
Paul BOULC'H
Senior Program Director | Data Centers & Infrastructure
Salary / Daily rate
Lille, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Global infrastructure executive with 20+ years leading complex telecom, data center, and renewable energy projects across EMEA, USA & APAC. CEO achieving 150% annual growth, directed 50MW Green Data Center pre-construction and deployed 9 data centers across 3 continents. Delivering operational excellence and strategic transformation for Fortune 500 clients.
Work experience
Founder & Investor
Planet Soar Shop
Jan 2020 - Present
6 years 10 months
69340 Francheville, France
Managing Director & CEO
Planet Soar
Oct 2018 - Present
8 years 1 month
Lille Area, France
• Directed the transformation and strategy of Planet Soar, focusing on engineering solutions for operational excellence. • Achieved 150% annual growth, engineering and strategic execution. • Led the pre-construction utility strategy for a 50MW Green Data Center in, securing technical approvals. • Expanded projects across Europe and Africa, establishing a strong international footprint in the renewable energy sector.
Program Director
OVH
Feb 2016 - Oct 2018
2 years 9 months
Lille Area, France
• Led the end-to-end deployment of nine new Data Centers across three continents, managing substantial budgets. • Engineered infrastructure solutions in collaboration with local authorities to ensure compliance and operational efficiency. • Designed a standardized Data Center deployment model, integrating best practices for optimized performance. • Built high-performing operational teams, overseeing budget management for long-term sustainability.
Project Director
HUAWEI IT
Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
7 months
Gaboń, Poland
IP/MPLS in Airtel
Senior Project Manager, Traffix
F5 Networks
Sep 2014 - May 2015
9 months
Singapore
• Deployment of f5 network equipment ( DRA & DEA) , in the region of APAC.
Senior Program / Project Manager – E2E Solution Manager
Ericsson
Dec 2013 - Jul 2014
8 months
Jakarta, Indonesia
Implementation of strategic projects E2E network optimization (RAN – Transmission and CORE) with CEM (Customer experience management) Marketing study with IPSOS and Marketing team for one Cluster in Jakarta. Analysis and recommendation to C-Level to enhance customer experience, improve ROI and increase revenue
Senior Program / Project Manager - Pre-Sales Project manager
Ericsson (JAPAN)
Sep 2011 - May 2013
1 year 9 months
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Manage Projects for NTT Docomo R&D – (Biggest Test Bed of Ericsson in the world) Bring new technology to NTT Docomo (LTE and VoLTE) Successful deployment. Commercial side effect: Ericsson become prim vendor of NTT Docomo R&D Drive Team for pre-sales activity: VoLTE commercial and M2M for NTT Docomo LTE network optimization
Operational Excellence Manager - Stakeholders Manager
Helveta
Sep 2010 - Oct 2011
1 year 2 months
Oxford, UK
• Supervise the implementation of different project in Africa. Improve the Project standards. • Manage the relationship with major stakeholders: UE (UE ambassador in Congo), government administration, UE consultancy etc ….
Senior Program / Project Manager - Pre-sales Manager (2G, 3G network, GPRS, VAS, LTE, LI)
Ericsson MUSA (Market Unite Sub-Sahara)
Oct 2006 - Oct 2009
3 years 1 month
Africa ( Cameroun , Botswana , Madagascar, Kenya , Reunion Island)
Manage important turnkey project/program for customer in Africa (Orange : France Telecom Group, Econet) Pre-sales activities: prepare tender, RFQ etc. …. RAN Roll-Out and optimization project management.(2G, 3G network, GPRS, VAS, Lawful Intercept …)
Project Manager (GPRS,VAS)
Ericsson
Jan 2005 - Oct 2006
1 year 10 months
Paris Area, France
• In charge mainly of Orange R&D customer. • Responsible of the introduction of New HW and SW for Orange R&D • Deployments of new HW and SW on the life network for the CORE network.
General Manager / Business developer- Program Manager
IEA (Paris)
Feb 2001 - Dec 2002
1 year 11 months
Paris Area, France
( Manage a team of 60 employees) Implement the strategy of IEA : •Introduce new activity (“New Technology") in IEA consultancy. •Introduce the project management, standard. •Change management (from Civil work and security system to the New Technology) •Responsible for the turn over / P & L of the new activity.
Education
SKEMA Business School
MBA, Executive Master of Business Administration
2004 - 2005
2 years
SKEMA Business School
International Master of Science, Project and program Management
2002 - 2003
2 years
BTE (Bureau de transfert d'Expertise)
Diploma in Computer Assisted Production Management
1989 - 1991
3 years