Thales transportation Systems
- Design authority
Courbevoie
2010 - maintenant
2010-Today: Thales Communicaiton & Security, Design authority in Bid Department and in charge of new system architecture with contactless EMV bank cards in Automatic Fare Collection area.
2006-2010 : Thales Transportation SystemsManager of Product Line group for all products of the company related to Automatic Fare Collection Systems.Management of product lines from design to manufacturing.
International Expert (since 1996 till today) at ISO for cards. Participation to standardization meetings for ISO (JTC1/SC17/ WG1) dealing physics characteristics for cards use in identification area.
2004 2006: THALES e-Transactions CGA belonging to Thales Group World leader for Automatic Fare collection Systems (Highways, bus, Metro and parking) using RFID technology.Product Line Manager in charge of HandHeld Control Unit, Validators and issuers (cards and tickets)Marketing for products of responsibility and knowledge of the global marketCollaboration with subcontractors to develop products (international level: USA, Japan, Europe, China)
Quotation for tenders including technical description of quoted proposed solutions.
Product standardization and reuse of existing solution to improve competitiveness of the company Direct contact with customers to promote the propose solution according the tenderManager for contactless media and their supply:
In charge of Specifications to comply with requirements in term of function and lifetimeIn charge of relations with all existing suppliers (international level: Japan, China and Europe)
Select of the manufacturers and audit their facilities and quality system.In addition to these activities, Internal audit in the frame of ISO 9000 / 2000 standard.
2001 till 2004: THALES e-Transactions CGA belonging to Thales Group mixing together activities of Alcatel CGA Transport, and Dassault Automatism and Telecommunication for Automatic Fare collection Systems (Highways, bus, Metro and parking)
Product Line Manager in charge of Hand Held Control Unit, Card Issuers and OEM equipment Belonging to Alcatel group, leader in Automatic Fare collection systems for highways and public Mass Transit SystemsProject Manager for Card reader development for HighwayProject manager for HandHeld Control Unit for contactless cards Manager for the equipment part of technology transfer for ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) systems with a Chinese company Manager for the equipment part for tender
1996 Till 1999 Alcatel CGA Transport (Compagnie Générale d'Automatisme) belonging to Alcatel group, leader in Automatic Fare collection systems for highways and public Mass Transit SystemsManager of the Product, Magnetic heads and tickets, and contactless cards department This task involved all OEM equipment integrated in Automatic Fare collection Equipment and does involve a global markets overview and survey for these equipment.
1993 till 1995: CEGELEC CGA Division belonging to Alcatel group, leader in Automatic Fare collection systems for highways and public Mass Transit SystemsManager for magnetic cards and magnetic heads
1989 à 1993: Data Recording Division Schlumberger Industries Material and characterization of magnetic heads Manager: New technologies development for high data density recording for instrumentation market (airborne, navy and satellite equipment), including marketing Tape manager for space application
1984 till 1988: Schlumberger Research and Development in Montrouge (France)Optical and magnetic recording group manager (1 year)Optical and magnetic data storage development on tapes including marketingDevelopment Engineer (3 years) : Development of an optical tape for data storage
