Yves SIMON

Je suis ouvert aux opportunités de carrière

Proficient in English and french, dynamic and openminded, used to work in transitional highly complex and multicultural environments, heavily passionate with human relations and information technologies

Specialties
strategy, general management, sales, negociation, technology positioning, marketing & communication, human relations, finance management, innovation

Expériences

• XWiki : 03/2009 - Aujourd'hui
  Director of Sales
  Xwiki is a software service company supporting an Open-Source Java Enterprise Wiki platform that offer a great set of vertical applications. Download the package & give me feedback !
• Social Computing : 07/2007 - Aujourd'hui
  Directeur Associé
  Social Computing is a company distributing & promoting information access tools that helps understand the complexity of datas and pinpoint proximity between them, then capture collective intelligence.
  
  Social Computing currently distribute Information Access Velocity platform from Vivisimo on the french market.
  
  Social Computing further sell WPS (Web Positioning System) a Dynamic Mapping sofware that improve BI, e-commerce, news & financial analysis user experience by providing clear and fast information that would lead hours of work to organize.
  
  For more information, please contact me directly
• Hemisphere Intelligence Informatique / ITS Group : 07/2005 - 07/2007
  Partnership and Sales development Coordinator
  Fast Search&Transfer partnership and sales development coordinator (Fast is a Norwegian company ww leader in the professional Search Engine market).
  Also act as senior consultant at strategic level and project director for clients as AFP, CNCE, BNPP-BDDF, PagesJaunes in the Information Access, CMS, BPM fields
• Amoweba SAS - Voyez Vous SA : 2000 - 2004
  Président - P.D.G. - Vice President
  Amoweba SAS, Voyez Vous SA & Novadis Services Sarl were 3 companies I managed during that time.
  Up to 24 staff including 12 cognitive doctors, 4 million euros investment over 4 years to support human-links decentralized, P2P, search engine including collaborative intelligence features & mapstan, wps mapping technology.
• Ouest Catering (Sodexo) : 01/1997 - 07/2000
  Central Africa Director
  Positions: Central Africa Director, Africa Deputy Director, Algeria Management Controller
  
  Business development including contract negotiations and deal closing with clients like Anadarko, Exxon Mobil, BHP, Halliburton …
  
  Country openings from scratch (Angola, Equatorial Guinea) including institutional partnerships, local recruitment & training, juridical settings, market studies for the Central Africa area (economic, social, project detection in the petroleum sector, financial, juridical…)
• Catering & Hotel industry : 01/1985 - 12/1996
  Various experiences
  Last accomplishment 1994/1996: Accor Group, Formule 1 / Etap Hotel, Very economical chain of hotels, France CEO attaché, acting at Regional Director level. In charge of a 840 rooms property’s market researches, business developments, information system, organization and pre opening forecasts
  
  Previously acted in all hotel departments as General Manager Attaché, Internal Controller, Food & Beverages Manager, Purchasing department, Head Waiter, Waiter, Chef de rang, Barman, Wine Waiter, Room Service, Cook, Fast Food, Stewarding, Banqueting, Concierge, Front & Back office, Housekeeping

Formation

• ESSEC - ESSEC Business School : 01/1994 - 12/1996
  MBA
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  Services International ManagementI.M.H.I. (Institut de Management Hôtelier International): Accredited MBA Program specialized in International Services Management Industry jointly administered by Cornell Hotel School and ESSEC Group. IMHI students are coming from all over the world and each promo includes between 15 to 25 different nationalities amongst 50 students
  Activities and Societies:
  Alumni society president from 2000 til 2004, Innovation Trophy winner I.M.H.I. / L’Hôtellerie ’96, Essec apprenticeship & Bretons associations founder
• Essec Business School Paris : 01/1994 - 12/1996
  MBA
  ,
  IMHI International Services Management