Alain Decartes
COO at Gemba Systems Inc.- Claim this Profile
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French Native or bilingual proficiency
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Dutch Limited working proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Bio
Lewis Carr
Alain worked for me as our Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) industry marketing lead at HP Software and then as my Hybrid Cloud manager from November, 2011 through 2014. I found Alain to be extremely knowledgeable about CME and Hybrid Cloud and able to work directly with our field sales and presales teams on every continent we sold into, particularly in Latin America, Japan, Australia, and Europe. Alain would get rave reviews from our sales folks in these countries as well as from customers that he presented to individually or in seminar format. Alain was also a great writer – both more formal and extensive white papers as well as free flowing blogs. I would hire Alain again if I run another industry group that includes CME or Cloud IaaS and PaaS.
Shelli Muldoon
Alain has the ability to communicate very technical messaging into understandable and digestible pieces making it easy for his audience(s) to grasp. It has been pleasure for me to collaborate with him; I have gleaned knowledge and approach from his external marketing and incorporated it into internal messaging. He always pushes for the best and comes up with elegant ideas to promote our products and solutions. He is a trusted colleague that I whole-heartedly recommend for any team.
Lewis Carr
Alain worked for me as our Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) industry marketing lead at HP Software and then as my Hybrid Cloud manager from November, 2011 through 2014. I found Alain to be extremely knowledgeable about CME and Hybrid Cloud and able to work directly with our field sales and presales teams on every continent we sold into, particularly in Latin America, Japan, Australia, and Europe. Alain would get rave reviews from our sales folks in these countries as well as from customers that he presented to individually or in seminar format. Alain was also a great writer – both more formal and extensive white papers as well as free flowing blogs. I would hire Alain again if I run another industry group that includes CME or Cloud IaaS and PaaS.
Shelli Muldoon
Alain has the ability to communicate very technical messaging into understandable and digestible pieces making it easy for his audience(s) to grasp. It has been pleasure for me to collaborate with him; I have gleaned knowledge and approach from his external marketing and incorporated it into internal messaging. He always pushes for the best and comes up with elegant ideas to promote our products and solutions. He is a trusted colleague that I whole-heartedly recommend for any team.
Lewis Carr
Alain worked for me as our Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) industry marketing lead at HP Software and then as my Hybrid Cloud manager from November, 2011 through 2014. I found Alain to be extremely knowledgeable about CME and Hybrid Cloud and able to work directly with our field sales and presales teams on every continent we sold into, particularly in Latin America, Japan, Australia, and Europe. Alain would get rave reviews from our sales folks in these countries as well as from customers that he presented to individually or in seminar format. Alain was also a great writer – both more formal and extensive white papers as well as free flowing blogs. I would hire Alain again if I run another industry group that includes CME or Cloud IaaS and PaaS.
Shelli Muldoon
Alain has the ability to communicate very technical messaging into understandable and digestible pieces making it easy for his audience(s) to grasp. It has been pleasure for me to collaborate with him; I have gleaned knowledge and approach from his external marketing and incorporated it into internal messaging. He always pushes for the best and comes up with elegant ideas to promote our products and solutions. He is a trusted colleague that I whole-heartedly recommend for any team.
Lewis Carr
Alain worked for me as our Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) industry marketing lead at HP Software and then as my Hybrid Cloud manager from November, 2011 through 2014. I found Alain to be extremely knowledgeable about CME and Hybrid Cloud and able to work directly with our field sales and presales teams on every continent we sold into, particularly in Latin America, Japan, Australia, and Europe. Alain would get rave reviews from our sales folks in these countries as well as from customers that he presented to individually or in seminar format. Alain was also a great writer – both more formal and extensive white papers as well as free flowing blogs. I would hire Alain again if I run another industry group that includes CME or Cloud IaaS and PaaS.
Shelli Muldoon
Alain has the ability to communicate very technical messaging into understandable and digestible pieces making it easy for his audience(s) to grasp. It has been pleasure for me to collaborate with him; I have gleaned knowledge and approach from his external marketing and incorporated it into internal messaging. He always pushes for the best and comes up with elegant ideas to promote our products and solutions. He is a trusted colleague that I whole-heartedly recommend for any team.
Experience
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Gemba Systems Inc.
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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COO
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Feb 2018 - Present
Develop and execute marketing and business development strategies for manufacturing solutions that empower the shop floor workforce with advanced technologies, such as smart glasses and internet of things applications, resulting in higher quality, improved availability, and increased productivity. Develop and execute marketing and business development strategies for manufacturing solutions that empower the shop floor workforce with advanced technologies, such as smart glasses and internet of things applications, resulting in higher quality, improved availability, and increased productivity.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Global Network and Digital Services Solution Marketing Lead
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Apr 2016 - Dec 2017
Develop and execute the WW marketing programs that articulates HPE Communication Service Provider unique solutions and services to customers, prospects and the industry at large, and create effective content that supports the portfolio, and contributes to the business growth.
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Worldwide Transformation Areas Field Enablement Lead , Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software
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Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
Led the definition, planning , development coordination and delivery of sales enablement training and programs covering the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software portfolio.
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Global Cloud, Communications, Service Providers Lead , HP Software Marketing
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Nov 2011 - Aug 2015
Drive the message, produce marketing essentials, enable the sales team and deliver external marketing communications to customers, press and analysts around HP's IT software including cloud big data and mobility strategy for the Cloud, Communications, Service Providers market segments.
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Global Solution Marketing Manager
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Mar 2008 - Dec 2011
Drove external marketing communications to customers, press and analysts and deliver marketing essentials for sales force enablement of the HP Applications and Cloud Enablement Portfolio (includes Cloud Services, Apps Store and Network IVR solutions).
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WW Business Strategy Manager
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Jun 2004 - Mar 2008
Drive worldwide business strategy for Voice and Video Services around HP Open Call Media Platform
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Comverse
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Retail
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Director Wireline, Enterprise & Media Server - Comverse Europe
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Sep 2002 - Jan 2004
Introduced the new Media Server product for Wireline and Wireless operator in Europe. Conduct the Business Development of the Wireline strategy.
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Director Wireline Market Segments - Corporate Marketing
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Jun 2001 - Aug 2002
Strategize the business choices for Comverse Wireline Program and develop Sales and Marketing Tools.
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Unisys
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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EMEA Program Director – Value Added Services & Intelligent Network
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Apr 1992 - Dec 2000
Managed of a pan-European presales & program management team of twelve people for the following products and services: Voice Mail, Universal Messaging, Personal Number, Marketing Consultancy, Prepaid Services, Service Node solutions, Messaging platforms, Hardware Configuration & Pricing, Intelligent Network, and Intelligent Peripheral. Managed of a pan-European presales & program management team of twelve people for the following products and services: Voice Mail, Universal Messaging, Personal Number, Marketing Consultancy, Prepaid Services, Service Node solutions, Messaging platforms, Hardware Configuration & Pricing, Intelligent Network, and Intelligent Peripheral.
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Education
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1974 - 1981
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons
Civil Engineer, Electricity option Telecommunications
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