About Thomas Kohler
* 10+ telecom experience (of which 8 on VP/C-Level) with strong delivery focus
* multiple successful creation of international marketing and technical teams to sizes of about 80 - 120 FTEs;
* management experience of divisions up to 800 FTEs
* successful management of marketing and technical annual budgets of 100m
* dual expertise in marketing (strategy, segmentation, product creation-relaunch-withdrawal, multi-channel sales and e-commerce, customer care and eCare) and technical (networks, service platforms, provisioning, billing and customer care)
* tri-lingual (German, French, English)
* adapted management style to fast moving business and technology environments with needs to travel internationallySpecialties:
General Management, Segmented Marketing, Online Advertising, Electronic Commerce, Online Services, Mobile Devices, Strategic Marketing, Product Marketing
Experience
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 2006 – Present (2 years 4 months)
Global accountability for portal product and services within France Telecom Group. Responsible for positioning, specification and delivery of central portal products and services.
Thomas has 1 recommendation (1 co-worker) including:
- Milton Barella, Project and Produt Manager Convergent Services, Orange Headoffice (France Télécom Group)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2002 – December 2005 (3 years 5 months)
Responsible for delivery of multimedia product delivery within Orange Group including Communication Services, Portals and Content Management, Download and Streaming, Business Services and Developer Portal and Services
Thomas has 2 recommendations (1 co-worker, 1 partner) including:
- Jérémie Mekaelian, Project Buyer, France Telecom
- Alastair Armstrong
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1998 – 2002 (4 years)
Thomas has 3 recommendations (3 co-workers) including:
- Simon Stauber Dubuis, Advertising Manager, Orange
- Peder Hansen, Site Acquisition Manager, Orange SA
- Jérôme Desmeules [desmeulesj@yahoo.com], Internet Testing Specialist, Orange Communications SA
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1996 – 1998 (2 years)
Education
University of Berne
Ph.D., Business Administration and Economics, 1989 – 1996
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