Passionate technologist, leader, designer, engineer, with more than 25 years of experience in both software and hardware. Patrick is currently IT Director at Groupe Garandeau working on system migration from programs developed in the eighties. Before Patrick was CTO at MetaPass, Inc., which he co-founded, and created its core, patented interface virtualization technology, and where he leads the engineering teams and the technical direction of the company. Prior to MetaPass, Patrick was VP of Engineering at Sensiva, Inc., a leading software firm in the handwriting and gesture recognition space that won multiple awards and press articles worldwide. From 1990 to 1998 Patrick was the Software Architect and Project Leader at Schneider Electric, an automation company in Europe, where he developed wireless identification systems and low cost terminals for PLC. Patrick's work earned Schneider Electric a gold award in the 1995 Paris Automation Showcase. Prior to joining Schneider Electric Patrick worked with various start-up companies as a hardware and software engineer. Patrick holds a BS degree in electronics and an MS in software. He has earned multiple patents and has over 25 years of state-of-the-art software experience, with an emphasis on security, automation and artificial intelligenceSpecialties: Software and hardware development. Everything related to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Extensive expertise in image analysis and recognition.- C/C++- Java- OpenGL- Embedded systems (software and hardware)- Micro controllers- User Interface- Multi-platform development: Linux, MacOSX, Windows- Project Management- UML - SA-RT- Web and other Servers- PLC automation