I am looking for companies with a challenging project. During my 20 years career in the Software industry I have dealt with various “mission impossible” situations and these do not scare me. The hard work and the reward of seeing a project fulfilled are my life and blood. Whether it is a technical challenge or a marketing one, any project can be successfully completed with the right approach and clear goals.


For the last 6 years, I have been doing short and long term contract work for French, Canadian and US companies. I hold an engineering degree and have successfully developed software over the last 20 years. Conversely, although I don’t have a degree in Business, I do have 10 years of concurrent experience of marketing and sales in an international environment. Creating my own company sPearWay Ltd. in 1992 I have been able to build a team of software professionals who help me fulfill my contracts

sPearWay offers web hosting services to companies, creating for them a virtual presence. Since 1996 I administer and create web sites for companies. This includes commerce enabled sites with on line ordering and secure transaction payment. sPearWay also creates web applications for it own use like the collaborative WebObjects documentation site WODev (http://www.wodev.com/). This web application was created, is maintained and hosted by sPearWay to provide the WebObjects community with a tool to share information enabling them to be more productive. sPearWay also creates MaxOSX native applications, an example is xAlizer (http://www.xalizer.com/). This application helps webmasters in the creation and administration of web site statistics enabling them to add value to their services.

Recently I have been acting director of product development for Millward Brown. In this capacity I have successfully developed and deployed two web based market research applications. These applications enable Millward Brown’s corporate customers to create surveys and field them on the web using a web intercept method. The application then collects the data, analyzes it and creates a report of the findings. A typical data collection project involves 5 to 10 million data points.

In my last job with Matra, as a business unit manager, I created new sales channels and managed international sales meetings for a CAD/CAM product. With corporate and country marketing departments I organized marketing communications, promotions and events. Part of my duties was to implement a system of sales reporting and sales forecast for the new product. I enjoyed and was successful in international sales activities with extensive travel.

Over a 10 year period I have developed a commercial application in full use today managing electronic left luggage lockers in airports and railway stations in the US and throughout the world (37 languages).

•	This project was started in 1989 using Object Oriented design. The Macintosh was chosen because of its superior network capabilities. The language employed was Object Pascal as it was the only commercially available object language for the Macintosh at the time. We used the MacApp application framework to speed up development. This software is based on a client/server model. For each site a local server collects locker information. A remote computer can connect on the server machine to examine information and to modify installation parameters. The software manages registered users and will automatically switch to his preferred language. Accounting functions are also provided including currency management as some lockers, in Europe, accept multiple currencies.
•	In 1997, the luggage manager project was created, this time to re-engineer the existing Remote Control software to support new hardware platforms, to provide new functions and to improve the maintenance of the software. The new functions cover the area of manual luggage handling, overdue luggage management, better alarm management (e-mail, pager, etc.), integration of statistic functions and installation time reduction. The new software is able to use various hardware platforms: in particular the software is able to function on Windows NT & 95 as well as the MacOS to support existing customers.
•	This project was completed in 1998 on schedule and within budget. This new development was carried out using the WebObjects framework, Database access through ODBC and Java language. This new version of the application enables any computer in the station or airport to review locker status or modify locker parameters using a web browser.

One of my projects was the port of a 3D Modeling libraries from UNIX to the MacOS. I undertook this project as a contractor. This software written in C++ is composed of 1 million lines of codes in 10 000 files. It uses advanced Object Oriented Programming techniques for collection and reference counting. This was a six month project finished on time. The main market for that software is developers of 3D CAD applications

Between 1981 and 1985 I implemented three systems for trajectory calculation in the French Flight Trial Center. These were real time projects based on Bull computers. They were developed using FORTRAN and assembly language. These systems are used to track aircraft and weapons during trials. The main purpose of the systems is to collect trajectory calculation and to display in real time the position of airborne objects (20 ms cycle) to enable a successful test. Each of these projects involved two people for a year.

With the same company I designed and implemented a system for digital measurement acquisitions and trial controls in a rocket propulsion system testing center. This project involved high precision measurement equipment, transmission of those measurements over long distance and their storage on a central computer. The main technical difficulty was the accuracy (10-4) and the speed (400 000 measurements per second for 15 minutes).

In Canada I was particularly successful at selling, planning and implementing the Quebec-Hydro systems involving standard and custom software and hardware. This was a prime contractor job. I had to organize everything around that project including purchasing, site planning, recruitment of technicians and engineers and network software development. For that $20 M contract I was responsible for budget and deadlines. MORS Canada was in 1985 and 1986 the largest OEM for Digital Equipment Vax/VMS computers. During that period we installed and networked 120 machines on 45 sites.

September 1992 -	sPearWay Ltd, London, United Kingdom
present	[Software & computer services]
	Managing Director
	sPearWay Ltd. contracts for development of real time and electronic commerce applications. It also provides software maintenance, localization and Internet hosting services. Chief responsibilities: •Director of products development for Millward Brown •Development of a commercial software to manage electronic left luggage lockers. •Development of collaborative web referral software for Neighbor.com. •Port of a 3D modeling library from Unix to the Macintosh. •Creation of a business case for developing new electronic lockers in the school market. •Creation of Internet Commerce catalogs and hosting services.

November 1991-	MATRA Datavision, Les Ulis, France
June 1995	[Editor of CAD/CAM software]
	Matra Datavision was the first company to produce a 3D solids modeling package in 1980. Matra Datavision is today a US$ 200  M company.
	AEC Operation manager
	With a small specialized team, I had the responsibility to opening a new market for Matra in the Computer Aided Engineering field. Chief responsibilities: •Market analysis to define the sales strategy of the products. •Sales meeting coordination and management. •Definition and scheduling of product versions. •Technical presentation of products to prospective customers. •Creation of sales demonstrations and supervision of their development.

August 1990 -	MORPHO Systèmes, Fontainebleau, France
October 1991	[Manufacturer of image processing computer systems]
	Morpho Systèmes specializes in automated finger print identification systems. It has customers all over the world and a very strong presence in North America.
	Project manager
	I was responsible for the development of the workstation software of automated criminal fingerprint identification systems. Chief responsibilities: •Preparation of technical specifications. •Supervision of a team of 5 software engineers and technicians. •Modification to the existing software written in C on IBM Unix (AIX) •Creation of a new display software based on Motif GUI.

April 1985 -	MORS, Le Blanc Mesnil, France
July 1990	[High technology conglomerate]
	Mors specializes in electronic and computer systems for scientific and industrial use with particular expertise in Aeronautical, Railways and Power management industry sectors. Mors Sales in 1995 were US$ 100 M.
MORS France	Computer Department Manager
	I rebuilt the computer systems department of MORS's main electronic subsidiary, Techniphone. Chief responsibilities: •Direction of a team of about 16 software engineers and technicians. •Negotiation of technical specifications to ensure customer satisfaction on time frame and cost. •Research of new contracts for export, and follow up of existing ones.
MORS Canada	Technical Manager
	In January 1986, having negotiated and won a major contract with Québec-Hydro for computer systems integration, I came to Montréal to establish a Canadian subsidiary, MORS Technologies. Chief responsibilities: •Project management, including all planning stages, from design to procurement, customer support and field service. This factory employed 20 people and dealt mainly with the conception and installation of computer systems. •Adaptation of a line of electronic left luggage lockers to the North American market. This included technical representation of the product and the development of new marketing ideas. To respond to North American specific market requirements, I started the development of a left luggage locker management software. •Research, development and marketing strategy for electronic and software products in the area of electricity distribution automation. The project aim was to develop a fully integrated solution for automated mapping, facility management & distribution SCADA. Through this project, I have gained an extensive exposure to the U.S. utility market and to CAD competitors.

September 1980 -	CGEE Alsthom, Rueil Malmaison, France
March 1985	[Electrical installation firm]
	CGEE now called Cegelec is part of the Alsthom group. The largest publicly quoted group in France.
	Project Manager (Computer Department)
	Chief responsibilities: •Implementation of three systems for trajectory calculation in the French Flight Trial Center. •Design and implementation of a system for digital measurement acquisitions and trial controls in a rocket propulsion system testing center. •Estimation of quantities and cost for new contracts, and negotiation of terms and conditions with the client.

July 1979 -	GERBA, Paris, France
July 1980	[Engineering company specializing in building renovation]
	Civil Engineer
	Chief responsibilities: •Project management, from conception through completion; followed up on approximately a thousand dwellings.

September 1975 -	Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France
January 1979	[Engineering school]
	Engineering Graduate (Master degree)

	Citizenship: Canadian and French.
	Visa: US TN visa within 36 hours.
	Languages: Fluency in French and English.
	Personal: 45 years old, married, four children.

	Development platforms:
	Macintosh MacOS/MacOSX, Windows NT/2000, Cocoa, WebObjects, Linux, VAX/VMS, IBM/AIX, SGI/IRIX, SUN and BULL computers.
	Databases:
	Oracle, SQL Server and FrontBase.
	Computer languages:
	Java, JavaScript, C++ and C, FORTRAN, Object Pascal
	Internet management tools:
	WebObjects, Microsoft BackOffice, AppleShare IP, QuickDNS, Stalker Internet Mail Server, Apache, WebStar, iCat Electronic Commerce Suite, Credit card authorization and payment.
	Personal productivity tools:
	Macintosh, MS-DOS / Windows, Windows NT  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, PageMaker, inDesign, 4D,      FreeHand, Illustrator, ClarisDraw, Photoshop, Premiere, Strata StudioPro, GoLive.