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Thierry GARCIA-AUSTIN

ST VALLIER DE THIEY

En résumé

7 years experience in program and project management
14 years experience in software engineering and product development life cycle

Spécialités
Programme and project management
Virtual and remote team management
Software engineering
Quality & Process

Fluent in both English (lived for 6 years in the UK) and French (mother tongue)

Entreprises

  • Intel Corporation (France, Nice area) - Project Manager

    2012 - maintenant - Lead software projects to integrate Wireless connectivity solutions for Intel mobile Android platforms
  • Texas Instruments Inc (France, Nice area) - Software Program Manager

    2003 - 2012 **********************************************
    Software Program Manager (July 2007 – Nov 2012)

    - Lead multiple software development programs for TI OMAP SOC addressing the mobile/tablet/consumer markets
    - Manage WW teams across TI internal R&D sites, and 3P external SW houses
    - Deliver programs to completion with 'Beta quality', in compliance with the Product Development Process

    Examples of program I managed:
    - Pre-silicon SW development for OMAP6
    - Android programs for both OMAP3 and OMAP4 (from Eclair to ICS)
    - Generic Linux programs for OMAP3
    - Custom 3G Modem (mix of TI and partner's IP)
    - EDGE modem with MM capabilities (OMAPV1030)

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    Project Lead (Dec 2005 – June 2007)

    - Lead SW project team (up to 50 engineers) for the design, development, testing and support of GSM/GPRS/EDGE Layer1 software on the OMAPV1030 platform
    - Prepared team for CMMI assesment - Level 3 certification achieved in 2006
    - Coaching Project Leads in India, aligning project management methodologies and process
    - Building and maintaining plan and schedules up-to-date (tasks and resources)
    - Tracking day to day activities, ensuring technical requirements are fulfilled and commitments made are kept
    - Working in synergy with the Development Unit Managers to ensure adequate technical staffing and resource loading
    - Reporting to the Program Manager the achievements, risks and issues, weekly execution status
    - Tracking SW-defects (internal and external) to their closure within defined boundaries: follow metrics and act on them
    - Analysing with the team, change requests and provide level of effort and plan
    - Being pro-active on risks, issues and tasks to come

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    Support Lead (Aug 2004 – Nov 2005)

    - Lead a small team of engineers, in charge of supporting the Layer1 software deliveries: quality control, defect debug and resolution, tracking metrics, driving task forces, direct customer support.

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    Software System Engineer (April 2003 – Aug 2004)

    - Supporting software: interfacing with internal and external customers, analysing traces, debugging software, onsite support, coaching junior engineers, leading task forces and reporting status to management.
  • Anite Telecoms Ltd (United Kingdom, Hampshire, Fleet) - Software Engineer, Technical Lead

    1999 - 2003 -Design in UML, Coding in C++, Windows UI
    -3GPP standards: 2G-GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3G-WCDMA/INTER-RAT
    -Anite: Stand-Alone network Simulator (SAS+); SAT-API+
    -Reprensentative at ETSI/GERAN meetings
    -Technical support for pre/post sales operations
  • Nokia Networks Ltd (United Kingdom, Cambs, Cambridge) - Design Engineer

    1999 - 1999 -Design in UML, Coding in Visual C++
    -TCP/IP protocol

Formations

  • Sheffield Hallam University (Netto)

    Netto 1997 - 1998 MASTER OF SCIENCE

    Information Engineering - School of Engineering.
    Awarded distinctions in OO-Design, Real-Time OS, Artificial Neural Networks.

    2nd author of IEEE publication on neural networks:
    http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=790320&contentType=Journals+%26+Magazines&searchWithin%3Dp_Authors%3A.QT.Garcia%2C+T..QT.
  • Université La Rochelle - IUP Génie Informatique

    La Rochelle 1995 - 1999 INGENIEUR-MAITRE

    Specialized in real time computer systems.
    'Mention Assez-Bien'

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