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Grenoble

Helped clients in the energy sector to make strategic decisions based on IP analysis• Delivered more than 15 IP landscapes for multinationals and start-ups covering: technology trends, positioning, new entrants, R&D cycles, patent ranking, first glance at FTO• Carried out IP audit covering: patent ranking, pruning, potential licensing out of patent cluster• Realized white space analysis around a technical problem• Executed an IP benchmark• Produced more than 200 prior art searches, freedom to operate analysis and invalidation searches• Set up and drove several patent watch

Schneider R&D Center - Xi'An / Shanghai, China

Designed, deployed and managed monthly patent watches for Medium Voltage Business Unit• Designed a patent competitive watch process with Orbit.com• Implemented the patent watch process for three different businesses • Set up and trained a network of Patent Watchers and Animators with provision of user guidelines• Led the development of an IT tool for automatic formatting of monthly patent watches deliverables• Created a patent activity benchmark of Chinese competitors, highly appreciated by the executive committee

Électropôle – 38Eqi – Centre Mondial R&D De Schneider Electric, Grenoble, France

Within Low Voltage Business Unit, supported technical and legal teams on IP challenges• Managed patent ideas : prior art search and patentability assessment• Pre-assessment of freedom to operate analysis• Created and implemented two competitive patent watch• Developed a patent watch user guideline• Trained country teams on Questel Orbit tool and on patent team best practices

Schneider Electric R&D Center - Shanghai City, China

Developed a China for Global patent watch: a competitive intelligence process• Created and implemented a patent watch allowing the global team to have a view of China patent activity• Analysed the patent protection level of Low Voltage circuit breaker business in China• Presented the results and recommendations to the China Low Voltage activity executive board

Technopôle – 38Tec – Laboratoire D'Expertise Et D'Essais L2E, Grenoble, France

Concevoir un réseau électrique pour le test d’un système à réflectométrie, avec tests et analyses:• Etude des réseaux à basse tension français et modélisation d’un réseau typique;• Spécification, achat et conception d’un réseau BT miniature pour simulation de défauts électriques;• Test complet d’un système à réflectométrie temporel et spectral par points d’injections;• Livrable final des tests (en anglais) avec fiches de tests, analyse et suggestions d’améliorations.

Diplôme D'Ingénieur, Electronique Et Informatique Industrielle - E2I

Engineering School – Polytech’ Grenoble – Université Joseph Fourier – Grenoble-I • Project Management report: «Plan and control.

Diplôme D'Ingénieur, Génie Electrique

Premiére année d'école d'ingénieur en génie électrique.