Crédit Agricole Creditor Insurance (CACI)

Project manager

Generali France

- French subsidiary of the 3rd insurance group in the world behind Allianz and Axa -

◾Definition of the target operating model for marketing activities regarding the acquisition of La Médicale, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole 
    - Established scope delimitation, led as-is and gap analysis workshops, deﬁned target processes 
    - Gained 20% FTEs on the target scope

◾Delegation of activity
    - Established a business case as part of the company’s strategy to reduce overheads
    - Gained 10% FTEs on the target scope

◾Operational efficiency & overheads streamlining on marketing activities
    - Activated technological, organizational & HR levers and estimated potential gains & investments required for arbitration

◾Securing IBANs  & disbursements to reduce fraud
    - Led as-is and gap analysis workshops, deﬁned target processes on certain business lines & subsidiaries including Generali Luxembourg

◾ Implementation of the Action Plan of the Savings Department 
  - Established a cartography of contractual documents archives, established a RACI on IDD, launched the digitization of the contractual documentation of a portfolio of 50 000 contracts 

◾ Launch of Data community
    - Established a community to unite employees around a common culture of data, created the brand identity & the communication strategy
    - Multiplied x3 the number of participants at the end of the first 4 months of existence

◾ Internal topics
  - Internal trainer: design impactful presentations (including training creation), project management
  - Member of the Circle of Innovators
  - Innovation Champion Program
  - Popularization pitch on the blockchain & the Metaverse

Organization & change management project manager

Deloitte

- Big Four worldwide consulting firm - 

◾Outsourcing of part of the business and IT activities of a banking group
    - Defined the transferable scope, designed transitional & target organization
    - +200 employees outsourced under L12-24 to preserve employment
    - 2 consultation information files approved by social authorities

Senior Consultant – Financial Services Industry & fintech

◾Design of target customer journeys as part of the redesign of the IS tool on a European scale for a major banking player
    - Analyzed as-is situation, identified customer pain points, led the service design lab on the co-creation of target customer journeys
    - +42 types of pain points identiﬁed (manual tasks, low value-added tasks, etc.) on 6 customer journeys

◾ Internal topics
  - Wrote pitch (commercial prospecting) on various themes: post merger acquisition integration in insurance, harmonization of insurance subscribing practices within a major banking player, profitability of incubators, chatbot in AI optimization of customer interactions, etc.
  - Launched the mentoring pilot: wrote the pitch, undertook oral presentation in front of the associate comittee, transformed the mentoring pilot into a mentoring program

Consultant – Financial Services Industry & fintech

Crédit du Nord Group

- Banking group, subsidiary of Société Générale -

◾Implementation of a sectoral approach on offers for liberal professions, VSEs, and associations
    - Led packaging, benchmark, regulatory update, commercial animation, management, etc.

◾Implementation of development strategy for professional clients by promoting 2.0 partnerships
    - Launched 4 new partnerships & service offers (media and multichannel strategy, commercial animation, etc.): ALD Automotive, Doctolib, Oxatis, Ellisphere with co-creation of a brand (“PassBtoB”)

Marketing research officer – Professionals market

◾Led 32 operations (print and digital campaigns), 42 documents designed (mailing, customer and employee guides, contracts, point-of-sale promotion), €54,700 engaged budget

Multichannel direct marketing project manager

Néorateur - Eloquence association of NEOMA Business School Reims

◾Defined and implemented brand consistency (graphic quidelines, marketing campaign themes, event coverage including the eloquence contest)
◾ Supervised and strategically coordinated the different communication campaigns: implementation of a retro-planning, distribution on different social platforms. Examples of events: eloquence contest, challenge box.
◾Multiplied the audience by 6 in 3 months

Communication manager

Infusing the insurance realm with a culture of innovation and adept project management while demystifying AI and Web 3.0. Ready to dive in? 🚀

Hello there! I’m your go-to ally for navigating AI, Web 3.0 and fostering a culture of innovation within the corporate tapestry. My 8-year voyage through the banking and insurance sectors has crafted a hybrid professional in me, adept in project management, management consulting, and marketing, standing at the crossroads of tradition and modernity.

Amidst my professional voyage through the banking and insurance sectors, I embarked on entrepreneurial adventures dotted with e-commerce ventures. Although these ships didn’t sail as envisioned, each tumultuous wave served as a crucible, honing my resilience and bestowing invaluable real-world lessons. Now, with a treasure trove of experience, I channel these learnings to steer projects towards success at CACI, bridging the gap between imaginative ideas and actionable solutions.

The narrative doesn’t end here; as an "Innovation Influencer" at Ninety Innovation Community, I find myself thriving where the conventional dances with the unconventional. My quest to nurture a culture of ingenuity propels me onto stages where I spark dialogues on Web 3.0, AI, and the sweeping wave of innovation across industries, inviting others to join this exhilarating dance of modernity amidst tradition.


Achievements Snapshot:

Orchestrated successful branch outsourcing and crafted the target operating model for newly acquired branches.
Spearheaded the launch of an internal data community, marking a significant stride towards a data-driven culture.
Played a pivotal role in the financial turnaround of a subsidiary, showcasing a knack for strategic financial management.

Eager to connect with like-minded professionals and explore collaborative ventures.  If you share a zest for challenging the status quo, fostering innovation, or  wish to exchange insights on AI and Web 3.0, feel free to hit the connect button or slide into my DMs. Let's create waves together! 🚀

Marine Parsi

Lead Information Technology Specialist

Systems Services (SysOps) Senior Lead - Network, Cloud, Analytics, Security - Mac, ChromeOS/BSD Unix/Linux, Microsoft

Lead Information Technology Specialist - Infrastructure, Security, Support, Policy

Confidential (undisclosed)

Executor-trustee of the family estate (discovery and vendor management; all logistics, legal matters and property disposition)

Estate Executor -- Survivor Trustee

Systems Services and Support

Lead Service Delivery Specialist

The Vancouver Club

- Rewired entire network -- 100Gb per floor, 1-10Gb to endpoints -- saved over $100,000
- Replaced 95 percent of old workstation stock -- saved over $100,000
- Replaced aging Cisco Meraki with TP-Link for better WiFi and wired connectivity
- Rolled out MFA (passkeys, authenticators, hardware keys, biometrics) security
- Replaced obsolete Avaya system with Telus BusinessConnect IP telephony
- Replaced unlicensed software, centralized licensing for compliance
- Retired 95 percent of the organization's technical debt
- One-call support from 5 AM to 12 AM (05:00-00:00), on call 24/7, for 2 years with no backup
- Sat on Tech Committee, supported all committees and Board of Directors
- Fixed, redesigned website for Board of Directors
- Recommended a hard no-ransom policy (adopted)
- Recommended and deployed Northstar Club Management system
- Retired 90 percent of legacy software and SaaS stack -- saved over $100,000
- Recommended (AppTec360) EM, (Cloudflare) SASE and (Jumpcloud) ZT SSO (approved)
- Directed teams of 2-6
- Over 2 years with NO security breaches

TECHNOLOGIES: -- Cisco Meraki -- pfSense, OPNSense -- Avaya -- VMware ESXi, MS Server 2019 -- Windows 7-10-11; Mac OS, ChromeOS (Chromebook), Ubuntu Linux LTS (Budgie), FreeBSD -- Vertiv, Tripp Lite IP PDU -- iOS, Android (tablets, mobile phones) -- Owl Labs, Logitech Mevo (teleconferencing) -- Zoom (up to town halls), Google Meet, MS Teams -- RDP, TeamViewer -- MFA (passkeys, authenticators, hardware keys, biometrics), LastPass -- Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs), Administration, Google Sites -- MS Office Managed Licensing (Excel, Word) -- TP-Link (PoE, Wired, WiFi 5, WiFi 6) -- IP Telephony and cameras -- MacBook Pro -- HP (SFF desktops), Lenovo -- Dell, QNAP rackmount servers -- exacqVision CCTV, Entrapass access control -- Supermicro, ASUS (server motherboards) -- Epson, Star Micronics receipt printers -- Xerox AltaLink MFP -- Brother, Samsung printers -- low-voltage wiring - shielded Cat 6/6A (T568B) ethernet

Lead Information Technology Specialist - Manager - Infrastructure, Security, Support, Policy

Amazon.com

Associate

TICKLED PLANET LIMITED

- Built secure nonblocking network from the ground up.
- Implemented and administered external and internal cloud, SaaS and collaboration (Google, ADrive, OpenVPN, StrongVPN and private clouds, portable servers and routers, other). 
- All services -- support, content, security, network-based backup (Synology), repair (Macs, pfSense). 
- Light Google Analytics; admin, support -- BigCommerce, DNS (domains and subdomains, email, redirection, delegation, etc.), and SSL certs.
- Edited, published books on Amazon. 
- Edited and created marketing, fitness, legal (NDA, royalty, operating agreements, others) and technical content, network diagrams and tech support documents (Pages, MS Office, Google apps, Acrobat, Dia). 
- Admin and content creation for WordPress, Wix, SquareSpace, IONOS/1and1, Easyspace, others; VirtualBox, Parallels; Accounting -- Wave, Freshbooks, QB. 
- Support and remote work: TeamViewer, SSH, cPanel, ftp/sftp, ooVoo, Skype, G Suite (also admin - nesting, groups, inheritance, sharing and rights structure). 
PERSONAL BEST: 
- Just under 80 minutes for recovery of CEO/CMO’s crashed laptop.
- Delivered full connectivity and collaboration (complete with remote physical server delivered to Shanghai office) though VPN and cloud services, with one partner in China and another in the UK.
- Edited and published "Training for the CrossFit Games: A Year of Programming used to train Julie Foucher, The 2nd Fittest Woman on Earth, CrossFit Games 2012", which sold about 100,000 copies (digital and physical). Sourced from dozens of ad-hoc spreadsheets and bits of informal commentary.

Systems and Services Consultant

MacDaddy, TundraNet

- Full range of networks, security, and systems services, from proposal through end-of-life. 
- Wide variety of corporate and individual clients
PERSONAL BEST: 
- Working solo, upgraded and reconfigured (successfully, the first time) network for the entire floor of an office building over a weekend, from the firewall, switches and servers, out to desktop (running shielded Cat. 5e wire between offices and network closet) and WiFi.

Networks, Systems and Servers Contractor

Dunkin' Donuts Mid Atlantic Dist Ctr Inc

- Planned, constructed and supported full IT architecture for two food logistics centers (remedial for old, from zero for new). 
- Volume increased from $100mln+ to $400mln+ during this period; new warehouse was almost quadruple the size of the old, with much more advanced refrigeration (required some very judicious networking). 
- Delivered four to five nines (between 99.99 and 99.999 percent) systems availability for the duration with resilience, redundancy, replication and backups. Used iSeries for authentication (for its internal rights structure similar to today's zero-trust). Network stayed secure even when hit by a zero-day virus, resolved and cleared within hours. 
- Deployed BES (Blackberry enterprise) and OpenVPN with ImageStream Linux router/firewall for secure global remote access. 
PERSONAL BEST: 
- Implemented late-beta voice-pick and WiFi AP management tech (by necessity).
**Was interviewed by tech media - still available online.
- Implemented network services (DNS, DHCP, etc.) exclusively on FreeBSD and old Pentium Compaq desktops (for stability and to save money). Worked two years without weekends as the solo “technology everything” before more people were hired for me to train (in addition to existing duties). 
- Mentored 4 new hires in system services and open-source software (FreeBSD, CentOS), to implement and maintain network infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, firewall, logging), server systems (internal/external including Web order taking, AD, iSeries and Lotus) and communications (email, IM, efax - Hylafax).

Head of Systems and Services

ADDITIONAL DETAIL:
- All infrastructure, administration, support, operations tasks, including strategic planning, budgeting, outsource management, vendor relations for $500M logistics coop. Enterprise-to-end-user L3 support.
- Managed migration to Win2000 Pro, Office 2000, Lotus Notes 7.0.x; deployed Trend Micro Antivirus; eliminated Exchange, moved email function to Domino on iSeries (AS/400 - now iSeries); 99.99%+ uptime for 24/6 facility.
- Designed, implemented campus data, voice, WiFi from zero in new warehouse facility (saved approx. $100,000), including routing, switching, fiber links, datacenter, wiring closets, etc. Moved all IT functions, servers to new facility in 1 day. Datacenter was primary IT facility for 3 regional distribution centers. 
- Hired, trained, supervised desktop, network technicians; created infrastructure, application, messaging, content management (CMS), help desk web servers from surplus equipment, open source software (saved approx. $100,000).
- Implemented MessageLabs email filtering services; InterTel digital PBX; OpenVPN; planned, supported Voxware voicepick, WiFi barcode scaners (Airespace/Cisco WiFi 802.11b/g/a WLAN) including drive-in cooler, freezer.
- Operations on iSeries (AS/400) -- VAI warehousing, purchasing management, finance, transportation functions. Subsequently migrated to Retalix. 
- Many more projects and responsibilities, as required (too many to list here).

Network, Systems and Services Administrator

Various Companies

[StaffMasters contract] --  Bucks County Government Svc
- Network and Windows 2000 AD infrastructure rollout and support (from zero); 
- Training, documentation, project management; SQL, Exchange 2000, McAfee, disaster recovery, backup; supervised, mentored full-time line technicians in a public-sector union context. WAN-to-end-user L3 support. 
- Four ACTION awards for outstanding performance.
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VARIOUS (consulting contract): Integration systems services for various clients. Software, hardware (servers, PCs, laptops, peripherals) deployment, network support, maintenance, remote access. Senior team lead for up to 15 technicians. 
[TEKSystems contract] -- WEST PHARMA SERVICES (L2 technician) -- FIRST USA BANK (senior lead) -- US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) -- Ford Motor/Dell (team lead) -- Quest Diagnostics (team lead) -- Reliance Insurance -- SEPTA/Unisys -- Conti Mortgage -- Hard Rock Café -- KULICKE & SOFFA -- GI/MOTOROLA -- MCGRAW-HILL CIG -- others 
[IMI contract] -- SMITHKLINE BEECHAM -- MERCK MRL -- COMPAQ/UNISYS
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- VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: Software, hardware support, print queue management. Projects using VMS, SunOS UNIX, MSDOS, Win3.x, Novell; development using DCL, C (Sun, DEC VAX), FORTRAN, Pascal.

IT Analyst -- Deskside Tech -- Senior Technology Specialist -- Network Support Specialist

US Army

Translation services for Army Reserve. 
- Graduate, Primary Leadership Development Course. 
- Russian language interpretation, personnel management, evaluation, occupational specialty training. 
- Honorable Discharge (end of contract), rank of Sergeant, Section Senior NCO.

Interpreter

I'm a prudent futurist. Many years of experience in systems services and support. 
- Zero security breaches in over 2 years
- Replaced technology infrastructure, saved $hundreds of thousands 
- Retired 95 percent of the company's technical debt in 2 years
IT matters a great deal when executed well, with both prudence and great vision.
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