​Working Experiences

Since April 2010: Senior Solution Architect (IT Consultant) at Capgemini (Paris - FRANCE)

March 2007 - April 2010: Support Engineer at Microsoft (Paris - FRANCE) on SharePoint technologies

Technical support on Microsoft Office SharePoint technologies

Supportability and architecture review

• Germany:
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 implementation problems analysis
• France:
• Troubleshooting interaction between Project Server 2003 and SharePoint 2003 for an automaker
• Tunisia:
• Workshop introducing SharePoint 2007 technologies for an international monetary fund
• France:
• Workshop to manage SharePoint 2007 technologies
• France:
• Troubleshooting performance issue when using 'Explorer view' mode with Windows SharePoint Services v3
• Isle of Man:
• MOSS architecture review, working on various issue and provide day-to-day administration operations knowledge transfert
• Switzerland:
• Assistance to troubleshoot Office client inegration and workflow issues
• France:
• Assistance to validate hotfixes deployment for MOSS
• France:
• Diagnostic notification email sending on SPS 2003
• Scotland:
• Diagnostic search services on MOSS
• France:
• Assistance to configure search services on MOSS
• France:
• Assistance to escalation engineer to implement action plan on MOSS

September 2004 - March 2007: Infrastructure Consultant at Avanade (Paris - FRANCE)

• France: for a high school of management
• SharePoint (MOSS 2007) architect
• Define the SharePoint architecture to implement an intranet/extranet portail for Almuni
• France: for a French governmental organization
• SharePoint architect
• Validate the architecture and implementation of a virtualized development environment using SharePoint 2007, Visualt Studio 2005 and Visual Source Safe
• France:
• POC (Proof Of Concept) using Live Communication Server 2005 for a French banking company
• France: for a French utility company
• Project Server 2003 implementation
• France:
• Support engineer (Premier support) at Microsoft
• UK: for the English subsidiary of a French civil engineering company
• Exchange architect during a Windows NT4/Exchange 5.5 migration to AD/Exchange 2003
• POC (Proof Of Concept) using Virtual Server 2005 to implement Exchange clustered environment
• UK: for an English ministery
• Problem Manager (level III) during Windows NT 4 / Exchange 5.5 migration to Windows Server2003 / Exchange 2003
• France: for a French insurance company
• Packaging architect for Wise Package Studio product
• Technical lead of a technical team
• Teledistribution architect (System Management Server 2003)
• Belgium: for a financial company
• SharePoint architect during intranet implementation using SharePoint 2003
• France: for a French utility company
• Securing SMTP communications during Exchange migration
• Test environment architecture and implementation using Virtual Server

September 2002 - September 2004 (included one year by alternation): Engineer - Trainer at Concept Réseau (Versailles - FRANCE) 

• Trainer for official Microsoft courses (Windows, development, SharePoint...)
• Trainer on Windows installer technologies (MSI - Wise product)
• Migration from Novell Netware to Windows 2000 AD
• Automated migration procedures (workstation migration, automatic user account creation...)
• Migration procedures from Windows NT to Windows 2003
• Automated antivirale updates using Trend Micro products

September 2000 - September 2002 (2 years by alternation): Computing assistant at Fédération Nationale des SA d'HLM (Paris - FRANCE)

• Hotline / maintenance
• Network administration
• Automated antivirale deployement using Norton products
• VBA macro development for Excel to request SQL Server
• Training for computer and messaging usage

June 2002: Host for IBM at Roland Garros (Paris - FRANCE)

• Support à l'utilisation de l'informatique aux joueurs

June 2001: Host for IBM at Roland Garros (Paris - FRANCE) 

• Support à l'utilisation de l'informatique aux joueurs
• Aide à la mise en place de chats entre les joueurs et les internautes

Summer 2000 

• Virtualized model colour application for EDF CNET (Paris - FRANCE)
• Website implementation for Concept Réseau (Versailles - FRANCE)

June 2000: Host for IBM at Roland Garros (Paris - FRANCE)  

• Support du public et des joueurs pour l'utilisation de l'informatique

Summer 1999: Trainee at Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Châlons en Champagne (FRANCE)

• Current architecture analysis and solution purposd
• Drafting of the schedule of conditions for invitation to tender
• Partipcation to the migration
• Trainer for the new information system usage (know more...)

​Computing Competencies

Writing

• Columnist: articles about MBSA, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, la gestion documentaire avec SharePoint, Microsoft Identity Server (know more)
• Contributor to the French SharePoint Support Team Blog
• Technical translation reviewer of a book on MOSS ("Pratique de SharePoint 2007" at O'Reilly - ISBN 978-2-84177-493-7)
• Co writer of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007 ("Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) et Office 2007" at Hermès - ISBN 978-2-7462-1506-1) about MOSS 2007
• Co writer of 2 books about Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 ("Le portail Microsoft SharePoint" - Hermès - ISBN 2-7462-0853-9 and "Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server et WSS" - ESKA - ISBN : 2-7472-0716-1)

Conference

• February 2010: Speaker at the Microsoft TechDays 2010 - "​ForeFront to protect enterprise portal" and "What's new in the SharePoint 2010 administration?" (Presentation - PowerShell commands list - Scenario)
• November 2009: Speaker for the French SharePoint User Group meeting - "Preparing SharePoint 2010 Migration"
• February 2009: Speaker at the Microsoft TechDays 2009 - "Introducing MOSS diagnostic" (webcast) and "Publishing and securing access to Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 enterprise environment" (webcast)
• February 2007: Exposant at the Microsoft TechDays for the GUWIV
• December 2006: Microsoft WebTV for the Windows Vista launch (video)
• November 2006: "Ask the Expert" at TechEd IT Forum 2006 (Barcelona - SPAIN)
• October 2006: Speaker during the GUWiV "Kick Off"
• September 2006: Co organizer and organisation management for the GUWiV "Kick Off" (Paris - FRANCE)
• May 2006: Founding member and secretary of the French Windows Vista User Group (GUWIV)
• March 2006: Speaker during the "Microsoft Community Open Days" - showing Windows Vista (Paris - FRANCE)
• July 2005: "Ask The Expert" at Microsoft TechEd (Amsterdam - NEETHERLANDS)
• First quarter of 2005: Speaker for Technet seminars (Paris - France) - "Why and how deploying Windows XP SP2 and Office 2003"
• November 2004: "IT Pro Speaker" and "Ask The Expert" during IT Forum 2004 (Copenhagen - DENMARK)
• June 2004 : Speaker during "Rencontres Communautés" (Microsoft Community Days) (what's new about security in Windows XP SP2 (Paris - FRANCE))
• May 2004: Speaker for Microsoft during the "Journées Microsoft de la Sécurité" (Microsoft Security Days) (Paris - FRANCE)

Microsoft Certification

MCP, MCSA (messaging specialist), MCSE Windows 2000 - Windows Server 2003, Technology Specialist (download my transcript in PDF format, in XPS format or read it here [TranscriptID : 663019 - Access code : mcptranscript])

• 70-210 : Installation, configuration et administration de Windows 2000 Professionnel
• 70-215 : Installation, configuration et administration de Windows 2000 Server
• 70-216 : Implémentation et administration d'une infrastructure de réseau Windows 2000
• 70-217 : Implémentation et administration d'une infrastructure pour les services d'annuaire Windows 2000
• 70-218 : Gestion d'un environnement réseau Windows 2000
• 70-219 : Conception d'une infrastructure pour les services d'annuaire Windows 2000
• 70-221 : Conception d'une infrastructure réseau Windows 2000
• 70-292 : Administration et maintenance d'un environnement Windows Server 2003 pour une personne certifiée MCSA Windows 2000
• 70-296 : Planification, implémentation et maintenance d'un environnement Windows Server 2003 pour les ingénieurs certifiés MCSE Windows 2000
• 70-284 : Implémentation et gestion de Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
• 70-263 : Implémentation, administration et maintenance de Office Live Communication Server 2005
• 70-231 : Configuring Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services v 3.0

Beta programs / awards

• Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" program member on Windows Server (2002 - 2006) and Windows Client (2006 - 2007) - statut lost when joining Microsoft
• Since June 2006: Trend Micro Power User Group member allowing privileged access to beta products
• January 2006: "TAP" (Technical Adoption Program) participant for Microsoft Live Communication Server 12
• November 2005: "TAP" (Technical Adoption Program) participant for Windows Vista
• "Windows XPert" program member. Program created during Windows XP beta program (know more)

• Beta tester Windows 2000, Windows Millenium, Windows XP, Office 11, Windows 2000 SP4 (certificat of participation), Windows Update v5, Virtual Server, Microsoft BaseLine Security Analyser 1.2, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, MSN Messenger 7, Windows Server 2003 R2, Microsoft Update, Microsoft BaseLine Security Analyser 2.0, Virtual Server SP1, Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006, Microsoft Maestro (Microsoft Business ScoreBoard Manager), Microsoft Office Add-In, Windows Installer, Windows Vista (Longhorn client et serveur), Microsoft Office 12, Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server / Windows Server Services v3 (certificat of participation), Microsoft Live Communication Server 12, Trend Micro Mobile Security, Microsoft Terminology, Trend Micro PC Cillin 2007, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Vista Ultimate Extras, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (best bug winner), Office and SharePoint 14

Competencies 

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows from NT to Windows Server 2008 R2 – MacOS 8 et 9 – Linux
• Microsoft Office (all version)
• Deployment: Windows Deployment Service - Unattend Windows Vista, Windows Server and Windows Client installation - System Center Configuration Manager 2007
• Messaging / Groupware: Exchange - Lotus Notes client - Microsoft SharePoint - Microsoft Live Communication Server - Microsoft Office Project Server
• Virtualization: Virtual PC 2004 - Virtual Server 2005 R2 - VMWare client/serveur - Hyper V - System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
• Security: GPO - ISA Server 2006 - Norton Antivirus Corporate - Trend Micro OfficeScan - Trend Micro ScanMail - Sybari Antigen - Microsoft ForeFront (Client, Exchange, SharePoint, Threat Management Gateway, Unified Access Gateway)
• Database: connaissances du langage SQL – Microsoft SQL Server – Oracle 8
• Monitoring: Microsoft Operation Management - Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
• Business Reporintg / CRM: Microsoft CRM
• Network
• Various: GFI FaxMaker - GFI MailEssentials - GFI MailSecurity - Wise Package Studio (MSI package)

​Study

• 2002 – 2003 : Third year specialization (Network and database administrator) with the congratulation of a professional jury (certificate of formation) - professional diploma of level Licence (Level II)

• 2002 : Computing school leaving certificate by alternation

• 1998: Baccalaureat Scientist option

​Various

Trips

• March 2008: 2 days of internal conference for the Microsoft SharePoint support team at Madrid (SPAIN)
• February 2008: one week of Microsoft internal technical conference at Seattle (WA - USA)
• January 2008: one week training on Performance Point Server 2007 at Munich (GERMANY)
• September 2007: one week training on Content Management with MOSS 2007 at Munich (GERMANY)
• September 2007: one week training on ASP.Net 2.0 at Bucharest (ROMANIA)
• November 2006: one week during technical conference TechEd (Barcelona - SPAIN) as "Ask the Expert"
• May 2006: one week vacation at Houston (TX - USA)
• September 2005: one week during technical conference MVP Summit at Microsoft Campus (Redmond - WA - USA)
• July 2005: one week during technical conference TechEd (Amsterdam - NEETHERLANDS) as "IT Pro Speaker" and "Ask the Expert"
• November 2004: one week during technical conference IT Forum (Copenhagen - DENMARK) as "IT Pro Speaker" and "Ask the Expert"
• April 2004: one week during technical conference MVP Summit at Microsoft Campus (Redmond - WA - USA)
• February 2003: one week during technical conference MVP Summit at Microsoft Campus (Redmond - WA - USA)
• November 2002: one week during technical conference IT Forum (Copenhagen - DENMARK)
• July 2002: one week during technical conference TechEd (Barcelona - SPAIN)
• February 1998: one week at TAMPA (FL - USA) during school travel

Fluent and technical English - French mother tongue

Drivring licence: French cat A and B

1996 : Baywatch licence and holiday camps organizer licence

1994 – 1995 : First aid (individual and team)

Cinema; Swimming; Basket-ball; Volley-ball; Roller; Making models; Musics (playing the synthetizer); Economy; Oenology