Multidisciplinary engineer, 20 years experience in applied research in industry from R & D to production, then in consulting, training, software development and after-sales service for many customers in varied activities.
Projects management from design to marketing of products and services, with a constant concern for the service quality and customer satisfaction all along the products lifecycle.
Motivation and driving of teams in changing environments, especially in fast growth. Building of organic structures combining safety and reactivity, based on complementary competences and respect of everyone’s expectations.
Strategic and global vision, bringing the organization a potential for evolution.
Specialties
Dynamics and control, Robotics, EDM machines, 3D CAD Software (SolidWorks), Analysis and Engineering Software (FEA). PDM/PLM, industrial production, supply chain and quality.
Technical and scientific software: algorithms, data structures, 3D geometry. IT in general + software design , and implementation (C++/STL, VB, XML, ...) Management of technology, innovation, intellectual property
- Expériences
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- Bobst SA
: 07/2008 -
Aujourd'hui
Engineer
Design, simulation and implementation of control software in packaging machines
- e-Systems Consulting
: 09/2004 -
06/2007
Directeur + Senior Consultant
Development of consulting, training and after-sales activities.
Management of a team of consultants and its projects in a fast growing company (40%/year) , on a market approaching maturity.
Widening of the offer to high added-value products and services
Reorganization of training services and after-sales to face the increase in customer demand and the widening of the offer.
Follow-up of demanding “key customers”, especially watch makers.
Setup and management of a new office in Meyrin.
- DynaBits sàrl
: 2000 -
2004
CEO - founder
Launch of a start-up: market analysis, business plan, strategy, patents and trademarks
Specification and design of technical software for mechanical engineering
Software development project management, with subcontractors and strategic partners
Development of algorithms and data structures using generic programming (C++/STL) and XML
E-commerce deployment
- Charmilles Technologies
: 09/1994 -
12/1999
R&D Engineer
* Quality Control Reengineering : faster QC led to 2Mf/y cost reduction
* R&D : Machine + EDM Process control specialist
* Project Manager : collaboration with EPFL on control, tribology, concepts for a new machine
- EPFL
: 1988 -
1994
Research Assistant
Institut d'Automatique / Laboratoire d'Automatique
- Formation
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- HEC Lausanne - School of Business
: 01/1999 -
12/1999
Master, Management of Technology
- The University of Texas at Austin
: 01/1998 -
12/1998
MBA, businesspart of the "Management of Technology" program from HEC-Lausanne + EPFL (Switzerland)
Activities and Societies:
(summer term only)
- Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
: 01/1988 -
12/1994
PhD, Dynamics, Control Systems, RoboticsActivities and Societies:
DGCBNC
- Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
: 01/1984 -
12/1988
Ingénieur Informaticien, Computer, IT, Programming
- Collège de St-Maurice
: 01/1978 -
12/1983
Bac