Pascal Aureau
	78c Brook Green				Pascal@Aureau.com
	London, W6 7BE				h: +44 (0)20 7603 4744
	UK				w:+44 (0)20 8564 3329
					cell: +44 (0) 7887 631 179
	Date of Birth May 21st 1964
	Nationality French
	Married, two children
Contents
				Objective
				PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
				Information & Technology and Professional Skills
				EDUCATION
				Languages
OBJECTIVE
A challenging and permanent senior information technology management position that allows me to utilize my creativity, expertise and experience in order to play a key role in an international company strategy.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Starwood Hotels & Resorts (13 hotels)
			Area Director of IT, Northern Europe September 1998 to present Key Responsibilities: Responsibility for planning, budgeting, purchasing, consulting, managing projects for existing and new hotels, co-ordinating maintenance and support, and vendor relationship management. Ensure the compliance with the divisional technology standards and implementation of global corporate mandated technology systems. Leading a team of 12 people.
			Key Projects: · September 2001, opening of the “One” spa (health club) in Sheraton Grand, Edinburgh. Full management of the IT project from writing RFP’s, defining budgets, selecting suppliers, specific development requests, site installation and support.
			· September 2001, opening of “The Westin Dublin”, 163 bedrooms hotel in the city centre. Full management of the IT project within a budget of $1 million. 15 different systems including: property management system, sales & catering, point of sales, food & beverage, telephone, accounting, purchasing, key system, minibars, …
			· EURO, project management, planning and leading on-site conversion to the Euro currency.
			· Y2K, management, follow-up and support in compliance with the company strategy and procedures.
			· May 1999, opening of “The Hotel Kamp”, 170 bedrooms hotel in the city centre of Helsinki. First Micros Fidelio OPERA installation in Europe.
Fidelio Micros France
			Manager Fidelio France From September 1993 to September 1998
			· Management of a team of 15 people; trainers, system engineer and support team.
			· Over 120 hotels installed in France and Monte Carlo with Fidelio products.
			· Project management of all front office and sales & catering Fidelio software installations. ( pricing, hardware and software purchasing, on site consulting, sales, installation planning and logistic, support).
			· Key project in Monte Carlo complexing 5 hotels with Fidelio PMS and S&C.
			· Managing the installation of Fidelio S&C in Disneyland Paris.
			· Set-up of Fidelio software support hot line.
			· Analysis and development of specific programs for clients (Clipper programming and R&R report generator).
			· Cabling and networking architecture, planning and installation.
			· Consulting on external systems to be interfaced with Fidelio products (Telephone systems, Video systems, one way Central Reservation System interface …)
Concorde Hotels
			Assistant to Vice President of Information Technology From September 1989 to September 1993
			· Recruit and manage team of 5 people.
			· Installation of HIS front office software on IBM 36 (3 hotels).
			· Installation of HIS front office software on IBM AS400.
			· Installation of 5 hotels on GHM software (property management system, point of sales and food & beverage).
			· POS NCR 2160 and Micros 4700/8700 installation and support.
			· Project Manager on Fidelio front office installation of Hotel Concorde La Fayette in Paris (1000 rooms).
			· Development and installation of a food & bevearge store keeping software.
			· On site and second level support to 13 hotels.
			· Development on IBM 36, report generator Query 36 and Query AS400.
Concorde St Lazare (324 bedrooms)
			Assistant Front Office Manager From April 1988 to September 1989
			· Project manager on HIS front office installation and system supervisor
			Front Office Shift Leader From November 1985 to April 1988
			· Receptionist, cashier, night audit, individual and group reservations.
Military
			From December 1986 to November 1987 at the Paris Residence for Officers: “Cercle National des Armées”.
Information & Technology and Professional Skills
			· Ability to match corporate goals with information technology enabled solutions, to build lasting corporate value.
			· Extensive experience in project management, administrative and organisational skills.
			· Experienced in both technical and managerial domains including strategic planning, budget projection/administration, problem solving, staff supervision and vendor relationship management.
			· IT knowledge includes networking (WAN, MAN, LAN), operating systems (Novell, Windows NT/2000), telecommunication systems (PBX, Call accounting), Microsoft office products, messaging (CC-Mail, MS-Exchange), intranet/internet and in depth expertise of hotel and catering software.
EDUCATION
Ecole Hôtelière de Paris Médéric
		(Hotel school)
		· 1985 BTS: Diploma in advanced hotel management · 1983 BTH: Diploma in Kitchen and Service (A Level)
Languages
			French, mother tongue.
			English, fluent
			Italian and Spanish. good understanding.