Curriculum Vitae

Name  : Alain Bruyère, Civil Engineer Electricity/Telecommunications + MBA SolvayAddress : Av. O. de Burbure, 160 1970 Wezembeek-Oppem Tel : 02/784 30 30Birth date : 8th March 1955 GSM : 0475/56 78 01Married and 4 Children (30-28-26-18) alain.bruyere@skynet.be

Project/Objectives

To bring my expertise and experience in Marketing, Product, Process, Project and Program management as manager/director to an organisation/company/foundation/association in order to help it realising its strategy and achieving its objectives

To work in a motivating, creative environment where thrust, reliability, ethics, quality, ownership, leadership, team-spirit and human relations along with dynamism are first priority values

Strengths

More than 33 years experience in several domains (Banking, Finances, European Commission, Computer and Integration Service Industry, Telecommunications Services (Belgacom/Proximus), Centre Comprendre et Parler (ASBL), Postal Services (bpost) and in multiple functions/positions (Product Line Manager, Marketing Manager, Consultant, Finance & Admin Director, Senior Project Manager, Senior Program Manager, PMO, Head of belgacom TV Program Management)

Customer & results oriented Able to understand IT & business languages and to ensure matching between them Strong analytical and synthetic skills. Long-term vision with short-term efficiency Self-independent with team spirit. Ability to manage/coach/motivate people and

teams. Ability to define and implement strategies, to specify action plans and to ensure

operational implementation, follow-up and support. Capacity and strong competences to manage big Programs/Projects (following PMI, Prince II, methodologies), Portfolios of programs.

Studies

1981-1983 Licence Spéciale en Gestion d’Entreprise, Ecole de Commerce Solvay, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles

1974-1980 Ingénieur Civil Electricien Telecom, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve

Professional background

bpost

2014-2016 Program & Test Manager for the Corporate division of a big bpost project related to HR&O activities/tasks planning and realization tool

2013-2014 PMO of a big bpost project related to the contract with the Belgian state. Consultant on another project linked to Philately. Hand-over of the PM training and methodology model of bpost

2012-2013 Expert Project Manager at bpost in the Corporate Project Management department. Coordination of several projects : implementation of a new Intranet for bpost, launch of a new Cash Forecasting system

Centre Comprendre et Parler

2011-2012 Interim Management as Finance and Administration Director of the Centre Comprendre et Parler (half-time) : implementation of cost accounting, business process re-engineering, system automation, new web site design and content implementation, financial and operational reporting

belgacom/proximus

2011-2012 Head of belgacom TV Program Management roll-out new Services (half-time) : network roll-out of new versions/services, Reporting, Interactivity

2007-2011 Head of belgacom TV Program Management : coordination of the belgacom TV projects portfolio/integrated planning, management of some specific TV projects (launch New UI, new packages, PC-TV Convergence products and services, Business/Management Reporting & Statistics, Interactivity,…)

2001-2007 Senior Program Manager in the division Program and Process of belgacom. Cross divisional and multi-domains Programs Management e.g. Product Launches, Marketing Campaigns, Customer Satisfaction, E2E Business Process Re-Engineering, Systems Automation, Quality Management, Sales Boost, Costs Reduction, Development of Indirect Sales Channels, Company Transformation Program, belgacom TV High Definition on VDSL2.PMI standards followed. Management of Planning, Quality, Costs, Risks. Definition and Follow-up of KPI’s and SLA’s. Creation/management of Program Charter, Issue Log, Decision Log, Risk Log, Status/Progress Reporting, Core Team and Program Board Management & Communication

2000-2001 Marketing Manager CPE, GSM and PC’s in the Residential Division of Belgacom. Set-up of business cases, marketing campaigns, customers segmentation, communication plans, training plans, …

1996-2000 Product Line Manager and Marketing Manager Value Added Services in the Residential division of Belgacom

Bull

1994-1996 Product Manager Distributed Systems at BULL1990-1996 Product Manager Electronic Document Management Systems, Workflow,

Groupware and Archiving at BULL

SWIFT

1988-1990 Acceptance Test Manager at the S.W.I.F.T subsidiary S.S.P. in the project ACCORD (Netting Systems & Applications). Definition, coordination of the tests ensuring quality, reliability, accountability, performance, availability of the application

1986-1988 Cognitive Support Engineer at S.W.I.F.T then Project Manager for the development of Financial Applications in the domain of Expert Systems and Artificial IntelligenceMarketing Manager at S.W.I.F.T for Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence. Responsible for the Organisation of Congress, Fair & Exhibitions BANKAI (Brussels, London)

Cap Gemini

1985-1986 Consultant and Project Leader for SESA Bénélux (now Cap Gemini) at the Commission of the European Communities at the Office des Statistiques

1982-1985 Ingénieur d’Etudes at SESA-Bénélux, an Integration Systems company in the IT industry. Consultant and Project Leader at the Générale de Banque in Videotext, Home Banking Applications, Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems

Training followed/Tools knowledge

Project Management, Program Management (PMI-Prince 2), Business Process Automation/Re-engineering, BPM Process Improvement, MEGA (Process Modelling), Process Management (Six Sigma), COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology), Problems Solving, Time Management, Risk Management, Presentation Skills, Conflicts Handling, Creative Thinking, Intelligence Emotionnelle, Security, Telecommunications, ADSL/VDSL, Internet, Voice Over IP.

Tools knowledge : Microsoft Office, Sharepoint, Joomla, JIRA, HP-QC, MEGA, MS-Project, OWS/Harmony, PeopleSoft……

Extra professional activities

2015 - Production of the 3rd CD, “New World”, with my music band Quartier Nord; concert in Centre Communautaire Jolis-bois, W. St Pierre 7 February 2015

2011-2014 Production & recording of new songs and a new CD “Freedom” with Quartier Nord; concerts at “L’Os à Moelle”, “Fête de la Musique”, Davis Tennis club,

2013- President of the Comité de Co-Propriété of Le Duché (building with apartments)

2012 Production of the CD “L’Oranger” in solo, with 15 original songs 2008 General coordination of the European Taizé meeting for Wezembeek Oppem &

Kraainem2007 --- Creation of the French songs music band Quartier Nord; coordination of the

recording and production of the CD «Les tramways de Montpellier», with 12 original titles (“auteur-compositeur-interprète”) (June 2008)

2007 Organisation of the Seminar “A brief history of Physics” for the Université des Aînés, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve (January till June 2007)

2006 ---2014 Administrator and then President since 2009 of the A.S.B.L. Famisol Familles Solidaires helping families with handicapped children

2003 --- Founder, General Secretary and Member of the Béna Group (Sciences, Philosophy, Spirituality)

2001 - 2009 Member and President of the Association des Parents de l’Ecole St Georges in Wezembeek Oppem and of the Construisons Ensemble Committee

1988 - 1998 President of and then Consultant for the A.S.B.L. Jeunesse Présente/Indications

Hobbies/Interests

Physics, Mathematics, Cosmology, Philosophy, EcologyMusic (writing and singing songs, playing piano and acoustic guitar), literature, paintings, multi-mediaTennis (inter-clubs), bicycle, walking, travelling

Language knowledge

French : mother languageFlemish : good knowledgeEnglish : good knowledgeItalian : notions