Richard Besnier
Senior Project and Program Manager
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Mobility: Île-de-France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior Project & Program Director with 15+ years driving complex tech initiatives across telecom, banking, and transportation sectors. Expert in digital transformation, fiber optic deployment (16,000 km), and payment digitalization with proven Agile team leadership. Delivering strategic programs on time while navigating regulatory constraints and accelerating time-to-market for innovative solutions.
Work experience
Freelance
TelProject
Jul 2009 - Present
17 years 4 months
Meulan-en-Yvelines, France
Deputy Program Manager
SNCF VoyageursFreelance
Nov 2020 - Oct 2024
4 years
Saint-Denis, France
product manager for maintenance tools of GSMR manage Capgemini development team (Agile) management of the transfer of activity within Ingénierie du Matériel
Program Head
Bouygues TelecomFreelance
Dec 2019 - Aug 2020
9 months
Meudon, France
Pilot of the launch phase of the fiber optic deployment program (16 000 km).
Project Director
STETFreelance
Dec 2016 - Dec 2019
3 years 1 month
92800 Puteaux, France
Management of innovative projects in the field of banking transactions (digitalisation of means of payment, HCE CB PURE, APPLE PAY, SAMSUNG PAY) Faced with time to market and bank regulation
Project Director
SNCF
May 2011 - Jul 2016
5 years 3 months
Clichy, France
Steering of PMR service for various branches or domains of SNCF (Network, Mobilities) Provide reliable and secure communication through digital network Responsible of the delivery of the new security tool for train shunting
Project Director
SFR
Jul 2009 - May 2011
1 year 11 months
Manager of Major Project - Responsible for the commercial launch of the femtocell product - Steer the evolution of the solution according to mass market and professional. - Implementation of the industrialization process
IT Technical coordinator
Orange
Feb 2008 - Dec 2008
11 months
In charge of the coordination of new MVNO for Orange France. Manage projects conforming to the regulation (free waiting time, Eurotarif, MVNO offer autonomy) Initiate studies for IT evolution
Technical leader of MSS 4.1 solution for Bouygues
Ericsson
Mar 2007 - Dec 2007
10 months
91300 Massy, France
Ericsson France Technical leader of MSS 4.1 solution for Bouygues - setup the experimental phase within the live network for 2G subscribers - Responsible of Validation / Acceptance / FOA phase for 2G/3G - Coordinate the internal activities related to MSS solution
NSS Project Manager for SFR Network
Siemens
Jun 2005 - Jan 2007
1 year 8 months
- Manage the new release of Signalling Transfer Point equipment with the implementation of the new HLRV feature within SFR network. - Coordonate the swap of Tekelek solution by Siemens solution - Responsible of SIGTRAN and HSL pilote for SFR
Technical leader of IN platform for EMEA
Alcatel
Jan 2004 - May 2005
1 year 5 months
Paris, France
- Deployment of intelligent network platforms in Qatar (Q-Tel), in India (Tata Teleservice Ltd and BSNL) and in Slovakia (Orange) - Development of SS7 knowledge center - Training
Education
SUPELEC/CNED
Conception ASIC
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