Jerome Berniere

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  • About me

    Director of Partner Development - Microsoft Operators Partners

  • Education

    • Microsoft Leadership program

      2009 - 2011
      Microsoft Leadership Select Business Administration and Management, General

      Activities and Societies: 2 years Internal program for high potential employees to:• Accelerate skill development• Develop leadership skills• Broaden the business management skills

    • Ecole supérieure et d'Application du Génie

      1994 - 1995
      Military Engineering

      Rank - Lieutenant

    • Bachelor in Engineering

      1992 - 1994
      Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering
    • EPITA

      1995 - 1998
      Master's degree Computer Science and Telecommunications
  • Experience

    • Ecole supérieure et d'Application du Génie

      Dec 1994 - Dec 1995
      Lieutenant

      Joined the French Army Engineer Corp Officer Candidate School OCS (ESAG)Served as platoon commanding officer for the 7th Engineer RegimentDistinguished with the French National Defence Medal for remarkable services on active duty

    • Accenture

      Jan 1998 - Jul 1998
      Analyst - Intern

      Analyzing current and future Network technologies to help the firm and its clients to understand which the key technologies should be to be use in the future (Wireless data & Microsoft technologies)Designing Mercedes-Benz customer service call center infrastructure (position based in the Netherlands).

    • Newbridge Networks (Alcatel)

      Jul 1998 - Nov 1999
      Support Escalation Engineer

      Support Escalation engineer and new product introduction between the country partners, customers and the product group in UK/Canada. This includes multi-protocols data routers and telecom carrier class technologies (like IP/IPX/ATM/X25/FR/WAN).

    • Cisco Systems

      Nov 1999 - Feb 2002
      Voice Technology Group Lead

      Leading a team of voice specialist in Unified Communications including Cisco Call Manager, Unity, ICM/IPCC, LAN/WAN,...Interface for the product group development in strategic customer escalation, support for large accounts system engineers during request for proposal and pilots, assisting project manager in risk assessment for large customer deployments.

    • Logical Networks

      Feb 2002 - Feb 2003
      Telecommunications Architect

      Unified Communications Architect. Oversees requests for proposal for the country, customer deployments and strategic vendor relationship (mainly Cisco).

    • Nextiraone

      Mar 2003 - May 2006
      Telecommunications Architect

      Unified Communications Architect for Nextiraone France large account division. Oversees requests for proposal for the country, strategic customer deployments and strategic vendor relationship (mainly Cisco/Alcatel).

    • Microsoft

      May 2006 - now

      Managing Unified Communications Research and Development programs in the following area: Voice/Video and virtualization, PBX Interoperability, strategic customers/partners relationship, deployment, escalation, and new product introduction. Managing Worldwide relationship with Microsoft IT for the Lync Product Group up at Corporate VP/CIO level for Unified Communications technologies. Leading teams in Microsoft IT, Lync engineering and Online Business Division to define business goals, operations, infrastructure designs, and new products introduction to support Microsoft's business needs.People Manager Show less

      • Director of Partner Development - Microsoft Strategic Operators Partners

        Mar 2024 - now
      • Director, Enterprise Product & Sales Strategy

        Jun 2015 - Mar 2024
      • Global Account Technical Strategy Lead

        Sept 2012 - May 2015
      • Senior Product Manager Lead

        Apr 2011 - Aug 2012
      • Senior Program Manager Lead

        Aug 2008 - Mar 2011
      • Senior Technical Solution Professional

        May 2006 - Jul 2008
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Jerome Berniere
      Microsoft Gold Star Gurdeep Singh Pall, Corporate VP, Lync-Skype Mar 2011 Management of the global Lync deployment of Microsoft
    • Awarded to Jerome Berniere
      French National Defense Bronze Medal 7th Army Engineer Regiment / Platoon commanding officer Aug 1995