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Consultant for a software and engineering services company – France
- Consultant digital television, middleware and embedded software expert
2012 - 2014
2 years
Bouygues Telecom – Internet Services Provider and digital television operator
QT (4.8) and Webkit integration to set top boxes (embedded linux based) middleware.
Embedded web browser development, integration of hardware accelerated rendering of HTML 5 video streams for DirectFB and Open GL (ES 2) API based user interface environments.
Software optimization (Vtune) on Intel Atom CE4200 embedded linux target.
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Open TV Europe
- Software senior developer
2004 - 2011
OpenTV EMEA technical expert and technical referent for all matters regarding OpenTV middleware issues over services discovery and management (EN-300468, ISO-13818, demux driver integration) on deployed client networks (TPS, UPC networks, KDG, Numericable, VIASAT).
Developed a demonstrator for TPS french network HDTV set top boxes, demonstrator that led TPS to choose OpenTV solutions.
Reverse engineering of OpenTV EMEA specific framework “Network Package” service discovery and management related library to allow all necessary bug fixing and code rework.
Mentored and led engineers over Network Package for actual developments over broadcast services management. Defined document template for small projects follow up and reporting.
Designed several advanced development proposals for SDK tools and development process enhancement: automated test suite, domain specific language for DVB tables filtering, parsing and carried data marshalling.
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Alten
- Consultant R&D engineer
Boulogne-Billancourt
1997 - 2004
2 years 4 mo.
Viaccess – France, La Défense – Conditional Access System and software security
Software architecture and development of set top box part of Viacces CAS. Existing software reverse engineering. Development of API to integrate use of AES, DES encryption for software security. Integration of CAS new version to OpenTV based set top box.
1 year
Alcatel (ABS/PCB) – France, Colombes – Mobile phones software architecture group
Software architecture and design of “OT715” mobile phone to PC communication interfaces for TinyTP, OBEX, IrDA and IrCOMM standards. Support to Shangaï based team in charge of implemeting related software specifications. Support to test and validation team.
1 year
Nortel Networks – France, Guyancourt – UMTS infrastructures development group
Design (UML) an development (C++) of base station commands receipt and processing library.
2 years 3 mo.
Philips EGP – France, Suresnes – Digital television set top boxes manufacturer
Software architect of the conditional access system (CAS) group. Technical solutions definition and organization of team work (four developers). Development of ISO-7816 ”T=1” smart card management protocol, validation obtained for GIE and Europay standards. Integration. Bug fixing and evolution of various CAS for produced set top boxes middleware (MEDIAGUARD, CONAX, NDS).
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Microprocess
- R&D enginner
Abidjan
1996 - 1997
Development (C++): real time embedded system “SoftKernel”, related SDK debugger based on Gnu GDB debugger. Port of SDK tool chain to windows, unix and OS9 based development environments.
