Christophe is a leader in the Product Information Management space. His focus is on PIM systems and product content acquisition strategy for Omnichannel Retail and eCommerce. He has a background of over twenty years in a variety of areas of software development.
Responsible for the global communication team that addresses all aspects of Stibo Systems' positioning and messaging, both corporate and product. Provide strategy and thought leadership. Oversee PR, blog, web, Product Marketing, and Analyst Relations activities. Led 2017 repositioning effort and crafted new, differentiated message. Serve as a catalyst for innovation. Frequent speaker at various industry events; authored and quoted in articles.
Established initial Product Management activity and defined associated processes. Created first product vision and strategy. Defined and guided strategic product initiatives for Stibo Systems' Multidomain Master Data Management and Product Information Management solutions. Performed extensive market analysis and competitive research in areas such as Master Data Management, Product Information Management, Content Management Strategies, and Retail. Formulated business and product strategy to better serve our customers and grow profitable and scalable revenues and market penetration. Led Analyst Relations team and maintained leader ranking with Gartner and Forrester.
Subject Matter Expert for all Master Data Management and Product Information Management activities within the Digital Commerce practice.
Provide support to the sales efforts, help delivery teams with estimation, risk and project reviews, manage partner communications with vendors, and participate in strategy/definition efforts for Fortune 500 clients.
Led and managed a multi-disciplinary team responsible for delivering software solutions needed by Walmart.com to manage its Catalog (4M SKUs) and Content Management. Helped defining the strategic direction for Content with both Program Management and business.
Previously responsible for merchandising solutions (price, bundle, cross-sell). Supervised the Program Management team responsible for all back-office and retail content management applications at Walmart.com. These applications help more than 300 internal users maintain and manage the retail content displayed on the Walmart.com site.
Determined short-term and long-term objectives with business users as well as order of future software releases. Defined yearly roadmaps. Worked across departments to deliver business solutions according to the release schedule. Handled all aspects of SDLC from inception to delivery including support, training, and documentation.
Designed and led the effort associated with a procurement system, which was later sold to a major automotive data provider. This system gathered and normalized vehicle information obtained from multiple sources over various acquisition channels to fulfill customer orders. It combined web crawling technologies with a data adaptation engine using various AI techniques to identify and enhance vehicles (500,000) obtained through incomplete and inconsistent feeds (0.7% rejection rate). This data was retrieved through a fuzzy matching retrieval system. A new XML vehicle exchange format was created to facilitate communication with partners.
Designed, implemented, and deployed a mobile application that allowed buyers to access customer requests by car type or order number, directly from iMotors' customer database.
As a senior manager in the Product Division, supervised the department in all technical aspects (development, support, documentation, and training).
Managed the C7NMS product line, designed to seamlessly control nationwide CCSS7 phone networks, by providing configuration, fault, and performance management across multiple vendor switches and operations systems.
Contributed to revenue generation and promoted products worldwide.
