![]() One of the great benefits to living and working in London is that there are opportunities to catch live concerts and theatre productions. I play squash on almost a daily basis, often with Progressive colleagues – it’s a brilliant way to relieve stress! It’s not common for technology companies to travel to these countries. The rest of the EAM team are also keen to travel, and as a company, we have the right processes in place to manage travel and logistics to these often remote places, e.g. It’s great to meet our end users face to face and hear about their challenges and work – it’s a very good experience, and our presence is always well received by our clients. Particularly to areas like West Africa, where the energy market is relatively new and growing, and Progressive can be a part of that. I’m also fortunate that I get to travel to some exciting places with Progressive TSL. We enjoy seeing our clients grow through time and enable that growth. Progressive is happy to invest in the longer term to provide the best solution to our clients. I also love the fact that as a relatively small company, Progressive TSL is agile and can make decisions quickly. With Progressive, I never feel bored with each client/project comes new challenges, we are always looking for improvements and new technologies – these improvements are then redistributed to our other clients. After that, we began to acquire more and more clients that required EAM implementations – it was a busy time! What’s it like working at Progressive TSL/what do you enjoy most about working here? My first two EAM clients at Progressive were multinational Glencore and independent Nigerian oil company Seplat. Although our children still speak French at home, that is non-negotiable!įrom a professional point of view, I saw a company that was expanding rapidly. ![]() I wanted my children (now teenagers) to be native English speakers – it opens up so many opportunities for them. What Attracted You to Work at Progressive TSL?įrom a personal view, I wanted to stay and live in London (Laurent is from the North of France). But when the opportunity came to join Progressive TSL in 2014 to launch their EAM business, I jumped at the chance. I left Infor in 2010 to try something a bit different working for a retail solutions company on PLM (Product Lifecycle Management). During my time there, I progressed from Functional Consultant, through Pre-sales to Consulting Manager. Then, in 2002, I moved to Datastream, whose software became Infor EAM after Infor’s acquisition in 2006. After that, I started working at Cray Valley, a subsidiary of Total, supporting the implementation of Maximo. I started along this career path in 1997 after I graduated from Ecole des Mines in Douai, a technical university, a French equivalent of MIT in the USA. I graduated in Energy and Processes, but it was the maintenance module that really interested me. What path had your career taken before joining Progressive TSL? I also look at how we can improve ways in which we implement so that the clients can get the most out of their system. I ensure that we deliver to the client’s expectations, on budget and on time. We are implementing Infor EAM, IBM Maximo and Infor OS to our oil and gas, mining and engineering clients. ![]() I manage all the EAM consultants and project managers – The EAM team make up 2/3rds of the company’s headcount. I am in charge of the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Department. Tell us more about your role at Progressive TSL? Laurent has headed up the Progressive TSL EAM Team for the last six years here, he discusses the challenges of implementing EAM and what he enjoys most about working in our tight-knit London team.
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