Patron
Pascal Houillon
CEO Cegid
Boardwave Patron (France)
Managed $1B revenue, with 5,000 employees distributed across continents.
Performed 40 acquisitions and divestitures (private and listed companies).
Strategic vision with a strong execution capability in complex environment with high volume transactions: 2 million customers, 50,000 partners, $23B per year in payment transactions, 70 million direct deposits per year.
Strong ability to translate customer experience into marketable products. Strong product marketing and development experience aligning to core market trends.
Proven international leadership experience in North America, Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Transformed an on premise business model to a Mobile and Cloud solution provider (solutions, employee’s skills and mindset, go to market, and subscription model).
Successfully transformed from License fee based model to hybrid and Subscription based model into the Cloud. Lead the business transformation with no loss in revenue while improving the profit margin.
Strong ability to recruit and build high performing teams
Visionary leader that brings a proven ability to align teams around a common goal
Continuously stretch myself and my team to drive sustainable business performance in a dynamic fashion.
Continue to face difficult challenges to constantly learn and push the limits.