Stephane Cheikh

Current

Innovation Manager at SITA Lab

Past

Manager, Online Information, Knowledge Management and Collaboration at SITA
Project Manager, Knowledge Management and Online Tools at Canada Health Infoway (www.infoway.ca)
Project Manager at AGENCY.COM

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Education

Harvard University
Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal

Connections

316 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Stephane Cheikh’s Summary

Education:

> HARVARD Graduate Diploma in Information Systems
> Bachelors of Science degree in Management
> PMP certified since 04/2004
> User Centric Design certification (UI9 & Adaptive Path):

Strengths:

> A natural curiosity for the "undone" and the "unseen" which will ultimately lead on a constant search for opportunities to improve the organization’s market position.

> Creative thinker to aid spotting of and developing new opportunities

> Ability to act as both a role model and a coach by facilitating a working environment, which encourages team members to act in an entrepreneurial manor but also ensures a strategic approach.

> Strong project management skills with a developed ability to create and execute detailed project plans

> Good training skills to aid education of staff in "new" processes and methods

> Attitude - confident "can do" approach and can worry about "how to" later

> Awareness - consciously aware of surroundings in every form as transferring of technology / ideas is much easier than inventing them

> Ability to function as a strong team leader in conjunction with the business units, finance, marketing and sales and any other appropriate groups

Experience:

> Innovation & Lab environment experience

> Leading & managing cross-functional teams

> Setting up defined goals and expectations for team members and evaluating them on an ongoing basis.

> 8 years of project management experience leading medium to large Internet, Intranet, Extranet and Portal projects

> Experience gaining client’s confidence, trust and respect

Stephane Cheikh’s Specialties:

Innovation, Web 2.0, Usability, Information Architecture, Mobility, Android, Ideation

Stephane Cheikh’s Experience

Innovation Manager

SITA Lab

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

New idea project management (facilitation of projects)

> Create, develop and deliver strategic innovation projects that will create competitive advantage for SITA.

> Generating and screening customer needs and translating them into potential challenges in need of ideas.

> Stimulating solution identification & development

> Facilitate project planning, goal setting processes and implementation.

Communication and knowledge transfer

> Establishment of an Idea Management Platform (Innovation Hub).

> Liaison between relevant business units and solution lines to ensure potential needs and solutions are being identified, explored and met if deemed they will maintain and / or improve SITA positioning and portfolio.

Development of an Innovation culture

> Establishment of Communities of Practice for Innovation Teams

> Describing innovation ‘state-of-the-art’ success stories

> Integration of innovation into all aspects of work and other programs.
Manager, Online Information, Knowledge Management and Collaboration

SITA

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 8 months)
Project Manager, Knowledge Management and Online Tools

Canada Health Infoway (www.infoway.ca)

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2002 — April 2005 (2 years 5 months)
Project Manager

AGENCY.COM

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; ACOM; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1998 — September 2002 (4 years 9 months)

Stephane Cheikh’s Education

Harvard University

Certificate in Applied Sciences , Information Systems and Electronic Commerce , 2000 — 2003
Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal

Bachelor , Management , 1992 — 1995

Additional Information

Stephane Cheikh’s Websites:

Stephane Cheikh’s Interests:

Main interested is latest trends and technologies and its impact on the Air Transport industry (airlines and airports) Also interested in impact of Web 2.0 on enterprise collaboration, knowledge management and change management.

Stephane Cheikh’s Groups:

Swiss Web 2.0 Group, VON Conference, Blog reader, Lijit User, Foot CERN, SITA & IATA, SITA Lab + Orange Lab + Android, SITA Lab, SITA Lab + Android, SITA Lab + Google Android, SITA Lab + HTC + Google Android, Knowledge Management & Communications