From inquiry to final acceptance certificate:Customer served:► Carbios (ongoing)► Dombasle-Energie (ongoing)► IONISOS (Automation Architecture suggestions in a pre-project)► CEA ► DOW (Retro-engeniering)► TOTAL (Technical specifications writing)► KEMONE (Formating and suggestions made on a sequence function chart)► YOPLAIT (involvement in an awarded proposal)► TECHNIP (basic Engineering for a pharmaceutical project)► PLASTIC OMNIUM (Methodology Audit, Cell's automation Guidelines, Providers' tracking procedure)► PANZANI Automation revamp inquiry writing► ALSTOM Power Automation & Control (ALSPA 6 DCS FAT)► SBM Offshore (Instrumentation & database management under SPI)► SNCF (Control System Audit proposal - Awarded)► CEA (Proposal - Investment postponed)► CARBONE-SAVOIE (Tenders comparison)► TOTAL (Statistical Automation architecture comparison)► BIOMERIEUX (HMI revamp proposal) ► LITWIN PEL for GASCO (UAE) (control system reliability study)► NFM technologies (involvement in the 2011 test campaign of the "test rig for aircraft tyre (TERATYRE)" built by NFM with EKIUM as automation designer for AIRBUS)► APERAM (Firminy-France) (inquiry writing, prospects consulting)

Electric & Automation International Turn-key or Revamp pre-projects preparation: - Best solution adapted for customer needs. - Pursuit of the best associated cost.Main prospects:Bokaro Inspection & Tension Leveller line pre-project - Galati Hot Strip Mill revamp pre-project - Thainox Skin Pass Mill & Tension Leveller (stainless) pre-project - Ynna Reversing Cold Mill pre-project - Duferco Clabecq Plate Mill pre-project - involved partly in Jindal stainless TL, Posco TLL, Mariupol HSM revamp, Tagal SPM, etc …

► ERASTEEL Hot Reversible Mill at Commentry (FRANCE)- Automatic sequences improvement► ARCELORMITTAL Hot Strip Mill’s coiler revamp at Fos sur mer (FRANCE)- Design and commissioning of the exit heavy coiler’s automation project . This coiler is a prototype able to coil up to 25 mm thick with hard grades.- Detailed functional analysis redaction of the regulations to be started up.- Discussions to obtain customer’s agreement of the analysis.- Interfaces design with our partners : CONVERTEAM (ex ALSTOM).► CISDI for TIANTIE: New Hot Strip Mill at Tanjin (CHINA)- Duplicate of the previous project. I was involved on the functional analysis writing.

► CISDI for BAYI: New Hot Strip Mill at Urumqi (CHINA)Commissioning team manager on site during 2 months.Technical leader for- Conception of the exit coilers automation part:- Detailed functional analysis writing of the regulations to be started up: “automatic jump control”- Discussions to obtain customer’s agreement of the analysis.- Interfaces design with our Chinese partners : CISDI.

Delivery, creation of the documentation and training of our customer ALCOME. Commercial roaming desk application, E-trade site and its backoffice server achieved under the open source application server: ZOPE.

Integration of digital medical image processing station under Linux at General Electric Medical System for Innova 4100's project.

Technical consulting engineer responsible for a set of customers and customer oriented relationships at Ismaning (GERMANY)Products:• ‘MATRIXx’ pan-european escalation manager • ‘Tornado / VxWorks’ customer supportAs a technical consulting engineer, I give a fast and reliable answer to the questions given by our customers. I manage the priorities of potentially conflictual situations.► None of my customers wished that his case went up with the hierarchy. None of the 120 treated questions was escalated. The average closure time does not exceed 2 days.Confronted with the ' bugs' and misunderstandings of our operating system, I train and I advise our customers on its use.► I find out and I provide workarounds allowing our customers’ satisfaction. I direct them towards the correct use of our software. I inform the concerned department about the training needs, and my colleagues about the solutions given.

- Responsible for the commissioning of the automation part of thickness & flatness regulations.- Managing a team of customers’ technicians till final acceptance test.- Integrated test of the network’s architecture and automation packages.- Customer training to our tools and equipments.- Conception & execution of projects:- Detailed functional analysis writing of the regulations to be started up.- Discussions to obtain customer’s approval of the analysis.- Interfaces design with our partners : ABB and ALSTOM.- Commissioning, support and advising to the personnel on site.- Help and advising colleagues during conception and execution.Customers served:• UGINE 2000, USINOR corp. : LC2i project at Isbergues (FRANCE). Erection of a new processing line for flat stainless steel.• SIDEX : Hot strip mill revamping at Galati (ROMANIA).• ILITCH METALLURGICAL COMBINAT: Hot strip mill revamping at Mariupol (UKRAINE).• SIDBEC DOSCO: steckel mill revamping. Programming at Cleveland, Ohio (USA).• VSZ: 5 stands cold strip mill revamping at Kosice (SLOVAKIA).• Phoenix Works: skin pass mill at Liège (BELGIUM).Hired by Davy CLECIM (then Trafalgar House) ex subsidiary of Spie Batignolles. This company was then bought by Kvaerner Metals, then by VATECH and finally SIEMENS.