Re-accelerate. Reinvent. Reboot | Executive Mentor | Tech COO, VP & PMO Head

I’ve spent most of my career inside companies when things were hard.
 
Scaling. Restructuring. Turning around operations under pressure. Managing growth across cultures, time zones, and incomplete information.

I’ve been a CEO, COO, President, and Global VP, leading teams across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. I’ve carried the responsibility of $1B contracts and P&Ls up to $115M, and led major transformation programs impacting more than 6,000 people. Most recently, I ran an AI data company with 1,000+ people across Madagascar and Mauritius.
 
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲. 
When ambition runs ahead of structure.  When strategy exists, but execution doesn’t stick.  When the playbook is missing, and decisions still need to be made.
 
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: 
I partner with a small number of founders, CEOs, and boards, often in AI and Global South contexts- to bring clarity, discipline, and momentum when complexity creeps in. 

• 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗢𝗢 𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁: For companies in active transition.
• 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿/𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿: For high-stakes decision-making and scale.
• 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿: For Global South executives navigating Western capital markets.

I also write about AI, power, and leadership - specifically how emerging markets can scale without simply inheriting Northern tech assumptions. Most of that thinking lives here: 📬 https://ericraza.substack.com/

Born in Madagascar. Global Citizen. Fluent in French and English. Based in Montreal, and wherever the work requires.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

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Eric Raza

Axian Group

Infrastructure & Security Manager

Various Organizations

Providing advice and consultancy to major clients as a C-Level IT Advisor, from the initial assessment of existing IT infrastructure through to the development of a robust IT roadmap aligned with business objectives and company’s financial investment planning.

Independent Consultant

Digicel Group

Head of IT @Digicel, Papua New Guinea; responsible for providing mission critical IT services to all business verticals including Mobile, ICT, Television and Enterprise.

Head of IT

Blueline Entreprise

Involved in Mobile Operator Launch Project for the 4th Greenfield Mobile Operator in Madagascar. Sharing overall responsibility with the Business Project Director, CIO and CTO for the successful delivery of the project to the business owners. Controlling the project scope, deliverable timelines and overall solution architecture.

Senior IT and Telecom Consultant - Greenfield Mobile Rollout

VIMA

Establishing a centralized IT function for the Group, providing IT services and comprehensive support to over 10 subsidiary companies.

TELMA - Telecom Malagasy

Managing the Technical Information Systems Department for Telma Group, a major telecommunications operator, and reporting directly to the CIO.

IT Manager

Providing solution feasibility evaluation and presentation of findings to senior management for various key projects.

Solution Architect

Responsible as Technical Account Manager for the UAE region, providing support to sales teams across several business divisions. Promoted to the role of Director of Solution Architecture with the responsibility of creating and establishing a new business unit; the Department of Solution Architecture.

Technical Account Manager / Director DSA

Contributing to OSS/BSS solution creation for key clients, including Vodafone, Orascom, Etisalat, UMobil and IDEA, as well as executing major migration & implementation projects at Thuraya, Mobinil and Starhub.

Senior Solutions Architect

Accountable as Lead Solution Architect for a mobile telecommunications launch project, involving the end to end OSS/BSS rollout for a premier UAE telecoms company.

Senior Consultant

CVS Caremark Corporation

Dynamic and multifaceted role, with responsibility for the QA lab management of over 25 Store in a Box environments for NBM project, as well as assuring the quality of pharmacy systems.

Senior QA Consultant/Laboratory Manager

Atos

Accountable as Senior Consultant on the implementation project for three different systems; BSCS (billing system), Netonomy (front-end system) and the Insijam Technique (materials management system) in addition to the migration from the legacy billing system for Maroc Telecom wireline division.

Playing a lead role in the launch of a mobile telecommunications project, including IN platform, MSC, HLR, AUC, SMSC gateway, billing and customer care software for Wataniya Telecom.

A commercially astute and results-driven IT Director with significant IT and infrastructure management experience gained on a global platform; working with high profile and multinational organizations in the technology and telecommunications sectors. A competent strategist capable of delivering innovative plans and activities designed to facilitate enhanced operational performance; engaging with clients and key stakeholders to deliver cost effective and innovative IT solutions. Able to work well on his own initiative, demonstrating the highest levels of motivation and organization required to meet challenging business objectives and high quality standards. Widely regarded as a strong and supportive leader, who can communicate concisely at all levels.

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