Alfonso Richart

Experience

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  Alcatel Bell Antwerp

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

  World wide responsible for the test & deliveries department within Access BU (all Alcatel access products including ADSL world best class access products) managing 400 persons in 8 different places (San Francisco, Raleigh NC, Ottawa, Antwerp, Madrid, Nantes, Shanghai and Sydney) and a budget of 25 M€. In charge of the overall work distribution and coordination , defining improvements plans, defining the test strategies, new technologies, subcontracting strategies… During this time I participated in the set up of subcontracting activities with WIPRO ( SW company based in India ). Show less World wide responsible for the technical assistance of the DSL access product range of Alcatel. Managing 150 engineers and giving support to more than 120 customers world wide (more than 50 million lines), I had direct contact with customers (BellSouth, SBC, Verizon, BT, KPN,DT…). During this assignment I was involved in a change program (with support of Boston Consulting Group) defining changes at different levels as organizational, business procedures, competences...with a clear business improvement target. I led the organizational change working group. Show less

  • Access Business Unit R&D department director

    Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

  • Access Business Unit R&D Maintenance director

    Jan 2003 - Dec 2004
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  Alcatel

  Jan 2005 - Mar 2007

  Access Network Division Program Director

  Overall responsible to manage a program to develop a product that includes VoIP capabilities in the current main DSL access product in Alcatel. I am in charge of the full product development plan (coordinating a team of 120 people in Antwerp, Madrid and Shanghai) ,to ensure the manufacturability of the product (The product is manufactured entirely in Shanghai), to manage the demos and 1st customers…In general to ensure that the product is launched to the market as planned making sure that all functions (from R&D to the commercial forces) are fully aligned to fulfil the product sales objectives. In this position I have to manage a very complex multinational, multicultural and multidisciplinary team and I have spent almost half of my time between Europe and China. Show less

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  ThalesAleniaSpace Spain

  Mar 2007 - now

  Overall end to end responsibility across all programs of the company in terms of roadmap and cost. I am in charge for all programs from offer until delivery. Discussing the industrial offers with commercial, prioritizing between programs when needed and interfacing with customers for industrial matters.Responsible of the revenue recognition as well as of the invoice submssion.Managing a team of more than fifteeen project managersI have contributed in this postion to manage the growth of the company (more than 50% growth in revenue in this period), to improve the project indicators substantially and to reduce the project costs improving the competitiveness amongst others. Show less

  • Chief Operations Officer

    Jul 2016 - now

  • PMO Director

    Mar 2007 - Jun 2016