Experience

Finegan Luxembourg
• Luxembourg
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Partner

  • Sep 2022 - Present


Azzana Consulting

• France
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Feb 2022 - Sep 2022

  In Luxembourg the Finnegan Group is structured around 3 brands: 99 Advisory, Azzana Consulting and 11 Management. Azzan Consulting is active is Payments, Transaction Banking, Open Banking, Regulation, Tech, Innovation, FinTech, Testing, Program- Project Management, Sourcing ... In Luxembourg the Finnegan Group is structured around 3 brands: 99 Advisory, Azzana Consulting and 11 Management. Azzan Consulting is active is Payments, Transaction Banking, Open Banking, Regulation, Tech, Innovation, FinTech, Testing, Program- Project Management, Sourcing ...



Wavestone

• France
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partner

  • Jul 2016 - Dec 2021

  Kurt Salmon + Solucom = Wavestone Kurt Salmon + Solucom = Wavestone



Kurt Salmon

• Partner

  • Jan 2012 - Jul 2016

• Associate Partner

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  In charge of European institutions, the Luxembourg government, local administrations & companies.Main expertise in the set-up of the single EU market for the 21st century, mainly in eGovernment (Interoperability) and Payments (EU Regulations, PSD, SEPA, E-Invoicing); Strategic & Management consulting, Program & Project management.

• Senior Manager

  • Jul 2008 - Jan 2011

  - Public Sector Strategies, Program / Quality / Audit / Project Management, Solutions Selection, CMS (European Institutions and local Government administrations)- Financial Services Transformation Consulting (Retail and Payment Consulting services: EU Regulations, PSD, SEPA, E-Invoicing, SWIFT, Account swapping, Credit registers, ...)- Article published on PSD, SEPA & E-Invoicing- Speaker at SIBOS 2010 on E-Invoicing & SEPA



Logica

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Solutions & Channels Director

  • Jan 2007 - 2008

  - Missions: Cross-selling with ILoBs (International Lines of Business), Solutions building/customisation, Alliances Management and MarCom- Coordination of local business initiatives in the areas of Finance (Payments/Cards/SEPA, SwiftNet, …) European Institutions (CMS OpenSource, Test Management…), local Government and Space (ESA) - Article published in « IT News 2.0 » on Banking Software and Solutions

• Business Development Manager

  • Aug 2002 - Dec 2006

  - Missions: Business Development, Account Management, Solution Building/Selling and Communications- Collaboration with LogicaCMG's ILoBs and launch of local business initiatives in the areas of Telecons (Portability, Billing, CRM, SMS, MMS, OTA,…), Finance (AML, Basel II, Compliance, SwiftNet, SAP, …) and Government (ePortal, eProcurement, …)- Alliance Management : Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, HP, CISCO and other local companies- Article published in « Le Jeudi - Finance » and « Investment in Luxembourg » on Anti Money Laundering automatisation in Luxembourg, participation at different conferences on « AML » and « Compliance/Risk Management » Show less



Arthur Andersen Business Consulting

• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager

  • Sep 2001 - Aug 2002

  - Missions: Director of Technology Integration Services (TIS) in Luxembourg, Management and Business Development - Integration with the Risk Management Group and the different business consulting entities (FSI, Public Sector, TMC); ); link with the “Technology, Media & Communication” industry sector at Andersen BC in Luxembourg (SES-Astra, Tango-Tele2, P&T, IEE, RTL Group, …) - Management, coordination and evaluation of IT projects - Alliance management in Luxembourg (IBM, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, …) - Member of the « APSI » board (Association des Professionnelles de la Société de l’Information), responsible for the consulting group and communication manager - Article published in « Investment in Luxembourg » about eBanking in Luxembourg, speaker at « First Tuesday » together with the Ministry of Economy (http://www.etat.lu/ECO/comelec/1tuesday.htm) Show less



Independent Economic Counselor

• Management- and e-Consultant

  • Apr 2001 - Aug 2001

  - New Economy Strategies (development and implementation coaching of innovative New Economy Strategies for DotCOMs and established organizations in the fields of eGovernment and eEnterprise) - Sales, Marketing & Communication (Set up of key business relationships between various actors, introduction of leading contacts, creation and evaluation of sales opportunities/pipelines, assistance in project selling, elaboration of MarCom plans) - Business & IT Consulting (Council in information systems strategies and design, methodology and know-how transfer, innovative business and technology assistance) - Coaching, Change- & Project Management (Coaching of Management-, Sales- and Project-teams, Implementation of strategic change plans within enterprises and administrations, Management and Co-ordination of Projects) Show less



Electronic Data Systems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Apr 1999 - Mar 2001

  - Missions: Managing Director, Global business strategies for Luxembourg, Sales and MarCom Manager, Member of the BeLux Management Board… - Improvement of the EDS brand recognition and expansion of the business in Luxembourg - Launch of a secure eFinance platform (PKI modules based on the Brokat technology) and of new outsourcing offerings - Consolidation of all EDS activities in Luxembourg and support of the main EDS accounts: Clearstream, Delphi Automotive, ProfilARBED, CAIL, Exxon-Mobil Plastics Europe, EBS, … - Co-sponsor and supporter of the « First Tuesday » initiative in Luxembourg - Author of “The 10 Critical Success Factors to boost Luxembourg eCompanies in the dotCOM world”, initiator of business press-conferences, guest at RTL TV and Radio Waky, articles in the press … - Participant in the « Lux-Asia » event, negotiation with IT offshore firms in India and other Asian countries Show less



IBM Global Services

• India
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • 1995 - 1999

  - From January 1999 to March 1999 at IBM Global Services – Professional Services SI/AD, 35 employees, Consulting, Systems Integration and Application Development entity of the IBM Global Services division of IBM Belgium/Luxembourg - From January 1998 to December 1998 at CIMAD Consultants (IBM Global Services) in Luxembourg-Hesperange, 30 employees, IT Services Company of the IBM Group, Global Services division – Consulting / Systems Integration / Application Development - From February 1995 to December 1997 at CGI Systems, IBM Group in Luxembourg-Hesperange, 14 employees, IT Services Company of the IBM Group Show less



CECIMA

• France
• Real Estate

• IS Consultant

  • Feb 1992 - Jan 1995

  - Missions at Canon, DGI, EDS-GFI, France Télécom, MSA, ONET, SNCF, SOFINCO, TOTAL... - Trainer of the MERISE methodology and of the CASE tool « MESSAGE Conception / WinDESIGN » - Consultant, validation of Blue Prints, Preliminary and Detailed studies - Sales, lead generation, pre-sales activities and public demonstration of the « MESSAGE Conception / WinDESIGN » software (www.win-design.com) - Launch of the alliance between CECIMA and various RDBMS software houses (Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft, IBM, Informix…) - Co-administrator of the French-German partnership between CECIMA and SOFTWARE AG Germany - Member of the European FORCES project for the translation and the diffusion of the MERISE methodology in Germany and its integration with the German « V-Model » methodology (CECIMA, CRP-Centre Universitaire, Chambre des Employés Privés du Luxembourg, Bremer Vulkan…) Show less



Société Marseillaise de Crédit

• France
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT ANALYST/PROGRAMMER

  • Nov 1990 - Jan 1992

  - Analysis and design of the « Lettres de Change (LCR) » project using the MERISE methodology, programming and testing on NATURAL / ADABAS platform on IBM mainframe, launch of the application in all the branches of the bank and training of the LCR application end-users - Maintenance of IT applications, central customer files and VISA cards applications in COBOL/IMS-DL1/CICS-VSAM on IBM mainframe - Analysis and design of the « Lettres de Change (LCR) » project using the MERISE methodology, programming and testing on NATURAL / ADABAS platform on IBM mainframe, launch of the application in all the branches of the bank and training of the LCR application end-users - Maintenance of IT applications, central customer files and VISA cards applications in COBOL/IMS-DL1/CICS-VSAM on IBM mainframe