Yannick Lejeune

Strategic vision of the IT and communications market, regular interface with key players in the software industry. Currently head of internet strategy for the french leader of private higher education (15000 students, about 20 schools). Research Masters in Organization Management, expert in computer engineering, 7 years experience in leading IT projects and marketing, Specialist in multimedia and software development, Previous achievements: created an IT innovation institute for a famous computer engineering school; led major projects for Alcatel, Schneider, Bouygues Télécom... ; assisted with strategic decisions and contributed to the growth of some IT consultancies.

Specialties
Strong IT & Internet expertise, Market research and analysis, Marketing & Business plans, Strategic partnerships, Technical team leadership, Communications and events

Expériences

• IONIS Education Group : 01/2006 - Aujourd'hui
  Director of Internet Marketing & Systems
  MANAGEMENT OF :
  - Online brand development and strategy
  - Marketing overseer, Traffic management, Mediaplanning, webmarketing, viral marketing and communication (several millions budget)
  - Internal and outsourced web development teams. They include 30+ web sites for higher education schools and 70+ content-focused blogs.
  - Information system architecture & IT development
  - Art direction, graphic design, ergonomy and usability
• Yannick Lejeune (Sole Proprietorship) : 2004 - Aujourd'hui
  Freelance Web Consultant
  I provide internet consulting, web development, web design, system integration and many other business consulting such as branding and marketing 2.0.
• Conferences, Several book and press editors : 06/2001 - Aujourd'hui
  Speaker, Author and Writer (professional hobby)
  - Speaker at several web and IT conferences
  - Regular guest on TV (high tech and web 2.0 subjects)
  - Wrote several books on IT.
  - Wrote about 50 articles about the comic books industry and more than 100 reviews in specialised magazines.
• EPITA : 01/2002 - 12/2005
  Director 3IE Institut d'Innovation Informatique pour l'Entreprise (Business IT Innovation Institute)
  Created the Institute: supervised 40 consultants (product development, technical support, R&D, sales management) and administered a €1.2M budget. Reported to the Group Vice President.
  - Conducted strategic analysis and market research and developed an annual budget
  - Defined, led and coordinated approximately 100 projects in research, industrial development, software, and consulting for: Alcatel, BNP Paribas, Schneider, Bouygues Télécom, Instoremotion, and others
  - Formed partnerships with leaders in the IT industry and more specifically with Microsoft: organized the “Trophées Excellencia” for female high-tech engineers, was named Most Valuable Professional (2003 to 2005), served on the Microsoft academic board, and trained the winning teams in the Imagine Cup World (2004) and France (2005)
  - Formed a skill center recognized in the marketplace by ANVAR (French Agency for Innovation), the European Commission, and CRITT (Regional Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer)
• EPITA : 10/1999 - 01/2002
  Internet and Technology Oversight Committee Manager
  Created an oversight team of 15 people. Reported to the Group VP, School of Computer Science
  
  - Kept track of new IT and communications technologies, advised on business plans, obtained accreditations and certifications, and generated a daily newsletter
  - Launched an e-learning branch and managed communications
  - Completed several market studies (video games, voice-over-IP, software architecture, peer-to-peer)
• Inexware : 01/1999 - 10/1999
  Pre-Sales Consultant
  - Monitored technologies, built prototypes, conducted pre-sale studies, responded to requests for proposals, managed customer and developer relationships, and recruited and trained engineers for an IT consultancy specialized in Java application servers and Lotus technologies
  - Assisted with strategic decisions, contributed to company growth (from 30 to 150 consultants in less than 1 year), and obtained listings with major software developers
  - Helped to Reorganize the company into business units centered around “solutions” rather than “products” (after convincing senior management of the benefits)
• Lotus, Corel, IBM : 06/1997 - 12/1998
  Independent Consultant
  Led projects, developed software, and conducted tests for Lotus R&D (knowledge management), Corel, and IBM

Formation

• Institut d'Administration des Entreprises : 01/2005 - 12/2006
  Research Masters in Organization Management (bidiploma with HEC), Management, Business Development, Marketing and StrategyMagna cum laude
• Ecole pour I'Informatique et les Techniques Avancees : 01/1997 - 12/2000
  Expert Diploma in Computer Engineering, Cognitive science and advanced computingTop in one's year
• Montpellier Technical University Institute : September 1995-01-01 - July 1997-12-31
  Technical Degree in Computer Science, Software Development, September 1995 — July 1997