Paul BOULC'H

Senior Program Director | Data Centers & Infrastructure

Salary / Daily rate

Lille, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Project Management (PMO)

Languages

EnglishFrench

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.

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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

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