October 1996 - August 1998

PRODUCT MANAGER AND EXPORT ANALYST, NBTel, Export Group, Saint John, New Brunswick.  

Tasks: In charge of building a product development template for NBTel’s export solutions. Conception of the Export Group strategy. Building the growth strategy for the export group.  

Elaboration of a model of country selection. Implementation of a framework for the analysis of the targeted countries.  
Responsible of building the presentation that led to a commercial partnership with Nortel.  
Set-up of the commercial mission “Team Canada 1997” in Asia for the President of NBTel. Scheduled meetings during the trip.  

Negotiation of a distribution agreement with a Canadian editor for a CD-ROM developed by NBTel.  

Set-up of the procedure for the management of the information flows within the company via the Intranet.   

Part of the process re-design event.  

Preparation of presentations for the President of the company for the Board of Directors and Stentor’s Board.  

Member of the NBTel Committee for the Francophonie Summit in Moncton in 1999. 

February 1995-September 1996 
 

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT ANALYST, Marchés Internationaux d'Affaires, Bucharest, Romania and Québec City.  

Tasks: Directed studies and analyses on business opportunities in Romania. Implementation of international projects for a consulting firm specialised in Central and Eastern  European countries.  

Set-up of training sessions and seminars. Conducted official missions abroad for Romanian ministries.

September 1995-February 1996 
 

PROJECT EXPERT, Ministry of Education of Romania, on the Reform project for the undergraduate studies, sponsored by the World Bank, Bucharest.  

Tasks: Planning the different components of the project, evaluation of the structural and       organisational problems, and recommendations of the potential alternatives.  

Training sessions. Study on the application of the Total Quality concept in primary and secondary schools in Romania.   
 

PROJECT ASSOCIATE, Centre for Small and Medium Enterprises (CRIMM), Bucharest.  

Tasks: Assisted to the realisation of start-up projects. Management support to Small and       Medium Enterprises (SME). 

June 1994-February 1995 

MARKETING DIRECTOR, Les Armoires et Meubles Charlevoix, a Canadian furniture company working in Romania.  

ECONOMIC DIRECTOR, PIPERA-AMC International S.R.L., a Canadian-Romanian joint-venture.  

Tasks: Directly involved in the negotiation and the registration process of a joint-venture in Bucharest. Developed and implemented the commercial strategy in Western and Eastern Europe, as well as in the Near and Middle East. In charge of the financial planning and management. 

January 1994-April 1996  
 

PROJECT COORDINATOR, Ministry of External Affairs of Romania and the Black Sea University, Bucharest.  

Tasks: Led the development of an INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE, dedicated to the promotion of foreign investments in Romania, and the partnership between Black Sea area firms and those from all over the World.   

Responsible for the set-up of post-university courses in economics, marketing and management. Selection of the candidates. Collaboration with the partners and the sponsors.  Coordination of the courses. Logistics and financial planning. 

INVITED SPEAKER to management training seminars. 

MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE, Carmix Impex, an import-export company, Bucharest.  

Tasks: Established and implemented the marketing strategy, in order to develop the market of  the water filters in Bucharest. 

 Summer 1990    

SALES REPRESENTATIVE, DMS Marketing, Québec City.  

Tasks: Promoted and sold the credit facilities to K-Mart’s clients. 

Fall 1989

TELEMARKETING SUPERVISOR, GWE Consulting Group.

Tasks: In charge of a telemarketing group for various charity campaigns.

 

* Training seminars for organisations in marketing, strategy, and the knowledge economy upon request. 

* Export opportunities analyses and trade mission set-ups available.