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Toulouse, Fr

Presto Engineering is the recognized expert in ASIC design and integrated semiconductor services. We help innovative companies imagine and implement microelectronic solutions for tomorrow, in high-value markets such as Medical, Automotive, Industrial and Communication, while reducing risk, minimizing fixed cost structure and accelerating time-to-market.

Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Palo Alto, United States

• Expanded CELAD’s operations to the United States, serving as chief executive and business development lead in North America.• Also served as an R&D manager, coordinating relevant project activities to ensure timely delivery of embedded software projects, ensuring projects are budgeted, defined, tracked, and executed in a consistent and effective way. Developing and maintaining effective organization, project management standards, practices, and methodologies.• Managed all international business development and operational initiatives in North America, generating over $6M in revenue as a direct result of these efforts. Flagship clients include Intel, Facebook, Vuzix, Avegant.

Toulouse Area, France

Responsible for the international development of CELAD, a fast-growing software engineering company focused on mobile phone and tablet apps, connected devices, and IoT technology.

La Ciotat, France

• Managed the development of a new (conditional access module) product portfolio. • Oversaw the entire engineering process including strategic hiring, contract & project management, project team management, risk management and interdepartmental communications. • Served as a Quality Process leader for all program management activities, passing the first ISO 9000 certification of the engineering department.

Rennes Area, France

• Led the Inside Audio department, a multi-site internationally distributed technical team of over 20 focusing on audio speech and multimedia SW development. Together with the internal group, developed a single chip solution with integrated Quad Core CPU and 4G modem. • Managed end-to-end technical processes including product definition and planning, process development, risk management and reporting.

Villeneuve Loubet, France

Other Roles Held: IC Program Manager, ASIC Designer, Technical Lead Operational Tasks: Complex SOC Development, Platform Development & Management• Managed an internal wireless business unit and PMO team responsible for full-cycle platform development of the OMAP4 family. The OMAP4 family was developed at over $400M and drove revenues of $1B for global organizations (Samsung, Motorola, LG, BlackBerry). • Assumed technical leadership and oversight within complex SOC development initiatives from early product definition through high volume, global customer implementation.

Leuven, Belgium

Operational Tasks: VDHL code writing, test board development and validation on test bench, software development (Visual C++) for test bench controlPartnered interdepartmentally with Philips Hearing Instruments and the University of Louvain (UCL) as a digital IC designer and software engineer to improve hearing aid technologies.

Salon-De-Provence

Diplôme D'Ingénieur (Postgraduate Engineering Degree), Telecommunications Engineering

Diplôme De Master (Master'S Degree), Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications

Diplôme Universitaire De Technologie (Bacherlor'S Degree), Information Technology