Joseph Abou Rjeily

Senior Program and Strategy Manager with wide professional and cultural exposures acquired through international assignments with multinational companies. Academic background includes both Telecommunications & Computer engineering and MBA degrees. Main focus on Program Management, and digital transformation programs for Mobile Operators.

• Develop tangible, workable strategies, programs focusing on change management
• Structure and manage programs: scope, deliverables, project plans
• Own the fiscal responsibility of a program: Cost (OPEX and CAPEX), impact on business (Saving and synergies), benefits tracking
• Coordinate and deliver large-scale projects and programs across different business units in the organization
• Communicate concisely in business presentations to executive committees and other audiences on Visions, Strategies, Program execution, using concise messaging and visuals
• Facilitate workshops to help distill requirements and structure deliverables
• Develop strategies to achieve Corporate Objectives: Operational Efficiency, Digital transformation, partnerships…
• Offer thought leadership on the future of Telecommunications technology, including trends, new normal, transformation and innovation.
• Communicate vision, influence organizational change
• Analyze and make recommendations based benchmarks
• Help finding solutions to complex problems by exploring new approaches based on digital tools

• 2001 : MBA (ESCP - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris). The subject of my thesis was: The role of Innovation in ensuring Growth for mobile telephony operator
• 1990 – 1995: Computer and Communications Engineering degree (ESIB - Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Beyrouth, Saint Joseph University, Beirut )
• 1977 – 1990: French Baccalaureate (Collège Notre-Dame des Anges )