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Drawing on global telecommunications industry experience and a passion for new technologies, Jean-Luc Vuillemin heads Orange International Networks Infrastructures & Services organization.
Jean-Luc’s Orange career covers more than twenty years and a series of technical leadership roles directing French and international organization. He was the Managing director of two subsidiaries: Cyrtel in Congo-Brazzaville & Mobilecom in Jordan where he was the General Director but also the Technical Director of Optimus in Portugal. After that, Jean-Luc held various position operational leadership positions in France: Service Development, Networks and Innovation Director for Paris region, Aquitaine (South of France) Regional Director & Head of Network Production before becoming the Networks and technical services Director for Orange France (BtoC). Jean-Luc was very involved the 4G & Fiber deployment in France.
Since June 2014, Jean-Luc is Senior Vice President of Orange International Networks Infrastructures & Services (OINIS) which is the technical organization serving the Orange Group internationally. More precisely, OINIS customers are the B2B market with Orange Business Services and the Wholesale with International Carriers. Jean-Luc is leading teams of 1500 networks & services experts worldwide. With a large scope of competencies, Jean-Luc’s teams are designing, deploying, operating & protecting all Orange international networks (transmission & services). Within OINIS, Jean-Luc is also managing Orange Marine, the fully-owned subsidiary of Orange specializing in submarine cable laying and maintenance thanks to their 6 cable ships.