Alexandre Chatton Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Ge, Ch

► Fractional CTO roles► Technical Architectures► Deliver High End IT Services► Software Development

Eaux-Vives, Geneva, Ch

Identification & Authentication of physical objects, using Laser Marking and Software.► Develop engineering solutions for the identification and authentication (IAM) of physical objects, leveraging the concept of 'Phygital'.► 'Phygital' refers to a sophisticated fusion of the physical and digital environments, aimed at creating unified experiences.► Employ advanced technologies in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision, and utilize tools such as;• MLKit, • TensorFlow, • Python.► Specialize in cutting-edge technologies linked to Laser Marking to improve methods of product identification and authentication.

Geneva, Geneva, Ch

Swiss One Plus introduces the premium Swiss Gold Ounce, equipped with a distinctive and advanced anti-counterfeiting technology. This technology is provided by TruePlus.► Industry Research and Development (R&D)► Design & Implementation of Technical Architecture► Reporting (Certificates of Authenticity, PHP, TCPDF)► Software Development (PHP, HTML, JS, Microservices Architecture, SharePoint, Mobile App - Android, Java)

Lausanne, Vaud, Ch

► Fractional CTO role

Lausanne, Vaud, Ch

► Consulting: Advisory - Validation of pivot decisions

Lausanne, Vaud, Ch

► Consulting: Audit existing IT Solutions & Change Management

Renens, Vaud, Ch

After 2 years of expansion in the Swiss market, a change in ownership once again anchors the company's assessment activities in Belgium. Docimo remains its flagship product.► Fractional CTO roleAlexandre took on the leadership role within a small development team, actively contributing to the creation of new features and providing support to our clients, including and offering client support across all IT domains. He was instrumental in formulating and guiding the execution of our IT strategy, steering team management and leading projects, while also ensuring the long-term viability of our IT infrastructure.► Technologies:• SaaS: European Hosting & Direct Management by Internal IT Team.• Linux: Debian 11 - 5 machines, CentOS - 1 machine.• S3, or Simple Storage Service: Long Term Backup• DNS: Bind 9• Private Network• Virtual Private Network (VPN): StrongSwan (IPSec)• Single Sign-On (SSO): Shibboleth 3• Apache, Nginx• PHP, HTML, JS• Smarty• MySQL• Microservices (SOAP)• TCPDF• Redmine• SVNIT architecture featuring several hosts across various locations such as Frankfurt (Germany), about the main installation, Geneva (Switzerland) and Spain. It's important to highlight that our application is exclusively hosted in Europe, to ensure data sovereignty and compliance with European data protection regulations. Additionally, the setup is proprietary and directly managed by our internal IT team.The infrastructure blends dedicated and shared environments tailored to client requirements. DNS redirection and a backup strategy, complete with retention policies, are implemented.

Renens, Vaud, Ch

ITinera-Group, a Swiss company, has successfully completed a merger with Assess Group, known for its focus on assessment solutions, particularly through its flagship product: Docimo.ITinera-Group supports you in the engineering and tooling of formative and summative assessments to give meaning to your exams.Docimo enhances your e-learning infrastructure with software dedicated to skill assessment, based on research in docimology.ITinera-Group as an international company of 20 consultants is active in Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and France and sums up years of practice and scientific research.► Fractional CTO roleAlexandre assumed leadership of a small developer team (4 members), playing a pivotal role in the development of Docimo's latest version. This effort was aimed at equipping the product with advanced features and the capability to meet rapidly evolving challenges.

Renens, Vaud, Ch

Assess Group: ITinera-Group was founded in 2006, originally under the name of Assess Group. A spin-off from the University of Liège specializing in docimology, it gradually expands into international markets.► Fractional CTO role Alexandre conducted an audit of Docimo, a software originally developed by Assess Group, in order to enable this product to support a new phase of growth.Alexandre took the leadership of these new development directions.► Assess Group became ITinera-Group starting from the 1st of January 2017Docimology is the scientific study of evaluation methods and techniques used in educational settings. It focuses on the principles, criteria, and tools for assessing persons' knowledge, abilities, and performance. This field encompasses various aspects of educational measurement, including the construction and validation of examination questions and tests, the fairness and reliability of assessment methods, and the statistical techniques used in the analysis of test scores.Docimology aims to improve the quality and effectiveness of educational assessments by ensuring they are designed and implemented in a way that accurately measures what they are intended to measure. This includes considering the psychological impacts of testing on persons, the educational outcomes being assessed, and how assessment data can be used to inform teaching and learning practices.In essence, docimology contributes to the development of more effective, equitable, and meaningful educational evaluations, supporting educators in making informed decisions about curriculum design, person placement, and the overall improvement of the educational process.

Meyrin – Geneva, Ch

► Xeres: Development and continuous improvements - PDF Reporting► DCL (Document Check List): a reporting tool based on Word Templates.► Technologies: • .Net • C# • OOXML• True Type Font• PDF• Aspose (Word & PDF)• XML• Swiss QR-Bill► Alexandre primarily focused on integrating Xeres and DCL solutions at EFG.

Meyrin – Geneva, Ch

► Xeres: Product Manager, Release Manager, Technical LeadAlexandre was the main designer of Xeres. This is a report generating platform that offers the highest quality in terms of reports looks and client perception as well as an incomparable freedom in terms of design and reports building. It is developed using the latest .Net version (C#). It includes incredible features (e.g.: Advanced Graphs, Maps, Interactive Documents) and can support complex languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew and more). The entire solution is based on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and provides open database capabilities and connectors for leading back office and portfolio management systems. Modeling is done with XML. Syntax and Grammar are controlled by XML Schema.Failover and Load Balancing ensure secured and highly scalable production.Supported output formats are:• PDF, • PDF/A, • Word, • PowerPoint,• XML.In 2011, Alexandre successfully integrated Xeres with Equalizer. He developped an efficient technology gateway architecture between products.As Product Manager, Alexandre was in charge of:• Business needs gathering from Clients, Sales and Marketing Departments• Competitive intelligence analysis and Synthesis presentation• Prototypes creation• Feasibility assessments, estimates, roadmap• Solution Design with multiple options (Functional and Technical Specifications)• Product Management and presentation to the Board• Marketing strategies• Development team management and Team Leader• IT Architect• Development & Consulting• Release Management and Interaction with QA Department• Technical Benchmarking• Support Sales Team and Professional Services Team (Consulting),• Pre-Sales with Client Demonstrations and Client Events• Business Analysis (Financial Industry and in particular Private Banking segment)

Meyrin – Geneva, Ch

► Xeres: Senior ConsultantAlexandre implemented Xeres solutions in different financial institutions such as;• Safdié, • EFG, • Euromobiliare, • KMEFIC, • BBVA, • SODI, • LEUMI, • ABLV, • IMPilot,• Crédit Agricole Brazil.► Senior ConsultantAlexandre is an IT Expert who acted as a Senior Consultant in different strategic areas.(M&A Consulting, Product Assessment, ETL Strategy, Specific R&D, Customer Services Approach). He reported directly to the Board and/or the CTO.He participated to the internal processes setup (Workflow Setup). He collorated to the company ETL selection. (Technology: Talend) He also contributed to the development of an Microsoft Office AddIn able to handle complex documents.(Technologies: C#, WCF, .Net 4.5, Castle Windsor, Saxon, log4Net, XPath 3.0)

Meyrin – Geneva, Ch

► Equalizer: Release Manager, Technical LeadEqualizer is a Portfolio Management System written in C++ / Qt and installed in multiple banks in Europe. This product has been acquired by New Access in 2011. The context of this mission was driven by the company integration (culture, organization) and the convergence of the IT management.► Equalizer: Change ManagerThe mission covered:• Setting up and applying adequate processes (workflow, specifications, estimates, planning, prioritization, monitoring, SCRUM, KPI reporting) in order to be able to deliver appropriate solutions to clients with modern approach and monitoring.• Supporting professional services, in particular concerning client driven developments. • Leading the Organizational Changes and managing the development team until the new way of working be fully applied.• Leading the Change Management process.The team (17 professionals) is multi-cultural and is located in different places (Geneva, Roma, St Petersburg, Moscow and Singapore).

Présilly, Fr

► Founded by Alexandre following the thrilling journey with Valendi SA in 2002, Ambrosya is a company with a capital of 200,000 EUR. Its primary mission is to develop disruptive software.► Ambrosya provides a comprehensive range of IT services, encompassing Fractional CTO roles, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Data Visualization, Reporting, the design and implementation of Technical Architectures, as well as Software Development.► Phoebe, the initial product, was a groundbreaking reporting engine tailored for the financial sector. In September 2004, Phoebe was acquired by e-Reality, and its commercial name was changed to doQ.► Ambrosya has been pioneering disruptive software across various sectors since 2002.► Ambrosya: disruptive thinking!“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking when we created them” – Albert Einstein.

Présilly, Fr

► Ambrosya's secondary emphasis is on conducting trading activities utilizing its own funds.► Alexandre specializes in proprietary trading, focusing on major foreign exchange (FX) currencies, precious metals, commodities, and option strategies. ► He is especially knowledgeable in Risk Management, Money Management, and Trading Psychology.

► Alexandre co-founded SCI Au Fil du Rhône, where he serves as the owner and Managing Director. The company manages a real estate portfolio with a conservative approach and a long-term strategy.

► Consulting (Ambrosya Services): Fractional CTO roleIndustry R&DLaser Marking TechnologiesIT ArchitectureIT DevelopmentTechnologies:.Net C#, API, Cortex, Cognex, Mobile (Android), Java, PHP, HTML, JS

► Consulting (Ambrosya): Fractional CTO roleIT and industry R&D around Laser Marking Technologies.Web Site development.Technologies:.Net C#, PHP, HTML, JS

► e-Reality is an IT consulting company. In September 2004, Phoebe (software created by Alexandre) was acquired by e-Reality from Ambrosya, leading to Alexandre's appointment as a Business Unit Director within the company. Phoebe was subsequently rebranded as doQ for commercial purposes.► In his role as a Product Manager, Alexandre led a development team and played a pivotal role in enhancing and extending the features of this robust reporting engine. Some of the notable achievements during his tenure include:• Development of an intuitive graphical designer based on WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) principles.• Creation of a generic graphical user interface (GUI) utilizing an XML description language for constructing report models.• Introduction of generic concepts based on XML Schema (XSD) to provide the highest level of flexibility.► doQ was primarily implemented within two financial institutions:• Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild,• Swissquote.Technologies:.Net C#; XML, XSD

► Centre Interinstitutionnel de Bilan de Compétences en Haute Savoie (CIBC 74). Depuis 1986, le réseau des CIBC accompagne les politiques publiques en matière d’emploi, de formation professionnelle, et de reconnaissance des acquis de l’expérience. Avec le soutien des partenaires sociaux, économiques et institutionnels, les CIBC contribuent aux évolutions du bilan de compétences et à la diversification des activités de conseil en ressources humaines. Les CIBC, premier réseau européen de l’orientation tout au long de la vie et de la sécurisation des parcours professionnels, développent une vision dynamique de l’orientation, au service des individus et des entreprises pour une gestion optimisée des carrières. Le CIBC 74 a son siège à Annecy et est présent à Annecy, Annemasse, Bonneville, Cluses, Sallanches et Thonon. Il compte une vingtaine de professionnels. • En tant que membre de la CGPME (Confédération Générale des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises), Alexandre a accepté un mandat auprès du CIBC 74. • Il fut d’abord administrateur de janvier 2004 à juin 2005, • puis accéda à la présidence tournante pour un an, entre juillet 2005 et juin 2006,• et par la suite la fonction d’administrateur et trésorier jusqu'en décembre 2006.English Summary:CIBC supports public policies related to employment, vocational training, and the recognition of experiential learning.• As a member of CGPME, Alexandre took on a role at CIBC 74.• He initially served as a board member from January 2004 to June 2005.• Subsequently, he assumed the rotating presidency for one year, from July 2005 to June 2006.• Following that, he continued as a board member and treasurer until December 2006.

► As an external senior consultant at Valendi (and Ambrosya in 2003), Alexandre built reporting solution using Actuate. ► This consulting engagement was characterized by shared time allocation.► Alexandre managed a team of consultants from Valendi

► Anthalys EURL, a subsidiary of Valendi SA, was situated in Archamps, France (74).• Alexandre held the position of Managing Director within this organization.• He was accountable for overseeing a team of developers and consultants.• Alexandre has put together a group of junior developers aimed at quickly achieving proficiency in consulting, merging financial reporting and IT skills for private banks across Europe. After a few years, the team evolved into outstanding professionals.

► Valendi S.A., initially established as CNW, Chatton, Noël, Widmer & Partner S.A., with a founding capital of 300,000 CHF, specializes in Client Reporting Solutions for Private Bankers. The company was founded by former employees of Odyssey, leveraging their extensive industry experience.► As a co-founder and owner of Valendi S.A., Alexandre has played a pivotal role in deploying reporting solutions across various segments of the banking industry, ranging from small-scale entities to major international banks. He is widely acknowledged as an authority in reporting for private banks and is esteemed as a knowledgeable consultant. Additionally, Alexandre led a team of consultants, guiding them in delivering high-quality services. ► As a member of the Board of Directors and serving as Managing Partner, Alexandre played a significant role in the leadership of the firm, which boasted a team of 12 professionals. Under his guidance, Valendi established a partnership with Actuate (reporting suite), further enhancing its service offerings. Valendi operates across major European financial centers, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Luxembourg, as well as in Switzerland, with active engagements in cities such as Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg, Bern, Zürich, and Basel. ► Valendi's client roster includes leading financial institutions and corporations such as JP Morgan Chase, ABN Amro, BBL, ING, Pauli Investment, Crédit Lyonnais, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Société Générale, UBS Private Banking, UBS Warburg, SCS Alliance, BCGe, Ferrier Lullin, Ehinger, Unicible, AGI, Swisscom IT Services, IMD, LEMO, Swiss (Atraxis), BIT, among others, showcasing the company's broad appeal and expertise in delivering top-tier reporting solutions. ► In August 2003, Valendi S.A. was acquired by Comit S.A. Subsequently, in September 2005, Comit S.A. itself became a part of Swisscom IT Services. By mid-2012, Swisscom IT Services had become integrated into Swisscom.

► Odyssey, known globally as a leading provider of comprehensive wealth and asset management solutions and services, is renowned for its main product, Triple'A. The company was acquired by Temenos in October 2010.► Alexandre was in charge of tests and packaging of Triple’A (Portfolio Management System).► Alexandre selected Actuate as the main reporting engine to replace old applications (SQR). ► Ascending to the role of Team Lead, he played a pivotal role in integrating Actuate into Triple’A, utilizing C, C++, and UNIX. He developed a specialized Actuate solution tailored for financial services and established a reporting methodology that was adopted by consultants.► He trained consultants on this methodology. He supported and participated to the implementation of reporting projects (BCV, BNP Paribas, Julius Baer, among others). ► Alexandre developed extensive knowledge of financial instruments and their associated mathematics, enabling him to offer both business and technical consultancy that leveraged his expertise in these areas. He emerged as an expert in financial reporting.

► Cambridge Technology Partners, previously known as NatSoft S.A., specializes in offering comprehensive solutions that span from strategic planning to implementation and outsourcing, aiming to tackle complex business challenges. The company was subsequently acquired by Atos.► Alexandre served as a Senior Consultant, primarily stationed at Philip Morris in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, one of Europe's leading cigarette production centers. Additionally, he undertook projects for other notable clients, such as Hewlett Packard.► Alexandre held the position of Site Coordinator.

Lausanne, Ch

► As an external senior consultant with Cambridge Technology Partners, Alexandre significantly contributed to the IT development of multiple applications during a dedicated full-time consulting period.► Alexandre led the development of multiple strategic applications, utilizing a Client/Server model with multi-tier architecture. The technologies employed included VB6, DB2, Sybase, and Crystal Report for reporting. These applications spanned a broad range of business functions, including:• Tobacco Lot Analysis (TLA) for buyers,• European Consumer Panel (ECP) for marketing insights,• Specifications management (SPECS) for production processes.► Alexandre managed a team of consultants.

Collaborator in printed circuit board production

7ème DB, 7ème RCS (Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien), Escadron de Transport, P2-P0, 94/02.

Cham, Zug, Ch

Participated in the quality control and assembly of public telephones, working with both mechanical and electronic components. Contributed to process improvements by adopting Just In Time (JIT) and Kanban methodologies, enhancing production efficiency. Additionally, supported inventory management as a collaborator in the role of storekeeper for production lines, ensuring effective stock level maintenance and seamless operational flow.

DUMII (University Diploma in Microelectronics and Industrial Computing - Equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree)Specialized in the development of an accelerometer box utilizing the RS-485 communication protocol. This comprehensive project involved designing and implementing pilot software with an object-oriented programming approach, using Assembler and Turbo Pascal. The endeavor highlighted proficiency in embedded systems, real-time communication protocols, and the innovative application of object-oriented programming within assembly and high-level languages, demonstrating advanced competencies in microelectronics and industrial software development.

Second Year in BTS ("Brevet de Technicien Supérieur" - Equivalent to Associate Degree): Project in Robotics and Software DevelopmentFocused on the development of control software using Turbo Pascal and HPGL for the operation of a 3-axis robot. This project encompassed programming, testing, and optimizing software to achieve precise motion control and automation tasks, demonstrating a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical application in robotics and software engineering.

Annemasse, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr

First Year in BTS ("Brevet de Technicien Supérieur" - Equivalent to Associate Degree): Project in Electronics and Industrial Microcontrollers

Bachelor'S Degree, Microelectronics And Computer Science Applied To Industry, Dumii (Bac + 3) Diplôme Universitaire Micro-Électronique Et Informatique Industrielle

Dest (Bac + 4, Cursus In Progress), Génie Informatique

Bts (Bac + 2), Informatique Industrielle

Bac F3, Electrotechnique

Electrotechnique