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Curriculum Vitae

 GIS, web mapping and cloud computing professional


Work Experience

 2010 - now  Head of Web Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure at Swisstopo
   Manage a team of 10 GIS professionals
   Member of the department director board
   Act as Cloud Computing and Web Mapping architect
   Develop web mapping applications like http://map.geo.admin.ch
   Introduce Agile development methodology
 2008 - 2010  CTO Geospatial at Camptocamp
   Manage a team of 15 developers
   Member of the director board
   Reorganize entire company and make the geospatial department profitable
 2005 - 2008  Product Design Manager at Autodesk
   Build and manage a team of interaction designers and subject matter experts
   Specify vertical applications for electric, gas, water and wastewater industry
   Define module for land management and surveying        
   Introduce user centered design methodology and process
   Introduce usage of WPF/.Net 3.5 in the design process
   Design four releases of Topobase™ Client and Web
   Conduct contextual inquiries and usability tests
   Act as Topobase™ evangelist
 2001 - 2005  Project manager at C-Plan, Geomatic and Ville de Lausanne

 Manage large GIS (Geographic Information System) projects (1+ million USD)
   Act as Oracle DBA
   Develop specific features in c#, php, asp.Net, PL/SQL
 1999 - 2001  Teaching assistant at ETHZ
   Teach GIS and error theory
   Develop 3D spatial viewer
 1994 – 1999  Student jobs
   Introduce first GPS in surveying offices
   Develop land management computation software

Education

 2002  Swiss official surveyor
 1999  Geomatic and Survey engineer at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - EPFL
   Master Thesis: Kalman Filtering for GPS and inertial Navigation

Language

 French Mother tongue
 German 10+ years of professional experience with german speakers
Management of german teams
 English 4 years of professional experience with english speakers
Management of english teams

Awards

 2011 http://map.geo.admin.ch receives the EUROGI technology award
 2011 2 Swisstopo awards for unique contribution (http://mobile.map.geo.admin.ch)
 2010 http://map.geo.admin.ch receives the "Prix Excellence Publique"
 2010  http://map.geo.admin.ch reached rank 2 at Open Source Swiss Award 2010
 2007  Yearly Autodesk award for unique contribution
 2005 Yearly Autodesk award for unique contribution
 1999  Second master's grade point average

Miscellaneous

 Entrepreneur Create with a friend and sell a software computation package
 Create with friends and sell a data modeler software
 Sports Some examples
 Teaching The following courses have been delivered, outside my normal work:
  1999 - 2006: Post Master Training Internet and GIS
  2007 & 2011: Geomatic technician: Error Theory
  2010: MapFish Training
 2012: Geomatic Technician: GIS
 Presenter See slideshare account
 Blogger See here
 OSS activities
See here       
 PoliticianPresident of the PLR of Payerne City. Elected member of the city council.