François-Xavier Calès

François-Xavier Calès has extensive work experience in the telecommunications industry. François-Xavier currently holds the position of Principal - Solutions Sales manager at Syniverse, where they work on global enterprise sales and partnerships. In this role, they focus on improving customer engagement, mobile communication, and digital strategy for large enterprises. François-Xavier also serves as a senior solutions sales engineer, working on enterprise sales and partnerships in the EMEA/global region. François-Xavier is responsible for identifying market needs, developing business applications, and enhancing global products and processes.

Before joining Syniverse, François-Xavier worked at Orange Belgium for over a decade. François-Xavier held various roles, including senior product, program, and market strategy manager. In this position, they managed strategic partnerships, mobile services portfolio, messaging, operator billing, IoT, and roaming. François-Xavier also played a vital role in customer journey improvements, digital transformation, new regulations, marketing campaigns, and innovation.

Prior to their time at Orange Belgium, François-Xavier worked at Alcatel as a global strategic marketing analyst.

François-Xavier Calès obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration and Management from Grenoble Ecole de Management from 2001 to 2004. François-Xavier also completed a one-year program in IT/Telco Marketing at IMT Atlantique in 2003-2004. Prior to that, François-Xavier attended Kérichen in Brest, Brittany, France from 1998 to 2001 for Prepa HEC, but didn't receive a degree. In terms of additional certifications, they completed a course on "Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications" from UC Berkeley Executive Education and obtained certifications in Generative AI and Google Cloud - Cloud Digital Leader from Google, with the latter obtained in March 2023.