Flavien Bau

Chief Security Officer / IT Director

Possessing over twelve years of combined experience in organizational management, operations, project management, technical development, and technical support in corporate settings, Flavien can bring a unique and effective combination of management and technical expertise to your organization.

Career Highlights and Approach:

- A record of innovation, accomplishment, and experience in a leadership role : a recognized innovator at Atari and Infogrames companies, with demonstrated success in establishing collaborative relationships with other departments, providers, and technology partners; the first large scale VoIP deployment in France, a completely renovated datacenter and supporting high-speed network utilizing high-availability technologies.

- An open, collaborative management style, with a keen understanding of the importance of developing employee skills and building their careers: a strong facilitator, fostering enablement of employees to develop and create their own solutions, with a keen interest in employee professional development -- training always a factor in project planning and deployment.

- Direct responsibility for budget, operation, and strategic planning of a complex IT organization and data centers: successful transformation into enterprise-class datacenters, providing a robust, trusted, reliable, and innovative multi-platform environment and a diverse array of services and high-availability.

- Excellent communications and organizational skills: ability to clearly articulate trends, concepts, and tradeoffs, and translate business needs into functional requirements and tasks

- Successful application of best practices in project management: managing an active portfolio of approximately 10 projects, many of which are complex, international in nature, and span multiple years.

- A passion for striving for excellence in customer service: implementation of best practices and service level agreements have improved customer satisfaction while effectively managing expectations.

Contact: flavien [at] flavienbau.com