*Creating a leasing office for prime location properties (Southern Europe and Florida) promoting rentals for property owners (Internet leasing)…

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Board Member along with Google, Facebook, Verisign, IBM, Yahoo, Paypal, Microsoft

OpenID Foundation European Representative.I'm fell in love with OpenID and I decided to spend some of my time to expand and promote this Framework. I founded the OpenID Europe Foundation with the following mission statement: "Promoting OpenID in Europe"

OpenID Source (OIDS) is a community in the OpenID Community to grow OpenID.

*Recruiting membership and collecting funds, visiting businesses and organizations (children’s aid and fostering education for needy children in Israel);*Encounters with Influential Thinkers (philosophers, writers), politicians (ministers, political leaders…) and senior officers (CAC 40, the French Fortune 500)…*This club has taken its place as one of the most prestigious in Paris, and continues in its activities centered on philanthropy.

*Participant in the creation of a real estate company specializing in the purchase of strategically placed properties (vintage apartments) located in historic, centric downtown neighborhoods of various European cities;*Management of relationships with banks - lending, economic feasibility of investments; *Pre-positioning of a renovation program in consultation with architects and renovation contractors;*Branding, labeling as a preferred tourism destination, promoting property leasing through Internet tools and partnerships with tour operators, travel agencies.

MANAGEMENT OF THE CONTINENT/ LOCAL CHAPTERS & GLOBAL OPENID COMMUNITY*Creation, legal registration and leadership of the OpenID Europe Foundation to support the legality of all efforts made to deploy OpenID in Europe (43 countries);*Creation of associated subsidiaries (Local Chapters) and official in the respective countries*Creation of a series of legal documents (Policies, Bylaws), introduction and preparation of a “Strategic Kit” allowing Local Chapters to find their legal legs more quickly;LEGAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY*Creating, managing and organizing all legal documents pertaining to the Foundation (contracts, bylaws, IP);*Relationships established with law firms and intellectual property rights advocacy offices in over 80 countries;FINANCE, BUSINESS & GOVERNANCE*Investment—without any expectation of a ROIADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT*All documents printed, archived (one entire cabinet, twenty-five binders), sorted by countries;COMMUNICATION, EVENTS & MEETINGS:*Regular contacts with the Press, interviews, articles published in various magazines;MARKETING:*Marketing actions such as the Opening of the OpenID StoreSTRATEGY & VISION:*Creation of the Openid’09 Program with an invitation extended to the CommunityLOBBYING & NETWORKING:*Participation to all events concerning digital identity, organizing OpenID dinners/meetings in many citiesOTHER PROJECTS:*Creating, organizing and managing a Foundation dedicated to fostering the widespread use of the OpenID Framework in Europe with all the tasks this entails;*Traveling, visiting businesses and organizations, OpenID communities, government agencies and start-ups interested in implementing OpenID;*Seeking and obtaining sponsorships (250 businesses and organizations) to finance the Foundation;

*Participating in the creation of a Business Club aimed at assisting French businessmen desiring to operate, visit and live in the United States (immigration, investments, tax advisor services) recruiting membership;*Organizing events (meetings/conferences held in hotels) with US personalities (political, business leaders…);*Establishing relationships with the IRS, management of a checking account (Bank of America), writing auditing reports…

*Developing and promoting on the US territory a concept of French first-rate Hair salons;*Personally managing the opening of pilot sites (Florida), supervising the creation and opening of new salons;*Legal infrastructure creation, contracting documents for franchisees…

*Advising local businesses (retail stores, restaurants) on communication strategies, promoting the brand, enhancing visual identity;*Meeting local customers to sign contracts;*Outsourcing to Asian countries (China and India), seeking specialized expertise for Internet sites designing and e-commerce solutions.

*Creating a venture capital company dedicated to the funding of early stage projects (50-150k€) in preparation to visiting Business Angels or investment fund firms, geared towards new concept stores and Internet start-ups;*Meeting with startup CEOs and prospective entrepreneurs; advising, revising their Business Plans;*Analyzing, selecting projects, first investigation of possible sources of financing, presentations to investors…

*Development of a strategy for the Brand, leader in high-end Italian furniture;*Establishing relationships with the designers for the launching of new decoration products and furniture;*Creating a new chain of stores, creating an international business plan (400 pages, 25 stores, 45 Million Euros);*Negotiating purchases (management of 400 suppliers) referencing of new products;*Creation of a new Concept Store, management and supervision of pilot store;*Managing media relations (+ 250 articles in specialized press & media);*Generating gross revenues through on-line, Internet sales (over 5 million Euros)…* Today, this business is one of the world leaders in its market—the high-end, Italian design furniture—and the benefits gained through the sale of my shares have allowed me to reinvest in other businesses.

*Creating and reselling of a turnkey chain of tanning salons;*Creation of a ground floor Business Plan and a Concept Store (with interior design agencies and strategy advisors) for the Franchise;*Establishing relations with health organizations. creation of a “Sun Card” for each customer;*Building a Brand strategy with associated visual identity, creating a new brand of sunscreen…*I have sold this concept store to a Group

*Creating an Audio-Visual studio based in Miami and in France for the creation of video game.*This company was closed after the burst of the “internet Bubble” in 2001… Sometimes our own mistakes bring us very useful lessons…

*Founding and a production company dedicated to Internet productions and video game development;*Creation of a new concept “Motion Gaming,” a fusion between feature films and video games;*Video directing (2 years for the shooting and development with a 200 persons – highly skilled manpower) in partnership with CNC and local government (to foster tourism development):• Co-authoring of a script, storyboard designing, writing of an interactive scenario;• Casting management, recruiting actors in partnership with the casting manager;• Film directing (special cameras and photographic cameras equipped for 360° filming) technical crew management (cameramen, photographers, sound engineers…) and actors management;• Overseeing of developer technical teams (motor, multimedia…); • Drafting and writing with legal advisors, legal counsels Multimedia contracts and audio-visual, image property rights;• Responsible for budgeting with a team of accountants… *This Motion-Game remains technologically unique to this day.

*Founding of an agency dedicated to real estate projects resale;*Creating a project (Business Plan et Scale models) for a Hotel complex in Sint-Maarten, after destruction by hurricane (250 rooms and 40 villas);*Managing relations with Architectural firms and management of all technical teams (urban planning, construction…);*Transforming an environmentally sensitive site, preserved as a natural landmark, managing tourism (a cascade) in the framework of a tourism development program in partnership with the local government…*These projects have all been built.

*Founding and managing an Import-Export Company in the housing sector;*Opening of a home decorating store w. personnel recruitment and supervision;*Buying, negotiating the purchasing of products in European factories (tiling, building materials and furnishings…);*Managing of exportations, clearing through customs (containers)…* This business was sold

Construction teams management, instruction in interior architecture (plumbing, electricity, finish carpentry, painting);-----------------------------*Working as a sales clerk in a home decoration store…*We created the Internet site for this company*It was a great opportunity for me to learn the value of manual labor, as well as to learn how to work within a team.

Odd jobs/First jobs---------------------------* "I started at the bottom of the ladder, without assistance from anyone and without monetary help"