Pierre Journel

Pierre Journel is a professional with a triple expertise in Business, Information Systems, and Internet. He has a strong background in Business Development, having served as a Sales Planning Manager for L'Oréal Canada. In the IT field, Pierre excelled in managing projects worth 1.6 million euros with a team of 15 individuals. Additionally, he has extensive experience in Internet-related tasks such as web management, training, and Internet strategy consulting. Pierre has worked in both traditional 'brick & mortar' companies like L'Oréal Canada and Heineken France, as well as in Internet start-ups.

Pierre is bilingual in French and English, with multicultural work experience spanning 11 years in Canada. He holds dual nationality, being both French and Canadian. Pierre has a knack for creating and managing Internet communities, evident in his remarkable achievement of increasing The Guitar Channel's community by over 250%. He also runs a blog and podcast focusing on Evernote called ChaineElephant.net and ElephantChannel.net, respectively. Pierre is known for organizing various Paris Evernote Meetups. Moreover, he is the author of the well-received book 'Internet and Social Networks for Musicians,' which has garnered a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 on Amazon.fr, along with 13 comments.

In terms of education, Pierre Journel has a diverse academic background, having studied Science at Lycée Paul Valéry for his Bac degree. He pursued an MBA in Project Management at Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal, studied MatSup at Ecole spéciale de Mécanique et d'Electricité, and completed his Engineer degree in Telecommunications & Computer Science at ISEP - école d'ingénieurs du numérique.

Pierre's professional journey includes various roles, such as being the CEO of La Chaîne Guitare - The Guitar Channel, a Founder at The Founder Institute, Data & Community Manager at All Together, Business Information Manager Front Office at Heineken France, Sales Planner at L'Oréal Canada, Commercial & Marketing Applications Director at L'Oréal Canada, SAP Basis Systems & Network Manager at L'Oréal Canada, Network Administrator at CISI, and Ingénieur Radar at Thomson-CSF.