Sylvain Houdant Email & Phone Number

Paris Area, France

In the Paris Production Center.Outsourcing, Externalization manager (off/in site outsourcing).Coordination and customer relationship. Managing 3 desks center about 30 people- Financial management, orders and billing tracking- Led negotiations and contractual aspects with customers- Weekly tracked production, led monthly status meetings with the customer- Managed human resources within the service center

Paris Area, France

In the New Project Direction.Outsourcing, Externalization manager (off/in site outsourcing).Coordination and customer relationship. Managing 3 desks center about 30 people- Financial management, orders and billing tracking- Led negotiations and contractual aspects with customers- Weekly tracked production, led monthly status meetings with the customer- Managed human resources within the service center

Lead integration and evaluation of medical imaging prototypes to guide interventional oncology procedure as part of the research collaboration between GE Healthcare and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Use digital imaging tools and traditional printmaking sensibilities, maintain ink-jet, laser and calligraphic printers.Prepare layout, show proof samples to clients, inspect, cut and pack prints.Work with clients and organization, strong eye for detail, work well under pressure.

Managed test platform for an Australian Tiger helicopter full-size cockpit replica and motion simulator in a confidential security clearance area. • Managed integration and technical coordination of 40 people.• Established and facilitated collaboration between departments. Solved test platform conflicts.• Defined and instituted tracking system to allow for anticipation of problems and thereby saving time and money.• Analyzed, designed and implemented scheduling format to facilitate scheduling for 40 employees. Facilitated the resolution of time shift problems, crucial during test phase.• Collaborated daily with Australian counterparts.• Held defense confidential security clearance.

Product manager of ‘PR4G’ communication devices, (i.e. radio sets for Radio & Data transmissions).• New features design.• Updated operating manuals of several remote radio sets. Produced two kinds of manuals, technical ones for service people and operating ones for field soldiers.• Monthly meeting with French Ministry of Defense for defect report clearance, technical expertise and analysis on observed defects. Negotiation with high rank officers.• Analyzed reports, disseminated information and negotiated time and money for eventual modifications.• Technical expertise role for marketing support to sales team for presentation materials.• Management of system component obsolescence reports.• Field tested a special radio set remote device within a UN project.• Preparation of executive budget for the Project Manager, advised the choice of sub-contractors. Assigned tasks to IT people and to external suppliers.• Held defense confidential security clearance.

Successfully lead the transfer of a whole secure test laboratory (flight electronic countermeasures), including the move of an anechoic chamber.• Managed the 20 sub-contractors working in both sites 30 miles apart.• In business meetings translated English to French for Project Leader.• Compiled documentation from 3 different companies for this unique test site. Interviewed people to collect the project history and substantial missing information.• Prepared the documentation for the high frequency cable update in accordance to the new release of the flight countermeasure system.• Negotiated time and budget with subcontractor for manufacturing the cable.• Held defense secret security level.

Two contracts in Mobile Phone Business Unit in the Functional Architecture Department and the Specification & Software Integration department. Managed successive feature introductions in the Alcatel Onetouch mobile phone.Authored related documentation for following areas :• Functional architecture specifications for V42bis compression software in mobile phone data module.• Description of impact of the new COTS V42bis module introduction in the mobile architecture, impact on the different mobile features (MMI, Data and Fax).• New functions summary of cellular for Marketing Department.• Identified and wrote interface documentation for software architecture.• Liaised between Marketing Department and Software Department.

Paris Area, France

Successfully implemented embedded software for different modems – Low and High speed modems (2 Mbits, G704, access X24 - V11), including :• Wrote specifications, conception and development of software functions using C and assembler languages.• Tested performance of new software through unit tests, integration, verification, defect reports clearance and non regression tests.