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Summary

After my French scientific baccalaureate where I was graduated with honours, I achieved a Master in Information Technology at EPITECH, a 5-year graduate school specialized in IT and computer science engineering in Paris, France. Courses were very practical since methodology is based on team work and hands-on-project. I learned to master technical tools, develop project management skills and manage complex situations that may arise in an ever-changing business environment.

Then I wanted to add to my existing knowledge a new dimension with business IT, especially in a foreign country. That is why the partnership offered by the MBIT (Master of Business Information Technology) at the RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and my school in France was a huge opportunity to study what I had to improve, business and management IT, in a renowned university.

Between 2005 and 2007 I worked as a teacher at EPITECH: I taught 3rd and 4th year students SQL-Oracle. I authored and corrected examinations and supervised labs: it was a great experience of learning how to learn to other people.
In 2005 I made a 4 months internship in the United States. I worked in the IT department of Canberra (AREVA group) where I developed an audit tool, provided IT support and wrote a lot of translations.
Between June 2006 and June 2007 I have been working as an analyst developer in FWA, a young innovative IT company developing specific applications for management, finance and banking in .NET. I worked as a part of the developer team on a lot of small and big projects currently in production environments for big groups.
During my studies at the RMIT I used to work remotely for this company. With an Australia based development team we realized many works on different .NET projects.

I am passionate about the all new Internet services emerging everyday and the business made around all these entities: how the founders raised their companies based on an idea, how they make money, how they create new needs and new business models...
I also travel a lot (Asia/Oceania, USA, Europe), and have a keen interest on discovering new cultures and environments.

Work History

FWA

Melbourne, Australia
Dec 2007 - Apr 2008
Developers team coordinator 

Coordinator of the remote developers team based in Melbourne working on D2 - a .NET budgeting and planning application built for financial profiles and operators who take part of the budgetary process. Work was achieved in Melbourne for FWA based in Paris, France.

 

  • Team coordinator

- Tasks allocation and set up of the priorities.
- Link between the team based in France and in Australia.

 

  • Developer

- VB.net development: new functionnalities and bugs resolutions.
- Authored a users and technical manual (200 pages) for all the final users of the software.

 

Technologies: Windows XP, Visual Studio 2003 & 2005, TOAD, CVS, SVN.

Paris, France
Jun 2006 - Jun 2007
Analyst Developer 

FWA is a young innovative IT company, developing specific applications for management, finance and banking mainly in .NET. FWA is a Microsoft Certified Partner.

 

  • Development on D2, a budgeting and planning application

- VB.net developments on different parts of the software: new functionnalities, plugins and bugs resolutions.

- Definition of the clients’ needs: establishment of the entire budgetary process and the new possibilities offered by D2, creation of the management rules and the structure of the databases.
- Follow up with the final users of their feedbacks.

 

  • Web programming

- Development of various Web applications using many technologies (ASP.net, Oracle, JavaScript, Ajax) in production environments for the Lafarge and Caisse d’Epargne (french bank) groups.
- Creation of SQL requests, set up of the database structures.
- Project management from the description of the needs to the final delivery.

 

  • Internal development

- Development of various WinForms (VB.net) and WebForms components used with internal projects.

 

Technologies: Windows XP, Visual Studio 2003 & 2005, TOAD, IIS, SQL Server 2005, Oracle, SVN, CVS.

EPITECH

Paris, France
2005 - 2007
Developer (C++) 

End of studies project. Produced an embedded security solution: Athena.

 

  • Merged OpenBSD open-source and free hardware level software into a unique solution.
  • Development of an XML engine and the dynamic modules in C++.
  • Created a .NET user interface to manage these tools.
  • Established development partnerships, a sales offer and a services offer.

 

Technologies: OpenBSD, C++, XML, Windows XP, Visual Studio 2005, C#.

Paris, France
2005 - 2007
Oracle and PostgreSQL teacher 

 

  • Was responsible for the trained 3rd and 4th year computer science students in the use and administration of Oracle and PostgreSQL.
  • Authored and corrected examinations and supervised labs.

 

Technologies: Oracle, PostgreSQL.

Canberra

Meriden, CT, United States
Jul 2005 - Nov 2005
Developer and IT Support 

End of 3rd year of studies internship completed in the United States (Meriden, Connecticut)
Worked at the IT department of CANBERRA (supplier of analytical instruments for radiation detection), part of the AREVA group.

 

  • Developed an audit tool for all the workstations of the company.
  • Provided IT and network support.
  • Performed several translation services (video conferences, phone calls, emails, etc…)

 

Technologies: Windows XP, Visual Studio 2005, C#, WMI, Lotus Notes, Office Suite.

EPITECH

Paris, France
Sep 2004 - Jul 2005
Project Co Coordinator 

Extracurricular project

Conceived an intranet using Oracle Portal

 

  • Deployed an Oracle 10g three-level architecture based on Linux Red Hat ES 3 servers.
  • Modeled and implemented the Oracle 10g Database for our intranet.
  • Performed the assessment and performance review of the Oracle 10g Application Server.

 

Technologies: Oracle 10g, Linux Red Hat, Oracle Portal, JSP, Servlets.

Organon

Paris, France
Sep 2003 - Jan 2004
Project assistant 

End of 1st year of studies internship.
Worked at the IT department of ORGANON (pharmaceutical company), part of the AKZO NOBEL group.

 

  • I was in charge of the migration of Organon’s sales force’s workstations (235 computers): installation of new laptops, new PocketPC and a new version of the CRM application, transfer of personal data, configuration of workstations, etc.
  • Authored a Windows XP and PocketPC user manual for all of the sales force.

 

Technologies: Windows XP, Windows CE, Siebel.

Education

RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

Melbourne, Australia
2007 - 2008
MBIT (Master of Business Information Technology)

After the very technical studies at EPITECH during five years I wanted to go further and learn more about the business side of IT. In a world shrinking because of globalization, business skills such as business intelligence fundamentals, globalization awareness or IT industry trends analysis matter more than ever. I had the opportunity to learn those skills at the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Besides, living overseas for a long time (1 year) and being immersed in a different culture allowed me to interact with a large range of people from many different backgrounds and countries.

EPITECH ((European Institute of Technology)

Paris, France
2002 - 2007
Computer Expert, Computer Science

EPITECH is based on experience and oriented towards action and projects development. This model helped me to develop important qualities such as adaptability, autonomous development and a sense of project management. Working on many projects of different sizes increased my teamwork skills such as adaptability, creativity and communication.

Galileo College

Rouen, France
1998 - 2002
Baccalaureate, Scientific

French Scientific Baccalaureate (equivalent to A-Levels) with honours specialized in mathematics.

Skills

 

Business

1-2 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago) 

 

  • Qualified in Business Intelligence, IT Strategy, Industry & Management, Information and Knowledge Management, E-Business, Business and Government Organisations, Globalisation and Business IT…
  • Trained in corporate strategy, marketing and finance.

 

Technical

1-2 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

 

  • Object-oriented programming in the .NET environment (VB.net, C#, WinForms/WebForms).
  • Web programming (ASP.net, PHP, JavaScript, Ajax).
  • System and network programming (C/C++/Perl).
  • Database: Oracle (including administration), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL.
  • Administration of Windows (all versions), Unix, Linux and Mac OS operating systems.

Languages

  • French: mother tongue.
  • English: fluent, written and read.
  • German: notions.

Activities and interests

  • The new Internet services and the Web entrepreneurship.
  • Travels (Asia/Ocenia, USA, Europe) and the discovery of new cultures and environments.
  • Ski, waterskiing, wakeboard, windsurf, sailing, soccer, squash.
  • Cinema (all genres), Music (pop/rock/alternative).

Miscellaneous

  • Driver’s license B held since 2002.
  • Yachting license held since 2001.

Traditional CVs

RMIT

RMIT

 

Here is a global overview of the MBIT program I followed during my studies at the RMIT of Melbourne, Australia.

 

Find bellow 2 examples of business reports I wrote during these studies:

Icon_pdf_16 Business Intelligence Report

Evaluative literature review on the design of an effective business intelligence capacity.

Icon_pdf_16 Business Background Report

Research report: the Enron disaster.

EPITECH

EPITECH

Icon_pdf_16 EPITECH Program

 

Here is a global overview of the program I followed at EPITECH in Paris, France.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn

Viadeo

Viadeo

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