work experience

• Support Microsoft presence in EU policy and political dialogue for and around innovation and R&D. Enable proper communication of Microsoft technology, business strategy and key initiatives and investments, to ensure an innovation- and business-friendly environment for Microsoft in Europe.

• Defined, launched and managed programmes to support outstanding scientists in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), including the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship, the European Fellowship programmes and the Royal Society and Académie des science Microsoft Award.
• Organised sponsorship of hundreds of academic conferences in EMEA.
• Represented Microsoft Research on and contributed to the discussions of the CBI Inter-Company Academic Relations Group which aims at influencing policy development at a regional, national and European level. .

Promoted Microsoft tools and technologies in research intensive universities in the UK and Ireland:

• Initiates and managed research projects in strategic universities;
• Organised academics events (Academic Days, crash courses, etc.);
• Maintained good relationship with senior academics in the UK and Ireland especially with strategic Universities;
• Organised meeting at Microsoft’s headquarters for senior academics and academic demo for Bill Gates.

• Advanced the state of the art in computer security and in particular, digital watermarking.
• Worked with Microsoft product groups, providing advice in the security area.

Abstract on a quarterly basis articles & publications from major international periodicals focusing on software engineering, database security, electronic commerce, cryptography, network security, digital watermarking, computer fraud & legal issues.

education

• Digital watermarking: proposed novel approach to the problem by attacking existing systems to uncover main improvement areas in the first generation of products & implement an innovative benchmark system.
  
• Security of electronic publishing systems: secured an existing proprietary hypertext-based system used for information such as treatment protocols, drug formularies, and teaching material.

Major subjects: algorithms, automata, computer graphics, databases, operating systems, security.
Academic project: designed novel security application for closed user groups for the WWW.

General engineering. Area of specialisation: computer science.
Academic projects:

• Implemented electronic navigation system for all-purpose vehicle.
• Optimised method to schedule tasks & machine tools in industry.

additional skills

communication, presentation, public speaking & team work

• Presented research results to various international conferences & seminars (more than 30 talks – up to 200 attendees).
• ‘One-to-two’ academic supervisions of Cambridge undergraduate students, including supervisions for two one-year projects.
• Member of the WWW Team of the École Centrale. Created & designed section on tourism in Lyon & Rhône-Alpes. Collaborated with local Tourist Office, Museums, Photographers & Paul Bocuse (best French cook).

languages

• Bilingual English & French.
• Basic spoken & written German.

computing

• Languages & tools: C/C++, Matlab, MFC, SmallTalk, Visual Basic.
• Operating systems & databases: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Access, S.Q.L.
• Internet & other applications: HTML, HTTP, TCP/IP, SSL, Microsoft Office, etc.
• Multimedia: MPEG, MP3

other

• Full clean driving licence.

publications

general interests

• Cooking. Second prize of 1996 International Food Evening at Wolfson College, Cambridge; more than 150 guests. BBC 2 'Masterchef goes large' eighth finals.
• Classical music: practice piano since age of 10.
• Gardening.