36 years, French/German nationality, married

B Swiss working permit

1. -10 years experience in R&D research labs: image processing, human-computer interfaces, communications and automation for automotive research and hydrology, ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)
   

2. -Active member of French and European projects with public and business partners
   

3. -Patents and scientific papers in international conferences

Scientific coordinator

1. -Industrial liaison and scientific communication officer for Nano-Tera
   

2. ➡Promotion of Nano-Tera in the industry, supervision of subcontractors for communication material and project database development
   

Research engineer and project manager

1. -Technical project leader on behalf of LIVIC for the European project TRACKSS on intelligent sensors (2005-2008, 12 public and industrial partners)
   

2. ➡Software development of an active infrared-camera based identification sensor (active RFID). Supervision of the internal development of the electronics components. Planning, reporting, budget, prototype, demonstrations management. Management of a team of 5 (researcher, engineers, technician, trainees)
   

3. ➡Responsible partner within European project TRACKSS on behalf of LCPC. Leadership of sub-project “in-vehicle sensors and applications”, with 4 partners. Animation of the sub-project, partitipation in developments, prototype integration, human-machine interfaces, tests and demonstrations design.
   

4. ➡Animation and management of techical partnerships with Bosch, Fiat, Newcastle University: road hazard detection by infrastructure-vehicle communication using my infrared sensor and ZigBee “smartdust” motes. Road sign detection, intelligent traffic light, vehicle-to-vehicle alert, ice detection.
   

5. ➡Results: Patent “Optical Vahicle Identification”, scientific IEEE conference papers, public and professional demonstrations, TV interview (M6, France)
   

6. -Co-designer of the “WPS” WiFi Positioning System (2007-2008, 5 persons)
   

7. ➡Software design of Linux prototype, with a researcher. I was responsible for the localization engine and my colleague for the cartographic interface.
   

8. ➡Port on PDA Java/Windows Mobile architecture. Trainees management. Demonstrations design.
   

9. ➡Results: WPS patent, paper and demonstrations. Professional and public demonstrations.
   

10. -Contribution to the ARCOS French project on future intelligent vehicles, with Peugeot, Valeo, Ecole des Mines de Paris... (2001-2005)
    

11. ➡Development, within the « vision » team, of a state-of-the-art obstacle detection and emergency breaking application
    

12. ➡Design and development of an automatic longitudinal control algorithm (automatic vehicle following)
    

13. ➡Project leader « Experimental prototype vehicles equipment » (4 engineers + subcontracting)
    

14. ➡Results: IEEE paper, public demonstrations with the media, scientific TV interviews on behalf of LIVIC: TF1 (France), France3 (France), M6 (France), TSR (Switzerland), RTBF (Belgium)
    

15. -Creation and lead of the IT systems team (2001-2008, 2 persons) and software quality team (2005-2008, 12 engineers)
    

16. ➡Conception and administration of LIVIC's computer network: Linux file servers and CVS
    

17. ➡Implementation of programming rules and animation of quarterly meetings about software quality
    

18. ➡Selection, operation and management of the IT maintenance subcontracting
    

19. ➡Results: 5 permanent servers (since 2002), CVS server, software quality charter

R&D engineer and technical project manager

1. -Fudaa project manager (distributed CAD software for hydrology)
   

2. ➡Conception, development and finally management of this Open Source project
   

3. ➡National and international development partnerships with University of Compiègne, EDF (French power network), CETE Mediterranée, Deltacad, University of Quebec
   

4. ➡Coordination of 5 internal engineers, 5 external engineers and trainees
   

5. ➡Conception of the official website: www.fudaa.fr and software-quality tools
   

6. ➡Administrator of 's Linux network and the CVS server for the project
   

7. ➡Results : licences sold to business and public companies in the scientific and engineering hydrologic sector. Presentations at workshops organized by the Ministry of Transportation

Master Sc Trainee in image processing

1. -Development (in C) of a road-detection software on aerial images
   

2. ➡Result : Software used by the IGN to enhance the automatic construction of their topographic GIS database

Master Sc in Computer Engineering: Ecole des Mines de Paris, France

1999

Master Sc in Image Processing: Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France

1997

Master Sc in Civil Engineering, with specialization in computer science: ENTPE (with honours), France

1997

Baccalauréat C (Scientific High School Graduation, with honours): Lycée Henri IV – Paris, France

1991

Embedded programming in C on ARM architecture (5 days)

2005

Project, meeting and communication management (3 times 3 days)

2005-2006

Mother tongue

FRENCH

Fluent - Working language in European projects

ENGLISH

Fluent - German nationality – Goethe Institut C1 (ZMP) diploma 93/100 with honours (08.2009)

GERMAN

Languages:

1. -Very good knowledge: Java, C, C++, LabVIEW, RT-MAPS, UNIX Shell, RMI, CORBA/IDL
   

2. -Good knowledge: Perl, PHP, XML, nesC, UML, SQL
   

Operating systems and databases:

1. -Very good knowledge: Linux, Open Source model
   

2. -Good knowledge: UNIX, Windows 2000/XP, Mac Os X, TinyOS, MySQL, FilemakerPro
   

Programming libraries:

1. -Very good knowledge: Swing (Java GUI), Qt/KDE (C++ GUI for Linux and Windows)
   

2. -Good knowledge: Java3D, GTK+ (C GUI for Linux), OSS (C audio driver for Linux), XLib (Unix GUI)

PROGRAMMING

Member of animal welfare and sustainable farming organizations

Initiator of recycling and energetic policies in the business environment (LCPC)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

12 years of classical piano: prize winner at the Royaume de la Musique (Radio France) at the age of 12, jazz piano, drums, computer aided musical composition (MIDI)

MUSIC

Dance (rock, swing, lindy hop, jazz, tap), ski, ski-hiking, alpinism, kite surf, roller-skating

SPORTS

Europe, USA, North Africa, Asia

TRAVEL

Curious, dynamic, inventive, autonomous, team player, motivated, results oriented

PERSONALITY

Technical skills

ITS

Image processing

Human-computer interfaces

Complex systems design (hard+soft)

Sensors

Wireless sensor networks

WiFi, ZigBee motes

Localization / GPS

Automation

Embedded systems

Real-time

Data acquisition

Java

C / C++

LabView

TinyOS

Technical skills

Java

User interfaces

Distributed programming

CORBA, XML

Digital terrain modelling

Technical skills

Image processing

Stereo-vision

Digital terrain modelling,
GIS