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Jul 01 2007

My Resume

Posted by Cedric in Our World

European curriculum vitae format

Personal information

Name		Cedric
Address		Not Available on the online CV
Telephone		Not Available on the online CV
Fax		Not Available on the online CV
E-mail		click on this link to get it

Nationality

Swiss

Date of birth

Not Available on the online CV

Work experience

• Dates (from – to)		1996 – Present day
• Name and address of employer		International Committee of the Red Cross , Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		International Humanitarian Organization
• Occupation or position held		Information & Communication Technologies – Regional Coordinator As from October 2008 : Western & Central African Countries, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 2005 – 2008 : Asia & Pacific based in Bangkok, Thailand 2002 – 2004 : Great Lakes area, Eastern & Southern Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya 1999 – 2001 : Americas based in Bogota, Colombia 1997 – 1999 : Western & Central African Countries, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 1996 – 1997 : Commonwealth of Independent States based in Moscow, Russia
• Main activities and responsibilities		Coordination of telecommunication & computer networks activities of the ICRC Design & follow-up of ICT regional & institutional projects Technical adviser for ICRC executives Technical support to ICT field engineers Technical support & user training Financial & administrative tasks related to ICT systems Negotiations with national & regional providers, telecom authorities, etc.. Human resources management Implementing institutional ICT policies

• Dates (from – to)		1993 – 1995
• Name and address of employer		International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		International Humanitarian Organization
• Occupation or position held		Information & Communication Technologies – Field Engineer 1993 : Sudan 1994 : Angola, Rwanda 1995 : Angola
• Main activities and responsibilities		Installation and maintenance of radio communication & computer networks User training & support

• Dates (from – to)		1992 – 1993
• Name and address of employer		Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon Sarl., Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Employment agency
• Occupation or position held		Geneva & Lausanne Branch Director
• Main activities and responsibilities		Human Resources Customer Relations Administrative & financial related tasks.

• Dates (from – to)		1988 – 1991
• Name and address of employer		Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Employment agency
• Occupation or position held		Geneva Branch Manager
• Main activities and responsibilities		Human Resources Customer Relations

• Dates (from – to)		1986 – 1988
• Name and address of employer		Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Building Trade
• Occupation or position held		Specialized electrician
• Main activities and responsibilities		Breakdown interventions Telephone & computer cabling systems

• Dates (from – to)		1986 – 1988
• Name and address of employer		EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland
• Type of business or sector		Building Trade
• Occupation or position held		Electrician
• Main activities and responsibilities		Breakdown interventions Small & medium construction projects

Education and training

• Dates (from – to)		2001
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelona, Spain Cisco Network Academy Program
• Principal subjects/occupationalskills covered		WAN & LAN Networks, Ethernet Standards, Routing Protocols, Network design, Security policies, Router configuration, IP addressing, Transport protocols, Network Management, Troubleshooting.
• Title of qualification awarded		Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

• Dates (from – to)		2001 – 2002
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelone, Spain Master in Network & Services of Telecommunications (MXST)
• Principal subjects/occupationalskills covered		Telecommunication networks & services, Network Management, Project Management, Mobile communications.
• Title of qualification awarded		Master in Network & Services of Telecommunication (Màster en Xarxes i Serveis de Telecomunicació).

• Dates (from – to)		1981 – 1985
• Name and type of organization providing education and training		EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland & CEPIA (Professional school) Electrician Apprenticeship
• Principal subjects/occupationalskills covered		Electrical installation & maintenance. Telephone & Alarm systems installation & maintenance
• Title of qualification awarded		Federal Proficiency Certificate of Electrician (Certificat Fédéral de Capacity) Mention : Good

Other professional training		People leadership & Management by Ashridge (UK) (ICRC Geneva 2008) Managing & Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment (IT TrainingAcademy, Geneva 2005) Implementing & Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Global Knowledge, Geneva 2003). Lotus Notes R5 Domino Server Administration (Digicomp, Geneva 2001) Linux Suse Network Configuration (www sistemas, Bogota 2001) Linux Suse Administration (Acis, Bogota 2000) Administration & Technical Support of Microsoft Windows NT 4, TCP/IP interconnection (Digicomp, Geneva 1999) English Advanced (Australian College of English, Sydney 1997) Project Management (ESMT, Dakar 1996) Effective Presentation Technics (Marchstore Ltd, London 1995) Training of Trainers (Cegos, Paris 1995) Local Area Networks (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) MS-Dos 6.2 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Codan HF Radio Module (Codan UK, Farnham 1995) Novell Netware 3.1x Administration (Digicomp, Geneva 1995/99) Novell Netware 3.1x Installation & Configuration (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Administration 1 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Development 1 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Lotus Notes R3 Basics + Technical User (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Computer Security (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Windows Ressources (Digicomp, Geneva 1995) Sales Technics & Customer relationship (CAFI, Lausanne 1991) Alarm & Security systems (Rochat, Geneva 1990) MS-Dos 5 (Bernard Marchon, Geneva 1990) Telepax PABX Systems (Telepax, Geneva 1990) Hasler Integral 2 PABX system (PTT, Bern 1989) Ericsson GDX/GFX PABX Systems (PTT, Bern 1989) Telephone installation 2 (CIS, Geneva 1987)

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue

FRENCH

Other languages

		ENGLISH - SPANISH – PORTUGESE
• Reading skills		Excellent – Excellent - Basic
• Writing skills		Good - Good - nil
• Verbal skills		Good - Good – nil

Social skills and competences

Team Work: I have the chance of experiencing team working on both national and international level with colleagues of various nationalities.

Intercultural Skills: As working & living on permanent basis abroad since 1993, I have the opportunity to collaborate with international and intercultural teams on daily basis, mostly aimed at the regional management of an international humanitarian organization.

Organizational skills and competences

Management of technical national & expatriate staff at regional level. (more than 40 employees).

Regional ICT project management (in more than 15 countries) Regional yearly ICT seminar organization & professional courses (about 25 participants) ICT Budget preparation & follow-up. Assets management Head of ICT regional Emergency Response Unit Promotion & auditing institutional ICT policies.

Technical skills and competences

Competent on electrical, telephone, lighting/grounding & 2-way satellite systems.

Competent on wired & wireless telecommunication, HF/VHF/UHF radio communication & computer networks. Competent on various Microsoft operating systems (Windows NT4, XP Professional, 2003 server). Competent on design, installation, maintenance & troubleshooting of computer systems. Good knowledge of Lotus Notes/Domino R5 workflow environment Good knowledge on MS Office tools, computer security systems. Good knowledge on power supplies (generator, solar & wind power) Some web-building, graphic editing, Linux & MS SQL experience. Some Cisco routing & switches experience. Some competences on various PABX systems

Artistic skills and competences

Amateur Photographer, Photo-editing, Web-publishing

Other skills and competences

Driving licence(s)

Swiss & International driver license (light vehicle & motorbike up to 125 cm3)

Additional information

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Jun 28 2007

iPhone, pay more get less but with style.

Posted by Cedric in Nomad Tools

Yet another post about Apple iPhone, even if, as most of people, I haven't seen it yet. However, reading some articles about this "famous" iphone (11'000 print articles and 69 millions hits on Google in the last six months according the New York Times.

I find very surprising that following support or services (according Presse-Citron review) will not be available on the, soon to be release, first Apple iphone :

Games (ok, perhaps it's a professional tool)

Office document editor (ok it's not a Microsoft product)

Cut-Paste function

Memory extension slots (is it why there are 2 models of iphone ?)

MP3 ringtones (iTunes don't sell ringtones)

A2DP support for stereo bluetooth headset

Push Mail (ok, perhaps it's not a professional tool)

GPS

Flash & Java support (not sure you can even display Apple website pages)

Instant Messenging

MMS

Voice recognition

Video capture

Camera zoom and flash

and there is even worst

Audio jack is not a 3.5mm standard. An adapter is needed if you want to use your iPod headphones.

Not 3G network compatible (UMTS, HSDPA, etc..)

Battery cannot be remove (no way to carry a spare one)

~~No built-in WiFi~~. (my mistake)

Without 3G, Web browsing with the iPhone will be an experience..if you're patient enough and unlucky enough to not find a WiFi hotspot close by!

and last but not least, the antenna is located at the bottom of the phone, right there were your hand holds the phone. This will surely helps a lot when the signal is weak.

Cherry on top of the cake, iPhone will be available only with a 24 months operator's subscription and its price tag is above 500 USD. Even without seeing it live, the so much expected iPhone will not replace my HTC 620.

Sources : Pogue's iPhone Tour & Presse-Citron

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Jun 24 2007

Instant Messenger the “de facto” tool by 2011 ?

Posted by Cedric in Internet News, Nomad Tools

Well known for its analysis, the Gartner Group predicts, in its last week press release, that Instant Messaging systems will be the "de facto" tool for voice, video and text chat with 95% of workers in leading global organizations. It may even become the primary interface for real-time communications by 2013. The Gartner Group forecasts the IM market to grow from 267 mio/USD in 2005 to 688 mio/USD in 2010.

As part of the corporate IT infrastructure, they recommend use of corporate IM solutions such IBM "Lotus Sametime" or Microsoft's "Office Live Communication Server" as they can be protected by the corporate firewall. One key part of IM corporate setup will be the "Presence Technology" which allows people to establish the availability of others for real-time communications regardless of their location. It also enables users to cut through desktop clutter, resulting in immediate responses.

As a result, Gartner predicts that by 2012, presence technology will be offered independently of IM and email products. Mr David Mario Smith, research analyst at Gartner, urged vendors and enterprises alike to recognize this and develop a real-time architecture with presence as the key ingredient. “The IM client is becoming the launch pad for many types of communications channels and services,” he concluded. “Presence will extend its influence beyond IM to become an essential source of innovation for enterprise applications of the future.”

This release collides with a discussion I had last week with some colleagues about which IM tool we were using and which one is our preferred. Personally, a tool like Skype makes my day as I get to use it to transmit and receive messages from many networks and not exclusively from the Web. However, it is well known that Skype is a real nightmare for corporate ICT Security officer and this piece of software always tries its best to find a way to connect the net, bypassing any corporate security (firewall & NAT) using peer-to-peer technology.

Full Press release is available on Gartner site