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WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Logitech Inc. - Internet & Communication Business Unit, California, USA
Position:
Managing Director Advanced Technology Unit, direct report to VP of Engineering, Staff Member
Time period:
December 2005 - Present
Description:
Defined the Charter and Modus Operandi of a Chief Technology Officer department aimed at analyzing new technologies and bringing innovation to products. Managed department's budget (~700K$/year) and supervised direct staff of 8 within a complex world-wide matrix organization. Strategic Product and Technology roadmaping with Marketing and more than 30 engineers spanning 8 engineering desciplines. Delivered ongoing Technologies intelligence for breaktru innovations opportunities. Provided technical guidance to Business Development team for M&A and technology licensing opportunities. Led and supervised the creation of small teams in charge of de-risking new technologies - largely drawing into PMI's management principles and Agile methodology. Worked with the Company University incubator to define and outsource advanced R&D activities. Member of the Patent Review committee.
Employer:
Logitech Inc Video Business Unit, California, USA
Position:
Principal Systems Engineer
Time period:
December 2002 - November 2006
Description:
Translated Marketing Requirement Document into product spec for 4 product lines; high-end webcams (millions sold in 2006), cordless video product (a 18-month project I've led over 3 time zones), network-enabled cameras and 2-way standalone communication devices (videophone/set-top box). Performed product feasibility studies (optics/hardware/firmware/software/cost level). Wrote&managed RFQ/Statement Of Work/Acceptance Test Plans for key out-sourced components (mainly Taiwan/India). Worked with Functional departments to firm up products' and engineering functional specifications, system verification and mass-production plans. Led design reviews at various stage of projects.
Employer:
Logitech Inc, Video Business Unit, California, USA
Position:
Lead Embedded Software Architect, Principal Firmware Engineer
Time period:
December 2000 - November 2003
Description:
Delivered the first low cost solid state digital camcorders in the market. Main embedded architect and firmware contributor. Produced a firmware training class and led the implementation of Xtreme programming methodology. Coached the work of 3 engineers.
Employer:
Berkeley Design Technology Inc (BDTi), Berkeley, USA
Position:
DSP Software Engineer
Time period:
December 1999 - November 2001
Description:
Direct report to industry's figure Jeff Bier (EEtimes columnist). Analyzed state-of-the art DSP algorithms and DSP processor's architecture. Modeled several signal processing kernels on various DSPs and General Purpose Processors (GPPs). Ported/optimized high-level language implementations of numerous DSP algorithms (audio/video streaming and communication) on a wide variety of DSPs and GPPs featuring high instruction-level parallelism. Ported/optimized Real Network's Video 8 encoder for the cell phone and set-top box market. Designed and implemented benchmarking methodologies for processors and tools. Co-author of the famous BDTI's "DSP Processors Buyers' Guide", 2001 edition
Employer:
Electronique Informatique Applications (EIA), Cofidur Group, Paris, France
Position:
DSP Software Engineer & Ph.D Candidate
Time period:
December 1995 - November 2000
Description:
Designed, implemented & ported image processing algorithms for the state-of-the-art multi-core processors (optimized MJPEG- and Wavelet-based compression codecs and ported real-time OSs). Successfully delivered multi-million dollar projects; a digital bank video surveillance system and a road traffic video analysis system (with Teledifusion De France) & a 360-degree video probe for off-shore oil exploration (with Schlumberger). Official workshop teacher for Texas Instruments' European Office.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
13 scientific articles including 2 nomination for best paper Award, 2 book chapters and 6 industrial patents. Won the 1992 edition of "Soft Qui Peut" - a European contest for young programmer thanks to an intelligent Scrabble game.
INFORMATION
Hobbies:
Boating, Rollerblading, Golf, Video editing. Basic airplaine flying license.
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Currently a Doctoral candidate in Political science at the European Center for Peace and Development of the UN University of Peace. Have over ten years of professional experience working in socio-economic development activities and int. cooperation
