JOASSART Benoit	http://www.itluxembourg.lu/	Phone :	+352 621 355 885
35 years old		Email :	benoit@joassart.com
Married, two children		Address :	25, Chemin des Romains B - 6740 Etalle Belgium
Freelance Senior Analyst-Developer and Project Manager Microsoft .NET technologies

1. Summary

o Senior Analyst Developer .NET

o Experienced project manager

o Specialized in Microsoft and .NET technologies

o 10 years of experience, incl. 5 years at ArcelorMittal Headquarters

o Company owner : IT Luxembourg sàrl

o International experience, including missions in Montréal, Dubai, Chicago, Paris, Berlin etc.

o Analytical and communication skills

o Experienced in complementary fields such as electronics

	2. COMPETENCES
Project Management
	o Extensive experience in software development project management, especially for web applications (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET) o PMI trained o 5 years at ArcelorMittal Headquarters o Managing teams of developers o International project management, incl. some projects covering all of the ArcelorMittal countries (> 60) (e.g. ArcelorMittal Travel, e-learning) o Worked as freelance o IT Luxembourg company owner
analysis and development
	o Senior level for analysis and development in ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET o Experience in java, flash, C++, VB.NET, Biztalk, Reporting Services, etc. o Examples of analysis/developments : o Expense reports management for ArcelorMittal group, in production since 2005 with EUR 4.000.000 of expense reports per year) o Development of modules for the back-office used by Intermarché o Web application to control a complete home domotic installation o Analysis and development of an ASP.NET application to manage the stock of cylinders used in a cold rolling mill o Analysis and development of a web applications monitoring system o Complete project list in the following pages
Technical Skills
	o Languages: ü ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, Java, C, C++, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Flash Actionscript, PHP, Pascal, SQL, Assembly language, C for microcontrollers (8051 and Microchip PIC families) o Databases: ü SQL Server 2000/2005, Informix (DB2), MySQL, MS Access o Tools: ü Visual Studio, MS Office, Biztalk, SQL Server Management Studio, Reporting Services, Adobe Flash, MS Project, SharePoint (2003 & MOSS2007), Microchip MPLAB, MBSA, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Total Commander, Microsoft Silverlight, Business Objects, NHibernate, LINQ, MS Analysis Services, XLCubed, Matlab, Photoshop, Blender, GIMP, Autocad, Eagle (PCB), Virtual PC, Virtual Server o Operating systems: ü Windows, Linux
Documentation
	o Specification, creation and organization of document management system in SharePoint for ArcelorMittal Corporate IT department (more than 1200 IT documents) o Information management and knowledge base creation in SharePoint for ArcelorMittal Corporate IT development team (15 developers) o Organization of internal trainings o Participation in the elaboration of SOX procedures o Redaction of best practices and procedures for ArcelorMittal software developers o Creation and documentation of ArcelorMittal offshoring platform
	3. Languages
	o French: Mother tongue o English: Excellent level o Dutch: Medium level
	4. Education
	o 1999 – Electronics industrial engineer – ECAM (BRUSSELS, BELGIUM), grade o 1996 – Civil engineer (first two years only, candidatures diploma) – UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (BELGIUM) o 1993 – Spéciale Math – LYCEE MARTIN V (LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, BELGIUM)

	5. Projects
July 2009-September 2009	Getronics Group                                            Luxembourg
	Purpose Function : ASP.NET / VB.NET Analyst Developer (freelance) o Framework Programme Seven (FP7) for the European Commission o Web application to manage the European research budget allocation o Allows the full process of reviewing and evaluating the thousands of proposals by teams of independent experts under supervision of EC o Development of new features for ethical screening and security scrutiny on the proposals o Good teamwork, project completed on schedule
	Environment o Critical application for the EC, managing the affectation of billions of EUR o High security and availability
	Realization o New features have been developed on time
	Technical Environment o ASP, ASP.NET, VB.NET o IIS webfarm o SQL Server 2005 clusters
April 2009 - June 2009	IT Luxembourg (company creation)      Luxembourg
	Realization o Creation of a software development company in Luxembourg
March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function : ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o First implementation of ASP.NET applications in ArcelorMittal Corporate Center and definition of architecture o Training of developers o Definition of best practices o Definition of ASP.NET infrastructure o Creation of development, qualification and production environments o Redaction of documentation o Creation of a knowledge base o Creation of common ASP.NET libraries o Implementation of Source Safe o Selection of third-party software and components o Revision of the developer’s code o Definition of complete development workflow from user requirements to application deployment and user acceptance tests o Improvement of the existing organization.
	Environment o Major web applications for the whole group, including the group intranet (Arcelor 100.000 people, then ArcelorMittal 320.000 people) o Tailor made developments and third party solutions integration o Single login, one face to the customer o High security and availability
	Realization o Team of developers used to work in ASP have been trained to ASP.NET o Full production, qualification and development servers have been installed (IIS farms and SQL server clusters) o Project management methodology, best practices and quality approach progressively put in place.
	Technical Environment o ASP, ASP.NET, C# o IIS webfarm o SQL 2000 / 2005 clusters o Reverse proxy
	Technical Environment o ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe, Biztalk o Reporting Services o IIS farms, SQL Server clusters o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Integration of an online booking system (flights, train, hotels, cars) with the ArcelorMittal intranet and master datas o Seamless integration with silent login, high security o Advanced data synchronization system for updates in user datas, cost centers and other informations o Application audit o Solve organizational, legal and technical questions o Project management, analysis and development
	Environment o Travel application for the whole ArcelorMittal group (320.000 people)
	Realization o Analysis and development, IT project management o In production since 2005, deployed for Luxembourg, France, Germany, UK, South Africa, and Netherland. Deployment to other countries ongoing. o Similar integration projects mentioned here to make short : o ArcelorMittal TV : Video site for the communication department o Brand ID : Branding site for the communication department (in production)
	Technical Environment o ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe, Biztalk o IIS farms, SQL Server clusters, DTS, SSIS o Reporting Services o Externally hosted application, secure silent login from intranet o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Integration of an environmental data collect and analysis application into the intranet with silent login o Business intelligence, creation of ad-hoc reports o Analysis and development of an application to track the impacts and evolution of environmental legislation in all ArcelorMittal countries
	Environment o Application to manage all environmental datas for ArcelorMittal, such as toxic materials, CO2, energy consumption etc o Critical and confidential datas related to toxic waste and CO2 quotas
	Realization o The application is in production since 2004, additional ad-hoc reports have been created according to the environmental department’s needs o Application to follow the legal threats is used for the whole group since January 2009
	Technical Environment o ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe o IIS farm, SQL Server cluster, Oracle, DTS, SSIS o Reporting Services o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Creation of a knowledge base in SharePoint (MOSS 2007) to capitalize knowledge and organize all IT/IS documents o User friendly, searchable, easy to edit o Fine grained access rights for consultants and employees o Introduce information management o Document lists, discussion groups, agenda, metadatas, views, FAQ, etc.
	Environment o Corporate IT/IS department becoming large with 60 people, mostly external o I proposed and realized this project because the amount of informations was huge and could be dispersed or lost over the network
	Realization o Centralization of documents, informations, best practices, in one central searchable place has been a success o Very fast and wide adoption of the solution, in production since 2007
	Technical Environment o MOSS 2007 (SharePoint) with custom authentication : silent login with the intranet portal o ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Optimization of the external consultants recruitment process with SharePoint (MOSS 2007) o Creation of a SharePoint team site for IT project managers o Created a formal validation process o Structured and searchable storage of all received CV, with dates, rate, availability, interviews etc o Organization of all profiles requests o Contact list of SSII o Complete traceability o Advanced reports : cost comparisons between companies, between consultants, time evolution
	Environment o IT Corporate went from 20 people to more than 60 in a few years, mostly externals, but was missing a good recruitment process
	Realization o Proposed and realized this project as a formalized external recruitment process was needed due to the fast growing of the IT department o Fast adoption since 2008 o Vastly improved the speed of the recruitment o Gives useful informations during the negotiation phase
	Technical Environment o MOSS 2007 (SharePoint) with custom authentication : silent login with the intranet portal o ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Analysis and development of a web applications monitoring system o Measure availability of ArcelorMittal applications, portal, internet site etc o Alert helpdesk and specific teams in case of failure o Many reports and graphs to analyze an incident o 24/7 monitoring o Automatically sends emails and SMS o Monthly availability reports for Service Level Agreements o User friendly, can subscribe to selected scenarios o Extended to monitor other types of alerts
	Environment o Before this project, an incident was most of the time detected by the final users, who then called the helpdesk o The scope was 80 intranet applications accessible for the whole group
	Realization o Proposed and realized this project as the number of critical applications was growing o Allowed many times to solve problems before any user could notice it o Gives precise percentage of availability for all applications o Logs and graphs all failures, even sporadic, for analysis and resolution o Dashboard gives instant view on the global status
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe o Reporting Services o SMS sending system o IIS farm, SQL Server cluster o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Set-up of a load testing environment and methodology for the Group BPM project o Simulation of up to 500 different users o Complex scenarios with different categories of users (reporting, data entry etc) o BPM is the largest Group IT project managed by the Corporate
	Environment o Complexity and cost of the BPM project were very high, and this load testing was the only way to ensure that it was sized correctly o BPM is a SOX project
	Realization o Definition of the load testing architecture and choice of the tools o Load-testing o Complete analysis of the results from technical and business points of view
	Technical Environment o OpenSTA (load testing software) o Visual Studio Team System Test Edition o Reporting Services o IIS farm, SQL Server cluster o BPM (Magnitude, acquired by Business Objects and later by SAP)

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Analysis and implementation for the migration of the group marketing analysis application from Montréal to Luxembourg o Definition of new architecture and recommendations
	Environment o Urgent migration because Montréal offices were closing two weeks later o Application to gather and analyze all figures needed by group Marketing
	Realization o Meetings and knowledge transfer in Montréal o Application successfully migrated to Luxembourg on new environment o Full documentation created o New reports and features implemented
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, C#, ASP, COM+ o Outlook development (VBA) o Virtual Server o Reporting Services o Excel o Citrix o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster, DTS

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Group application Business Leader Programme, developed in Dubai o Definition of an architecture to migrate Dubai applications to Luxembourg o Access rights for Dubai team to modify their application o Framework for single authentication, security, access to master datas
	Environment o During ArcelorMittal merger, solutions are examined to reduce costs and improve quality, including migration of all global applications to Luxembourg o Available for whole group (320.000 people) plus all external candidates having an MBA
	Realization o Meetings in Dubai, understanding different points of view and finding a win-win solution o Proposal and implementation of a software and hardware architecture o Proposal of a complete way of working between the Dubai and Luxembourg IT teams o Successful project in production since 2 years, one of the few common project between Luxembourg and Dubai
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, C#, AJAX o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster, DTS o Reporting Services o Citrix

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Group application Job Market Online, developed in Dubai o Definition and implementation of the architecture : the application was still hosted in Dubai and authentication is done in Luxembourg o Framework for single authentication, security, access to master datas
	Environment o During ArcelorMittal merger, solutions are examined to reduce costs and improve quality o Available for whole ArcelorMittal group (320.000 people) and all potential candidates via internet
	Realization o Meetings in Dubai o Proposal and implementation of a software and hardware architecture o Successful project in production since 2 years
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, C#, AJAX o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster, DTS o Reporting Services o Citrix o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o ArcelorMittal group intranet portal o Many improvement and integration projects
	Environment o
	Realization o The response time was the main complaint from users. Proposed and realized a full performance analysis which led to reduce the response times by factor two. o Analysis of the way to implement a single login between the current group intranet and SharePoint (MOSS2007). This solution works successfully since 2 years.
	Technical Environment o ASP, ASP.NET, C# o MOSS2007 (SharePoint) o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster, DTS o Reporting Services o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o SkillSoft : group e-learning system o Analysis and complete integration into the portal o User friendly with silent login and good security implementation o Development of user interfaces to gather datas o Creation of relevant reports o Meetings with supplier and ArcelorMittal academy to find the best solution
	Environment o ArcelorMittal Academy was missing a powerful e-learning software o Training was an important subject for ArcelorMittal
	Realization o The project was announced by M. Mittal himself in an email to all employees o Successful project, excellent collaboration with ArcelorMittal Academy o In production since one year o Implemented another specific e-learning “Interactive Dialogues” for the legal department was implemented in February 2009, similar to this project
	Technical Environment o ASP, ASP.NET, C# o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster, DTS o Reporting Services o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Group Consolidation and Controlling departments o Reporting solution based on Microsoft Analysis Services cube and Excel add-in o Intermediate solution before the full BPM project o Evaluation of existing products o Definition of the solution architecture o Training of the main users and assistance to create advanced reports
	Environment o These two departments are generating the reports used for company governance as well as official financial results o Delay in the project or any mistake in the results would have extreme consequences, but everything worked correctly
	Realization o Group Consolidation and Controlling departments have been creating their official reports using this solution with success
	Technical Environment o XLcubed (Excel add-in to browse cube data and create powerful reports) o Analysis Services (Cubes) o Reporting Services o ASP, ASP.NET, C# o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster, DTS

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Group CAPEX tool o Definition and implementation of an architecture to integrate into the existing intranet portal o Development of silent login, with advanced access rights and security o Gather CAPEX datas, list of projects, … o Generates useful reports o Full collaboration and organization between the client department, IT and solution supplier
	Environment o Many applications like this one have been integrated into the group intranet portal o Each application has its own characteristics and different developments are needed for a fast and secure integration
	Realization o The application has been successfully integrated into the portal o In production since April 2007 o Sales department is now also using this application
	Technical Environment o Analysis Services (Cubes) o Reporting Services o Java o ASP, ASP.NET, C# o IIS farm (in the first version : Apache) o SQL Server cluster (in the fist version : Oracle)

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Analysis and implementation for the integration of the application “Service Corner” into the group portal o Applications allows employees to book activities such as manicure, massages, museums, etc o Small integration project o Definition of the architecture for security and user-friendliness
	Environment o Group intranet is the global entry point for all employees, applications like this one are accessible through it with a single login o The application was hosted externally
	Realization o Seamless and secure integration of the application into the portal o The application is in production since January 2008 and gives entire satisfaction
	Technical Environment o Externally hosted application with silent login over internet o ASP, ASP.NET, C# o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Definition of the architecture to offshore ASP.NET development projects o Give access to parts of our technical environment and master datas to offshore companies o Define a workflow and tools for development, deployment, testing etc o Ensure complete security o Define ways of accessing master datas
	Environment o Tendency to cost optimization by offshoring o Business trip to meet the offshore development team in Bangalore was cancelled due to the crisis
	Realization o Full definition of the architecture and organization to offshore development projects o Project stopped due to the financial crisis
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, C# o IIS farms o SQL Server clusters o Citrix o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o “One face to the customer” for the group Commercial Coordination and Marketing (Sales & Marketing) o Analysis of a new architecture to give a unified user experience, with a single entry page and single login o 15 different ArcelorMittal websites were available for the external clients, depending on the region and type of product (long, flat, tubes etc.) o Additional features such as search, enhanced navigation etc o In a future phase the migration of all websites to Luxembourg and reorganization of the support was possible
	Environment o Project launched at the request of M. Mittal o Critical project as almost all buyers go through this channel to pass orders or find a sales representative for their region
	Realization o Full analysis and proposal o Business trip to Chicago to discuss with the pilot site o Realization of the project postponed due to the financial crisis
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, C#, Web services o IIS farms o SQL Server clusters o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Analysis and development of a dynamic dashboard giving an instant view on the servers load (CPU, memory etc) o Development of an ergonomic Flash interface with an ASP.NET backend o Datas collected with Microsoft Operations Manager o Automatic synthetic reports
	Environment o The ArcelorMittal Corporate IT manages a big datacenter of more than 400 servers o A lot of informations are collected but there was no easy way to see graphically the global usage of many servers at once
	Realization o This project gave immediate visibility on the usage of servers, some of them used only at a few percent of their capacity, some other overloaded o Adaptations were made to the infrastructure given the reports generated by this project
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, C#, Web services o Flash o Reporting Services o IIS farms o SQL Server clusters o Reverse proxy

March 2004 –  March 2009	ArcelorMittal Corporate Center       Luxembourg
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager o Analysis and development of a Resource planning application o Allows management of IT resources o Holidays validation and management o Project assignment management o Reports on costs, resource usage etc o “Click-once” .NET technology : gives an interface similar to a windows application, over the web o Uses the global master datas for resource and projects list
	Environment o Due to its fast growth, the IT department was looking for tools to enhance its productivity
	Realization o This was the first project using the “Click once” .NET deployment method, which gave an impressive user experience : interface similar and as fast as the outlook calendar, accessible through internet
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, C#, Web services, Winform o Reporting Services o IIS farms o SQL Server clusters o Reverse proxy

September 2003 –  February 2004	Arcelor - Laminoir de Dudelange              dudelange
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer o Analysis and development of an ASP.NET application to manage the stock of cylinders used in the cold rolling mill o Reliable, user-friendly o Historize all operations such as rectification, chroming, heating etc. o Application communicates with the huge production tool e.g. to send exact diameter and characteristics of the cylinders. An error here could cause severe damage and be dangerous for the operator o Find the best solution for the client o Train the users (blue-collars)
	Environment o Industrial, Laminoir de Dudelange was a cold rolling mill o Progressive replacement of all VAX applications by .NET applications o Risky, an error in the application can damage the main production tool.
	Realization o The application was developed on time and has been working successfully until the dismantlement of the site in 2005
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, VB.NET, Web services o Reporting Services o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster o Industrial environment based on VAX systems

January 2003 –  August 2003	Alexsys sa                                                      Lasne, Belgium
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer (Freelance) o Analysis and development of a XML-based document management application o User friendly as possible o Includes a flexible workflow system o Allowed an enterprise to easily replace any paper form by electronic form
	Environment o PMO of about 70 employees o .NET was emerging technology
	Realization o Successful project, later sold to Nashua to organize their internal and external forms
	Technical Environment o ASP.NET, VB.NET, Javascript, Java, Web services o XML, XSL o IIS farm o SQL Server cluster

January 2003 –  August 2003	PSO                                                             Thimister, Belgium
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer (Freelance) o Web application to control a complete domotic installation via internet o Analysis and development in Java, Flash and SQL Server o Virtual navigation in the house via internet o The system can be used from a PC or from a portable device such as a Pocket PC
	Environment o PMO of about 20 employees, experienced in electricity and domotic
	Realization o Creation of the application with an innovative visual interface in flash and back-end in Java o The user can upload photos of his house and navigate visually in it, while turning on the lights or other appliances.
	Technical Environment o Java, Web services o Flash o IIS farm o mySQL

February 2002 –  December 2002	I.R.IS. sa                                                     Brussels, Belgium
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer o Analysis and development of a web-based CMS & document management system o Analysis of an extension to the software using XML Web services to search and share documents across european clients o Intensive use of ASP.NET and C# since version beta 2
	Environment o PMO developing and selling a document management system o Successful application, used by more than 80 european associations and belgian banks o .NET was just released in beta 2
	Realization o Analysis and development of new modules in ASP.NET o Development and execution speed improvement was impressive in comparison to ASP code o Allowed to learn .NET from the beginning (beta 2)
	Technical Environment o ASP, ASP.NET, C# o VB6, COM+ o SQL Server cluster o IIS farm

March 2001 –  January 2002	Alexsys sa                                                      Lasne, Belgium
	Purpose Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer o Analysis and development of modules for the back-office software of «Intermarché », used by more than 2.500 sales points o Business Objects trained consultant : reporting project for the company managing the barcodes of consumer products in Belgium
	Environment o PMO having won an important contract to develop and maintain all the back-office system of Intermarché o Very strict development and testing rules, as for example a price mistake on a label could have big financial consequences
	Realization o Analysis and development of new modules in C++ o Good team experience and development methodology
	Technical Environment o Visual C++, MFC o UML o Informix (SQL DB2) o COM+ o Retail environment (cash registers etc)

March 2001 –  January 2002	Tractebel Development Engineering Brussels, Liège
	Purpose Function: Project engineer o Project Cointe’ tunnel in Liège: 1.3 km long tunnel with high security equipments o Low voltage equipment analysis and reception with the clients (Equipment and Transportation Ministry) and many suppliers o On-site verification of the conformity for the low voltage equipment : more than 150 video cameras, access control, telephony, dynamic signalization, automated reading of the car plates, vehicle counting and classification (trucks, cars, etc) o Fortis headquarters : access control analysis for the headquarters of Fortis (Brussels)
	Environment o Cointe’s tunnel was a huge project of several billions EUR, Tractebel was the consulting office (bureau d’études) for the electronics and electromechanical parts o Strong time constraints o Security was pushed very high, as the Mont Blanc accident was still in all the minds
	Realization o Participation in the design, meetings and reception of material for all low voltage equipment o Very interesting project by its size and number of suppliers. New technologies, such as the automated real time reading of car plates up to 160 km/h, for world’s first time
	Technical Environment o MS Project and Office o All low voltage equipment of a tunnel, industrial computers

July 1999 –  February 2000	Siemens sa                                              Huizingen, Belgium
	Purpose Function: Presales engineer o Presales for Siemens Hicom enterprise telephone systems o Meetings with clients, salesmen, product specialists, technicians o Redaction of bid offers and responses to invitations to tender
	Environment o Siemens is a large company of 400.000 employees o The Huizingen site manage the sale of medical scanners and enterprise telephony systems
	Realization o Redaction of many bid offers for large telephony systems o Good experience acquired from team work in a large multicultural and multilingual company
	Technical Environment o MS Office o Specialized applications for the telephone solution design and bid offers

September 1998 –  June 1999	Final year Project               ECAM, Brussels, Belgium
	Purpose o Research and realization of an electronic medical device creating pulsed magnetic field of specific shape o Computerized system for the measurement of the electrical characteristics of body zones known as acupuncture points o Covered a lot of technologies, including the realization of a PC ISA card and realization of a microcontroller based system with LCD, keyboard, ADC etc.
	Environment o Was quite an ambitious project and risky subject for a final year project o Always been passionate about exploring new fields
	Realization o The project was successful and very well received by the jury
	Technical Environment o C++, assembly language o Microcontroller programming o PC ISA card design and realization with ADC o Design and realization of microcontroller board with LCD, keyboard, frequency generator etc o Matlab (mathematical software) o Eagle (schematic and printed circuit board design software)