JOASSART Benoit http://www.itluxembourg.

lu/ Phone : +352 621 355 885

35 years old Email : [email protected]
Married, two children Address : 25, Chemin des
Romains
B - 6740 Etalle
Belgium

Freelance Senior Analyst-Developer and Project Manager

Microsoft .NET technologies

1. SUMMARY
 Senior Analyst Developer .NET
 Experienced project manager
 Specialized in Microsoft and .NET technologies
 10 years of experience, incl. 5 years at ArcelorMittal Headquarters
 Company owner : IT Luxembourg sàrl
 International experience, including missions in Montréal, Dubai, Chicago,
Paris, Berlin etc.
 Analytical and communication skills
 Experienced in complementary fields such as electronics

2. COMPETENCES
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

 Extensive experience in software development project management,

especially for web applications (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET)
 PMI trained
 5 years at ArcelorMittal Headquarters
 Managing teams of developers
 International project management, incl. some projects covering all of the
ArcelorMittal countries (> 60) (e.g. ArcelorMittal Travel, e-learning)
 Worked as freelance
 IT Luxembourg company owner

ANALYSIS AND
DEVELOPMENT

 Senior level for analysis and development in ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET

 Experience in java, flash, C++, VB.NET, Biztalk, Reporting Services, etc.

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  Examples of analysis/developments :
 Expense reports management for ArcelorMittal group, in production since
2005 with EUR 4.000.000 of expense reports per year)
 Development of modules for the back-office used by Intermarché
 Web application to control a complete home domotic installation
 Analysis and development of an ASP.NET application to manage the stock
of cylinders used in a cold rolling mill
 Analysis and development of a web applications monitoring system
 Complete project list in the following pages

TECHNICAL
SKILLS

 Languages:
 ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, Java, C, C++, Javascript, HTML, CSS,
Flash Actionscript, PHP, Pascal, SQL, Assembly language, C for
microcontrollers (8051 and Microchip PIC families)
 Databases:
 SQL Server 2000/2005, Informix (DB2), MySQL, MS Access
 Tools:
 Visual Studio, MS Office, Biztalk, SQL Server Management Studio,
Reporting Services, Adobe Flash, MS Project, SharePoint (2003 &
MOSS2007), Microchip MPLAB, MBSA, Internet Explorer, Firefox,
Total Commander, Microsoft Silverlight, Business Objects,
NHibernate, LINQ, MS Analysis Services, XLCubed, Matlab,
Photoshop, Blender, GIMP, Autocad, Eagle (PCB), Virtual PC,
Virtual Server
 Operating systems:
 Windows, Linux

DOCUMENTATION

 Specification, creation and organization of document management system

in SharePoint for ArcelorMittal Corporate IT department (more than 1200
IT documents)
 Information management and knowledge base creation in SharePoint for
ArcelorMittal Corporate IT development team (15 developers)
 Organization of internal trainings
 Participation in the elaboration of SOX procedures
 Redaction of best practices and procedures for ArcelorMittal software
developers
 Creation and documentation of ArcelorMittal offshoring platform

3. LANGUAGES
 French: Mother tongue
 English: Excellent level
 Dutch: Medium level

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 4. EDUCATION
 1999 – Electronics industrial engineer – ECAM (BRUSSELS,
BELGIUM), grade
 1996 – Civil engineer (first two years only, candidatures diploma) –
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (BELGIUM)
 1993 – Spéciale Math – LYCEE MARTIN V (LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE,
BELGIUM)

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 5. PROJECTS
JULY 2009- GETRONICS GROUP LUXEMBOURG
SEPTEMBER 2009

Purpose
Function : ASP.NET / VB.NET Analyst Developer (freelance)
 Framework Programme Seven (FP7) for the European Commission
 Web application to manage the European research budget allocation
 Allows the full process of reviewing and evaluating the thousands of
proposals by teams of independent experts under supervision of EC
 Development of new features for ethical screening and security scrutiny
on the proposals
 Good teamwork, project completed on schedule

Environment
 Critical application for the EC, managing the affectation of billions of EUR
 High security and availability

Realization
 New features have been developed on time

Technical Environment
 ASP, ASP.NET, VB.NET
 IIS webfarm
 SQL Server 2005 clusters

APRIL 2009 - IT LUXEMBOURG (COMPANY CREATION) LUXEMBOURG

JUNE 2009

Realization
 Creation of a software development company in Luxembourg

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function : ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 First implementation of ASP.NET applications in ArcelorMittal
Corporate Center and definition of architecture
 Training of developers
 Definition of best practices
 Definition of ASP.NET infrastructure
 Creation of development, qualification and production environments
 Redaction of documentation

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  Creation of a knowledge base
 Creation of common ASP.NET libraries
 Implementation of Source Safe
 Selection of third-party software and components
 Revision of the developer’s code
 Definition of complete development workflow from user requirements to
application deployment and user acceptance tests
 Improvement of the existing organization.

Environment
 Major web applications for the whole group, including the group intranet
(Arcelor 100.000 people, then ArcelorMittal 320.000 people)
 Tailor made developments and third party solutions integration
 Single login, one face to the customer
 High security and availability

Realization
 Team of developers used to work in ASP have been trained to ASP.NET
 Full production, qualification and development servers have been installed
(IIS farms and SQL server clusters)
 Project management methodology, best practices and quality approach
progressively put in place.

Technical Environment
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#
 IIS webfarm
 SQL 2000 / 2005 clusters
 Reverse proxy

Technical Environment
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe, Biztalk
 Reporting Services
 IIS farms, SQL Server clusters
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Integration of an online booking system (flights, train, hotels, cars)
with the ArcelorMittal intranet and master datas
 Seamless integration with silent login, high security
 Advanced data synchronization system for updates in user datas, cost

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 centers and other informations
 Application audit
 Solve organizational, legal and technical questions
 Project management, analysis and development

Environment
 Travel application for the whole ArcelorMittal group (320.000 people)

Realization
 Analysis and development, IT project management
 In production since 2005, deployed for Luxembourg, France, Germany,
UK, South Africa, and Netherland. Deployment to other countries ongoing.
 Similar integration projects mentioned here to make short :
 ArcelorMittal TV : Video site for the communication department
 Brand ID : Branding site for the communication department (in production)

Technical Environment
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe, Biztalk
 IIS farms, SQL Server clusters, DTS, SSIS
 Reporting Services
 Externally hosted application, secure silent login from intranet
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Integration of an environmental data collect and analysis application
into the intranet with silent login
 Business intelligence, creation of ad-hoc reports
 Analysis and development of an application to track the impacts and
evolution of environmental legislation in all ArcelorMittal countries

Environment
 Application to manage all environmental datas for ArcelorMittal, such as
toxic materials, CO2, energy consumption etc
 Critical and confidential datas related to toxic waste and CO2 quotas

Realization
 The application is in production since 2004, additional ad-hoc reports have
been created according to the environmental department’s needs
 Application to follow the legal threats is used for the whole group since
January 2009

Technical Environment

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  ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe
 IIS farm, SQL Server cluster, Oracle, DTS, SSIS
 Reporting Services
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Creation of a knowledge base in SharePoint (MOSS 2007) to
capitalize knowledge and organize all IT/IS documents
 User friendly, searchable, easy to edit
 Fine grained access rights for consultants and employees
 Introduce information management
 Document lists, discussion groups, agenda, metadatas, views, FAQ, etc.

Environment
 Corporate IT/IS department becoming large with 60 people, mostly
external
 I proposed and realized this project because the amount of informations
was huge and could be dispersed or lost over the network

Realization
 Centralization of documents, informations, best practices, in one central
searchable place has been a success
 Very fast and wide adoption of the solution, in production since 2007

Technical Environment
 MOSS 2007 (SharePoint) with custom authentication : silent login with the
intranet portal
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Optimization of the external consultants recruitment process with
SharePoint (MOSS 2007)

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  Creation of a SharePoint team site for IT project managers
 Created a formal validation process
 Structured and searchable storage of all received CV, with dates, rate,
availability, interviews etc
 Organization of all profiles requests
 Contact list of SSII
 Complete traceability
 Advanced reports : cost comparisons between companies, between
consultants, time evolution

Environment
 IT Corporate went from 20 people to more than 60 in a few years, mostly
externals, but was missing a good recruitment process

Realization
 Proposed and realized this project as a formalized external recruitment
process was needed due to the fast growing of the IT department
 Fast adoption since 2008
 Vastly improved the speed of the recruitment
 Gives useful informations during the negotiation phase

Technical Environment
 MOSS 2007 (SharePoint) with custom authentication : silent login with the
intranet portal
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Analysis and development of a web applications monitoring system
 Measure availability of ArcelorMittal applications, portal, internet site etc
 Alert helpdesk and specific teams in case of failure
 Many reports and graphs to analyze an incident
 24/7 monitoring
 Automatically sends emails and SMS
 Monthly availability reports for Service Level Agreements
 User friendly, can subscribe to selected scenarios
 Extended to monitor other types of alerts

Environment
 Before this project, an incident was most of the time detected by the final
users, who then called the helpdesk

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  The scope was 80 intranet applications accessible for the whole group

Realization
 Proposed and realized this project as the number of critical applications
was growing
 Allowed many times to solve problems before any user could notice it
 Gives precise percentage of availability for all applications
 Logs and graphs all failures, even sporadic, for analysis and resolution
 Dashboard gives instant view on the global status

Technical Environment
 ASP.NET, C#, Source Safe
 Reporting Services
 SMS sending system
 IIS farm, SQL Server cluster
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Set-up of a load testing environment and methodology for the Group
BPM project
 Simulation of up to 500 different users
 Complex scenarios with different categories of users (reporting, data entry
etc)
 BPM is the largest Group IT project managed by the Corporate

Environment
 Complexity and cost of the BPM project were very high, and this load
testing was the only way to ensure that it was sized correctly
 BPM is a SOX project

Realization
 Definition of the load testing architecture and choice of the tools
 Load-testing
 Complete analysis of the results from technical and business points of
view

Technical Environment
 OpenSTA (load testing software)
 Visual Studio Team System Test Edition
 Reporting Services
 IIS farm, SQL Server cluster

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  BPM (Magnitude, acquired by Business Objects and later by SAP)

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Analysis and implementation for the migration of the group
marketing analysis application from Montréal to Luxembourg
 Definition of new architecture and recommendations

Environment
 Urgent migration because Montréal offices were closing two weeks later
 Application to gather and analyze all figures needed by group Marketing

Realization
 Meetings and knowledge transfer in Montréal
 Application successfully migrated to Luxembourg on new environment
 Full documentation created
 New reports and features implemented

Technical Environment
 ASP.NET, C#, ASP, COM+
 Outlook development (VBA)
 Virtual Server
 Reporting Services
 Excel
 Citrix
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster, DTS

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Group application Business Leader Programme, developed in Dubai
 Definition of an architecture to migrate Dubai applications to
Luxembourg
 Access rights for Dubai team to modify their application
 Framework for single authentication, security, access to master datas

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 Environment
 During ArcelorMittal merger, solutions are examined to reduce costs and
improve quality, including migration of all global applications to
Luxembourg
 Available for whole group (320.000 people) plus all external candidates
having an MBA

Realization
 Meetings in Dubai, understanding different points of view and finding a
win-win solution
 Proposal and implementation of a software and hardware architecture
 Proposal of a complete way of working between the Dubai and
Luxembourg IT teams
 Successful project in production since 2 years, one of the few common
project between Luxembourg and Dubai

Technical Environment
 ASP.NET, C#, AJAX
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster, DTS
 Reporting Services
 Citrix

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Group application Job Market Online, developed in Dubai
 Definition and implementation of the architecture : the application
was still hosted in Dubai and authentication is done in Luxembourg
 Framework for single authentication, security, access to master datas

Environment
 During ArcelorMittal merger, solutions are examined to reduce costs and
improve quality
 Available for whole ArcelorMittal group (320.000 people) and all potential
candidates via internet

Realization
 Meetings in Dubai
 Proposal and implementation of a software and hardware architecture
 Successful project in production since 2 years

Technical Environment

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  ASP.NET, C#, AJAX
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster, DTS
 Reporting Services
 Citrix
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 ArcelorMittal group intranet portal
 Many improvement and integration projects

Environment


Realization
 The response time was the main complaint from users. Proposed and
realized a full performance analysis which led to reduce the response
times by factor two.
 Analysis of the way to implement a single login between the current group
intranet and SharePoint (MOSS2007). This solution works successfully
since 2 years.

Technical Environment
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#
 MOSS2007 (SharePoint)
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster, DTS
 Reporting Services
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 SkillSoft : group e-learning system
 Analysis and complete integration into the portal

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  User friendly with silent login and good security implementation
 Development of user interfaces to gather datas
 Creation of relevant reports
 Meetings with supplier and ArcelorMittal academy to find the best solution

Environment
 ArcelorMittal Academy was missing a powerful e-learning software
 Training was an important subject for ArcelorMittal

Realization
 The project was announced by M. Mittal himself in an email to all
employees
 Successful project, excellent collaboration with ArcelorMittal Academy
 In production since one year
 Implemented another specific e-learning “Interactive Dialogues” for the
legal department was implemented in February 2009, similar to this
project

Technical Environment
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster, DTS
 Reporting Services
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Group Consolidation and Controlling departments
 Reporting solution based on Microsoft Analysis Services cube and
Excel add-in
 Intermediate solution before the full BPM project
 Evaluation of existing products
 Definition of the solution architecture
 Training of the main users and assistance to create advanced reports

Environment
 These two departments are generating the reports used for company
governance as well as official financial results
 Delay in the project or any mistake in the results would have extreme
consequences, but everything worked correctly

Realization

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  Group Consolidation and Controlling departments have been creating
their official reports using this solution with success

Technical Environment
 XLcubed (Excel add-in to browse cube data and create powerful reports)
 Analysis Services (Cubes)
 Reporting Services
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster, DTS

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Group CAPEX tool
 Definition and implementation of an architecture to integrate into the
existing intranet portal
 Development of silent login, with advanced access rights and security
 Gather CAPEX datas, list of projects, …
 Generates useful reports
 Full collaboration and organization between the client department, IT and
solution supplier

Environment
 Many applications like this one have been integrated into the group
intranet portal
 Each application has its own characteristics and different developments
are needed for a fast and secure integration

Realization
 The application has been successfully integrated into the portal
 In production since April 2007
 Sales department is now also using this application

Technical Environment
 Analysis Services (Cubes)
 Reporting Services
 Java
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#
 IIS farm (in the first version : Apache)
 SQL Server cluster (in the fist version : Oracle)

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MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG
MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Analysis and implementation for the integration of the application
“Service Corner” into the group portal
 Applications allows employees to book activities such as manicure,
massages, museums, etc
 Small integration project
 Definition of the architecture for security and user-friendliness

Environment
 Group intranet is the global entry point for all employees, applications like
this one are accessible through it with a single login
 The application was hosted externally

Realization
 Seamless and secure integration of the application into the portal
 The application is in production since January 2008 and gives entire
satisfaction

Technical Environment
 Externally hosted application with silent login over internet
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Definition of the architecture to offshore ASP.NET development
projects
 Give access to parts of our technical environment and master datas to
offshore companies
 Define a workflow and tools for development, deployment, testing etc
 Ensure complete security
 Define ways of accessing master datas

Environment

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  Tendency to cost optimization by offshoring
 Business trip to meet the offshore development team in Bangalore was
cancelled due to the crisis

Realization
 Full definition of the architecture and organization to offshore development
projects
 Project stopped due to the financial crisis

Technical Environment
 ASP.NET, C#
 IIS farms
 SQL Server clusters
 Citrix
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 “One face to the customer” for the group Commercial Coordination
and Marketing (Sales & Marketing)
 Analysis of a new architecture to give a unified user experience, with
a single entry page and single login
 15 different ArcelorMittal websites were available for the external clients,
depending on the region and type of product (long, flat, tubes etc.)
 Additional features such as search, enhanced navigation etc
 In a future phase the migration of all websites to Luxembourg and
reorganization of the support was possible

Environment
 Project launched at the request of M. Mittal
 Critical project as almost all buyers go through this channel to pass orders
or find a sales representative for their region

Realization
 Full analysis and proposal
 Business trip to Chicago to discuss with the pilot site
 Realization of the project postponed due to the financial crisis

Technical Environment
 ASP.NET, C#, Web services
 IIS farms
 SQL Server clusters

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  Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Analysis and development of a dynamic dashboard giving an instant
view on the servers load (CPU, memory etc)
 Development of an ergonomic Flash interface with an ASP.NET backend
 Datas collected with Microsoft Operations Manager
 Automatic synthetic reports

Environment
 The ArcelorMittal Corporate IT manages a big datacenter of more than
400 servers
 A lot of informations are collected but there was no easy way to see
graphically the global usage of many servers at once

Realization
 This project gave immediate visibility on the usage of servers, some of
them used only at a few percent of their capacity, some other overloaded
 Adaptations were made to the infrastructure given the reports generated
by this project

Technical Environment
 ASP.NET, C#, Web services
 Flash
 Reporting Services
 IIS farms
 SQL Server clusters
 Reverse proxy

MARCH 2004 – ARCELORMITTAL CORPORATE CENTER LUXEMBOURG

MARCH 2009

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer – Project Manager
 Analysis and development of a Resource planning application
 Allows management of IT resources
 Holidays validation and management
 Project assignment management

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  Reports on costs, resource usage etc
 “Click-once” .NET technology : gives an interface similar to a windows
application, over the web
 Uses the global master datas for resource and projects list

Environment
 Due to its fast growth, the IT department was looking for tools to enhance
its productivity

Realization
 This was the first project using the “Click once” .NET deployment method,
which gave an impressive user experience : interface similar and as fast
as the outlook calendar, accessible through internet

Technical Environment
 ASP.NET, C#, Web services, Winform
 Reporting Services
 IIS farms
 SQL Server clusters
 Reverse proxy

SEPTEMBER 2003 – ARCELOR - LAMINOIR DE DUDELANGE DUDELANGE

FEBRUARY 2004

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer
 Analysis and development of an ASP.NET application to manage the
stock of cylinders used in the cold rolling mill
 Reliable, user-friendly
 Historize all operations such as rectification, chroming, heating etc.
 Application communicates with the huge production tool e.g. to send exact
diameter and characteristics of the cylinders. An error here could cause
severe damage and be dangerous for the operator
 Find the best solution for the client
 Train the users (blue-collars)

Environment
 Industrial, Laminoir de Dudelange was a cold rolling mill
 Progressive replacement of all VAX applications by .NET applications
 Risky, an error in the application can damage the main production tool.

Realization
 The application was developed on time and has been working
successfully until the dismantlement of the site in 2005

Technical Environment

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  ASP.NET, VB.NET, Web services
 Reporting Services
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster
 Industrial environment based on VAX systems

JANUARY 2003 – ALEXSYS SA LASNE, BELGIUM

AUGUST 2003

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer (Freelance)
 Analysis and development of a XML-based document management
application
 User friendly as possible
 Includes a flexible workflow system
 Allowed an enterprise to easily replace any paper form by electronic form

Environment
 PMO of about 70 employees
 .NET was emerging technology

Realization
 Successful project, later sold to Nashua to organize their internal and
external forms

Technical Environment
 ASP.NET, VB.NET, Javascript, Java, Web services
 XML, XSL
 IIS farm
 SQL Server cluster

JANUARY 2003 – PSO THIMISTER, BELGIUM

AUGUST 2003

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer (Freelance)
 Web application to control a complete domotic installation via
internet
 Analysis and development in Java, Flash and SQL Server
 Virtual navigation in the house via internet
 The system can be used from a PC or from a portable device such as a

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 Pocket PC

Environment
 PMO of about 20 employees, experienced in electricity and domotic

Realization
 Creation of the application with an innovative visual interface in flash and
back-end in Java
 The user can upload photos of his house and navigate visually in it, while
turning on the lights or other appliances.

Technical Environment
 Java, Web services
 Flash
 IIS farm
 mySQL

FEBRUARY 2002 – I.R.IS. SA BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

DECEMBER 2002

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer
 Analysis and development of a web-based CMS & document
management system
 Analysis of an extension to the software using XML Web services to
search and share documents across european clients
 Intensive use of ASP.NET and C# since version beta 2

Environment
 PMO developing and selling a document management system
 Successful application, used by more than 80 european associations and
belgian banks
 .NET was just released in beta 2

Realization
 Analysis and development of new modules in ASP.NET
 Development and execution speed improvement was impressive in
comparison to ASP code
 Allowed to learn .NET from the beginning (beta 2)

Technical Environment
 ASP, ASP.NET, C#
 VB6, COM+
 SQL Server cluster
 IIS farm

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MARCH 2001 – ALEXSYS SA LASNE, BELGIUM
JANUARY 2002

Purpose
Function: ASP.NET Analyst Developer
 Analysis and development of modules for the back-office software of
«Intermarché », used by more than 2.500 sales points
 Business Objects trained consultant : reporting project for the company
managing the barcodes of consumer products in Belgium

Environment
 PMO having won an important contract to develop and maintain all the
back-office system of Intermarché
 Very strict development and testing rules, as for example a price mistake
on a label could have big financial consequences

Realization
 Analysis and development of new modules in C++
 Good team experience and development methodology

Technical Environment
 Visual C++, MFC
 UML
 Informix (SQL DB2)
 COM+
 Retail environment (cash registers etc)

MARCH 2001 – TRACTEBEL DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING BRUSSELS, LIÈGE

JANUARY 2002

Purpose
Function: Project engineer
 Project Cointe’ tunnel in Liège: 1.3 km long tunnel with high security
equipments
 Low voltage equipment analysis and reception with the clients (Equipment
and Transportation Ministry) and many suppliers
 On-site verification of the conformity for the low voltage equipment : more
than 150 video cameras, access control, telephony, dynamic signalization,
automated reading of the car plates, vehicle counting and classification
(trucks, cars, etc)
 Fortis headquarters : access control analysis for the headquarters of
Fortis (Brussels)

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 Environment
 Cointe’s tunnel was a huge project of several billions EUR, Tractebel was
the consulting office (bureau d’études) for the electronics and
electromechanical parts
 Strong time constraints
 Security was pushed very high, as the Mont Blanc accident was still in all
the minds

Realization
 Participation in the design, meetings and reception of material for all low
voltage equipment
 Very interesting project by its size and number of suppliers. New
technologies, such as the automated real time reading of car plates up to
160 km/h, for world’s first time

Technical Environment
 MS Project and Office
 All low voltage equipment of a tunnel, industrial computers

JULY 1999 – SIEMENS SA HUIZINGEN, BELGIUM

FEBRUARY 2000

Purpose
Function: Presales engineer
 Presales for Siemens Hicom enterprise telephone systems
 Meetings with clients, salesmen, product specialists, technicians
 Redaction of bid offers and responses to invitations to tender

Environment
 Siemens is a large company of 400.000 employees
 The Huizingen site manage the sale of medical scanners and enterprise
telephony systems

Realization
 Redaction of many bid offers for large telephony systems
 Good experience acquired from team work in a large multicultural and
multilingual company

Technical Environment
 MS Office
 Specialized applications for the telephone solution design and bid offers

SEPTEMBER 1998 – FINAL YEAR PROJECT ECAM, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

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JUNE 1999

Purpose
 Research and realization of an electronic medical device creating
pulsed magnetic field of specific shape
 Computerized system for the measurement of the electrical
characteristics of body zones known as acupuncture points
 Covered a lot of technologies, including the realization of a PC ISA card
and realization of a microcontroller based system with LCD, keyboard,
ADC etc.

Environment
 Was quite an ambitious project and risky subject for a final year project
 Always been passionate about exploring new fields

Realization
 The project was successful and very well received by the jury

Technical Environment
 C++, assembly language
 Microcontroller programming
 PC ISA card design and realization with ADC
 Design and realization of microcontroller board with LCD, keyboard,
frequency generator etc
 Matlab (mathematical software)
 Eagle (schematic and printed circuit board design software)

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