan, about 100 business leaders, fund managers, professors and students, Wakayama and Osaka, Japan

2014: conference on the current status and future of Air Transport. About 100 government and aviation industrial officials, Maputo, Mozambique

2014: “How can airlines, airports, tourism organizations, CAAs and governments work together to ensure an attractive and competitive aviation industry”, African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Nairobi, Kenya

2014: conference and support for US Market Entry for aviation companies, mostly UAVs, in the US hosted by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce. Bordeaux, France

2015: the future of TTIP in Europe, panel moderator, US Embassy – US Consulate, Toulouse, France

2015: the future of local-global financing, panel speaker, Central Bank of France, Private Equity firms, European American Chamber of Commerce, Toulouse, France

2016: “Aviation Technology, the future of humanitarian and disaster relief”, Global Aerospace Summit session moderator and speaker, Abu-Dhabi, UAE, March 2016

Education

Lectures

1999-today: adjunct professor at Toulouse Business School, Toulouse School of Economics, Aerospace MBA

“Organizational Architecture and Business Transformation”

“Managing Customer Services”

“Managing Subcontractors”

“Business development, cases in emerging markets”

2004-today: visiting professor, HEC Montreal, MBA

“Managing Large Programs”

“Managing Customer Services”

“Managing the Supply-Chain”

2007, 2011: Kedge School of Management, Marseilles, France

“New Markets Development”

“Organization, Leadership and Finance”

2009: Grenoble School of Management, France, MBA, “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”

2010: Skolkovo School of Management, Moscow, Russia, High-potential succession planning, United Aircraft Corporation, “Decision, incentives and governance”

2011: the University of Maryland in Washington, DC, USA, MBA, “Growth in Emerging Markets”

2014: the Universities of Wakayama and Osaka, Japan, “The future of management education”

Case Studies

“Buyer Furnished Equipment: an aerospace challenge”, 2010, Ref 311-235-1, ECCH, Lead Author

“XXI Century Airbus, Living Through Yesteryears Contradictions”, 2008, Ref 408-019-1, ECCH, Lead Author

In preparation:

“Future UAV challenges”, White Paper

“The needs and techniques for Value Pricing in Aerospace and Aviation”, article, possible collaborations with the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and HEC Montreal

“Airline transformation: the case of [undisclosed]”, under consideration in partnership with a US Business School

Management Education international business development

2009-2012: mandated by the Toulouse Business School for their International development, including creation of dual programs, new programs, new initiatives with other business schools, particularly in the USA

Partners

Corporate Development and external growth with GrowthPhases® : www.growthphases.com

Institutional transatlantic business and trade development at the European American Chamber of Commerce SouthWest France : www.eaccswfrance.com

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