Education
1981 Master's in Management ESC Marseille
1982 DEA in Epistemology
1982 Perfecad ( training for trainers)
1990 Cesa (HEC)
Experiences
Experience as a teacher and trainer
- Since 2000 : Ecole de Management de Lyon Affiliate Professor in entrepreneurship
Specialties : Corporate Management, Strategy, Marketing, communication in a B to B environment
Courses taught :
- International Strategies of SMEs and new ventures (Master's level)
- Industrial Marketing (MBA level)
- Marketing (Executive level)
- Corporate communication and strategy (MBA level)
- Growth and crisis in new ventures (Graduate Level)
- Business planning (Graduate level)
- Strategic Management of SMEs (MBA level)
- 1992 - 2000 - Associated Lecturer, EM-Lyon
Strategy and industrial marketing
- 1985 - 1992 - Lecturer:
Public and private institutions at University level in France and abroad (Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecole des Mines de Paris, Université Bauman (Moscow), Ecole Polytechnique Wroclaw (Poland), Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (Switzeraland), mainly)
Experience as a manager
- Since 1997: Entrepreneur and company President:
Group of SMEs , among them : Ardèje corp. - Valence
Venture supported by Anvar goverrnmental institution, Eurêka labellized at European level
Digital printing Technologies
- From 1987 to 1996 : IMAJE group :
Industrial marking systems
International Vice-president: marketing and sales
Operational Manager of the international Division (150 personnes, 20 nationalités)
Member of the Board of 12 subsidiaries (among them: Japan, Corea, USA, Germany, Mexico)
Covering the 5 continents : 750 people, 1 billion FF Turnover.
- 1983-1987 : Wikes group (US)- cristalleries de Vallérysthal
Sales Director
- 1981-1982 : NESTLE Group (Vevey - Switzerland)
International Marketing Division
Junior Product Manager
Recent consulting and executive development activities
- international organizations :
SUEZ group (Services)
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC (Power and Control)
SNECMA (Motors)
ALCATEL ( Space and Telecoms)
HTM (High Tech products)
LAFARGE (Building Materials)
CASE-POCLAIN (
UNILOG (Consulting activities)
USINOR (Steel)
- SME's :
Consulting missions for more than 10 SMEs each year (Territoire metal (engravings), Point rouge (detection tech), Epitact (silicones), Alligator (advertising) …)
- Institutional partners :
ANPE
European Community
Goizueta Business School (Atlanta University): Transfer in the United States of an international management programm.
First seminar held in New-York (2001/2002)
Publications & Research
Publications
Articles
- L'économie Drômoise : L'avenir est à ceux qui innovent, Octobre 2004
- Various interviews in magazines as L'Express, l'Expansion and l'Usine Nouvelle
- Le MOCI : article about SMEs' development in China (1995)
Books
RH et développement durable, Ed d'Organisation, avril 2005
Book Chapter
Les formes d'innovation en PME. In Dev Eco Efficience : Le Guide du Développeur économique. Partie 10, chapitre 3, Territorial Edition
Conferences
- IMP, 20e Conférence, Copenhague, September 2004, Social acceptability in small scale projects, avec SALLE R. & COVA B.
- DPP 2001 (Technologies and markets)
- European joint center of Milano : ( entrepreneurship)
- European community in Brussels : (developing in Asia)
Cases
Avec Robert Salle, cas INUIT : comprendre le comportement d'achat du client industriel. Centrale des cas et de Medias Pédagogiques. Paris.
Research interest
In the field of corporate management, entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial behaviour and tools, strategic communication.
Languages
English / German / Russian
Others informations
Memberships and awards
- IFEC member of the Board (1992-1997)
- Co-founder and director of the European Center for Identification and Tracking ( programm supported by the European Community and the Rhône-Alps Region) (1998-1999)
- Consultant for the French Congress (Sénat)