UPC Broadband / Liberty Global is the largest cable company outside of the U.S. and one of the fastest growing in the world, with market-leading operations across 14 countries. UPC Broadband is active in 12 countries in Europe and provides Television, Internet, Telephony and Mobile services for over 15 million customers over its cable networks (€4.5B revenue in 2011).
2004-2012
Reporting to the group CIO of UPC Broadband, end responsibility for Pan-European IT Governance and Demand Management across 12 countries including Finance, HR, IT strategy, Vendor Management, Communications, Portfolio & Demand Management, New Technology and Business/IT Alignment.
- Deputy of the CIO.
- Global lead for IT due diligences of Mergers & Acquisitions, divestitures and investments for cable, media and technology companies.
- End responsible for the full IT integration of new acquisitions.
- End responsible for the development of five-year strategic IT Transformation roadmap
- End responsible for the Pan European IT Demand Management (‘front door’), Portfolio Management and Planning/PMO function.
- Manage the business units (Marketing, Sales, Product Development, Technology) in Strategic Business alignment and in planning for IT new services.
- Leading the financial management of the CIO Capex and Opex ensuring control for on-going IT investment implementation.
- Responsible for IT Operational Excellence across the European footprint.
- Leading the design, implementation and continuous improvements of the CIO management structure and its core processes to ensure efficiency, responsibility, business alignment, processes integration, and operational excellence.