Consulting company offering expertise in two industries: Outdoor and Information Technology.Outdoor:- Product: from strategy to specifications, development and testing.- Marketing: story, adventure reports, photos, videos, magazine articles, adverts.- Photos: sport and nature photographer, photo-shoot (as multisport athlete).- Motivational speaker.Information Technology:- Software development, Web application development.- Program and project management.- Solution architecture, data warehousing and business intelligence.- Product Engineering: data analysis, tools development, team organization, process optimization.Achievements:- Climbed 200+ summits, including Mt. Everest (8,850m). - Ran 1,200 km with 61,200m of ascent along the Great Himalaya Trail (Nepal).- 7th Frenchmen to complete the Seven Summits Challenge.- 4th Frenchmen to climb Kangchenjuna (8,685m). First French ascent in 28 years.- Climbed Makalu (8,463m).- Led and participated in multiples expeditions in the Himalayas, Andes and Alaska since 1998.- Ran a total of 60,000 km; 1.5 time the circumference of the Earth. Finisher of numerous trail and ultra-distances races.- Climbed more than 1,500 routes, on-sighted 8a (5.13b) and red-pointed 8b+ (5.14a). Climbing coach in USA and France.

- Athlete and brand ambassador.http://www.evolvsports.com/athletes/international/philippe-gatta/

- Brand Ambassador.- Product testing and feedback.- Marketing support: photos, stories...

Athlete and brand ambassador.

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- Sponsored Athlete.- Product design, development and testing.- Photographer, marketing support, TV and print adverts.- Slideshow lectures, presentations, exhibitions, sales launch.Friedrichshafen and ISPO Awards: collaboration on product definition and development.

Manage a team of worldwide engineers and statisticians. Design, develop and support all applications and infrastructure needed by Test & Product Engineering teams in France and USA. Manage all Engineering projects: Web application, data analytics, data warehousing (tens of TB of data), grid computing, configuration management (multi-sites, multi-teams), production monitoring & alert system, document & knowledge management... Second level manager in charge of the Test Floor (team, handlers, testers…). The test floor is used to develop test programs, characterize new products and test samples & pre-series delivered to customers. Work with cross-functional teams to define engineering applications roadmap. Led virtual teams to define engineering data analytics strategy. Negotiate with vendors and contractors, manage associated cost and licensing.

IT Business Intelligence Manager, Dallas (USA)1) Consultant and coordinator of Business Intelligence activities at TI: technical, functional and cost audit of all data warehouses, reporting tools, ETL, CRM and associated technologies. Led cross-functional teams to define a global data warehousing strategy and roadmap for the company: databases design, data flow optimization, data redundancy, cost reduction, team re-organization, contract negotiations, etc. Led collaborations and exchanges with other companies BI Managers to share experiences and best practices. Published several Business Intelligence « White papers » and led trainings. 2) Manager of an IT development and support Team: managed 15 engineers developing web and BI applications, some of them business critical (24x7x365). I was in charge of the system architecture, technology, functional & technical design and contract negotiation with vendors and external companies. Technologies: Java, HTML, XML, JSP, Javascript, J2EE, EJB, Eclipse, Struts, ClearCase, CVS, MS Project, Oracle, BEA Weblogic, Apache, Tomcat, Essbase, Microsoft IIS, MS SQL Server, Business Objects (BO & WEBi), WebFocus, Hyperion Analyzer…3) Program manager: in addition to managing my team and I managed a total other 15 projects (some over 1M$ budget).Professional Certifications:- Executive Education Program - McCombs School of Business- Project Management Professional (PMP)

- Brand Ambassador and Sponsored Athlete- Product testing and feedback.- Marketing support: photos, stories...

- Brand Ambassador in USA and France.

- Brand Ambassador.

Brand Ambassador.

IT Architect and Project ManagerWorked on multiple e-Business/Web and CRM / Business Intelligence projects as consultant, architect and/or project manager.Technologies: JSP, J2EE, EJB, XML, RMI, HTML, WebSphere, BEA WebLogic. MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, DB2 OLAP Server, Business Objects, Hyperion Essbase, Analyzer, Brio, Seagate Crystal report. Interfaces with PeopleSoft et SAP.Professional Certifications: - IBM Solutions Expert Business Intelligence- IBM DB2.

Developer, DBA and IT architect.Worked as lead developer on several Client/Server and Web applications, database design and administration, development of interfaces with HR and payroll systems.