E-mail: abpm3o@r.postjobfree.com Nationality: Luxembourgish

Francois Depienne

Fran Depienne

Cell: +65 8649 0061 Address: 9 Keng Chin Road

Born: Oct 17, 1981 #11-01 Bellerive

Strategy & Market/Product Development

Marital Status: Married Singapore 258711

Technology, Media, Telecommunications

PROFILE

PROFILE SUMMARY

5+ years of experience in the satellite, telecoms and technology industries. Companies I worked for

include O3b Networks / SES ASTRA, Alcatel-Lucent, as well as internships at Microsoft and Canon.

Well-rounded professional with a track record in strategy and market/product development roles

Well-

Well professional

addressing telecoms, media and oil&gas/maritime verticals. Former Management Trainee.

Engineering and Business Education: M.Sc. in Communication Systems Engineering from EPFL in

Engineering Education:

Switzerland (top ranked European Engineering school) and executive business education at Harvard

Business School, London Business School and Kellogg School of Management.

Prior Asian Experience: lived, studied and worked internationally for 8 years, incl. 1.5 years in Asia

Prior Experience:

(Beijing, Tokyo and Bangalore), 1 year in the US and several years in Europe. Developed good cultural

understanding of several emerging markets, especially in Asia. Married to a Chinese woman.

Multilingual: up to 7 languages, including fluency in English, French, German and Luxembourgish,

Multilingual:

intermediate level in Spanish and elementary level in Mandarin and Japanese.

Other skills: VBA/SQL/Excel/Powerpoint, highly analytical, project management skills, cross-cultural

Other

communication skills, ability to develop close relationships quickly, can-do attitude.

Publications/Patents: Two conference proceedings, one pending US patent.

Publications/Patents

Publications/Patents:

PROFESSIONAL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manager, Market

Sep 2010 Luxembourg

O3b Networks Sr. Manager, Strategic Market Development

O3b

Present The Hague, NL

Part of the SES Group and backed by Google, HSBC and African development banks,

(1 year,

O3b Networks is an innovative satellite network that will provide internet connectivity to the

4 months)

Other 3 Billion people in less developed regions of the world. The company went through

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a few rounds of financing, raising US$1.2 billion.

Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, I am in charge of Strategic Planning, Market

Development and Yield Management. My role includes:

leading the strategic planning effort

performing market analysis and evaluating business cases supporting new product

developments for new verticals in emerging markets (IP & Mobile networks, Maritime &

Oil&Gas communications)

developing product packaging and pricing strategies for new products

developing asset/yield management capabilities within the organization

speaking at international conferences.

SES (ASTRA) Associate

SES (ASTRA) Associate Program

Sep 2008 Princeton, NJ, USA

Aug 2010 The Hague, NL

SES is the world s leading commercial satellite operator with ca. 25% market share.

(2 years) Luxembourg

Reporting to C/VP-level executives, this Management Trainee program enabled me to

develop broad functional skills through 4 rotations within key departments of the company.

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1 rotation: Strategic Business Development, Luxembourg

Development,

Developed market entry / go-to-market strategies for the Vietnamese media market

Conducted evaluation of strategic alliances and M&A opportunities

Wrote a positioning paper for satellite broadband within the EU broadband stimulus plan.

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2 rotation: Financial Planning & Analysis, Luxembourg

Financial Analysis,

Lead the group-wide Performance Management initiative (balanced scorecard)

Developed financial models (Revenue, P&L, EVA, insurance, etc.) providing guidance for

senior executives, analysts, rating agencies and investors.

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3 rotation: Sales Development, Princeton, NJ, USA

Development,

New service introduction (CDN for video streaming): strategic analysis and modeling

Established the first 3D TV End-to-End Ecosystem in the US: planned and negotiated

partnerships with top tier media customers and display manufacturers.

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4 rotation: Technical Procurement for O3b, The Hague, NL

Procured network services (prepared RFP, evaluated bids) and equipment (design

reviews). Planned the implementation phase.

Project

Jun 2008 Brussels,

Alcatel-Lucent (via Altran) Project Engineer, Consultant

Alcatel (via

Aug 2008 Belgium

Software Engineer on a 3G data charging system for O2 Germany.

(3 months)

INTERNSHIPS

INTERNSHIPS

Master

Apr 2007 Beijing, China

Microsoft Research Asia Master Thesis

Microsoft Research

Nov 2007 Wireless Networking: Performed a feasibility study of a novel software-defined radio

(7 months)

platform based on NVidia GPUs, designed and implemented massively-parallel

algorithms for the IEEE802.11a physical layer. Pending US Patent (200********).

Research

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) / EPFL Research Assistant

Oct 2006 Bangalore, India

Indian

Mar 2007 Lausanne, CH

Wireless sensor networks (WSN): developed an embedded and server-side application

(6 months)

for marginal farmers in developing countries.

Teaching

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Teaching Assistant

Oct 2006 Lausanne, CH

Swiss

Feb 2007 Lecturer: practice sessions for the Satellite Communication Systems & Networks class

(5 months)

(master level). Learned how to captivate an audience. 95% exam success rate.

Research

Aug 2006 Boston, MA, USA

Northeastern University Wireless Security Laboratory Research Assistant

Northeastern Wireless

Oct 2006 Vehicular Networks: designed a HW/SW platform for taxicabs network applications:

(3 months)

Platform specifications, network simulations, RF measurements, software development,

partnership negotiation with taxicabs company.

Published a paper at IEEE Globecom conference in San Francisco.

System

Jul 2005 Tokyo, Japan

Canon Inc. - System Engineer

Canon

Oct 2005 DLNA: Created compliance test procedures for printers with the specifications of DLNA,

(3 months)

UPnP and PrintEnhanced standards.

Held a weekly French language class for Canon employees.

Net Support

Sep 2004 Odiham, UK

Telindus UK Network Support Engineer

Telindus

(1 month)

Identified failures, maintained & configured networking hardware: switches, routers etc.

Acquired hands-on experience with CISCO and Juniper equipment.

Software Network

Aug 2004, Luxembourg

Dexia International Bank Software Development & Network Administration

Dexia

Jul 2003, Developed stock management software (PHP & MySQL), assisted network

Jul 2001 administrators, and developed intranet web sites.

(3 months)

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL): M.Sc. in Communication Systems

Oct 2005 Switzerland

M.Sc.

Dec 2007 Specialized in Mobile Networks & Wireless Communications, GPA: 5.64/6

University of Liege: Electrical & Electronics Engineering (B.Sc. equivalent)

Sep 2001 Belgium

Electrical

Jun 2005 Erasmus exchange year at EPFL, GPA: 5.34/6

Athenee of Luxembourg: High school degree (maths), ranked 1st in section, GPA: 50/60

Jul 2001 Luxembourg

High GPA:

Executive

Executive Education:

Harvard Business School, Strategic Marketing Management

2009 - Strategic

2011 London Business School, Decision Making for Leaders

Decision

Deci

Kellogg School of Management (Chicago, IL), Finance for Executives

Finance

Project Management Institute (PMI), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Certified

LANGUAGES

LANGUAGES

Fluent: English, French (native), German, Luxembourgish (native)

Intermediate: Spanish

Elementary: Mandarin, Japanese

EXTRACURRICULAR

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Sailing/navigation, golf, tennis, photography, business & technology literature

Current:

Past: Boy Scouts Leader for 3 years

Boy

Piano/Keyboards player for 20 years, 5 years in a successful Luxembourgish coverband

Piano/Keyboards

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Table-tennis player for 7 years, best performance: 4 in Luxembourg s national ranking

Table-

Committee member of student organizations in Luxembourg, Belgium and Switzerland

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