• Excellent communicator and technologist
• More than ten years of journalism writing, editing, commissioning and managing editorial projects
• More than ten years supporting, participating in and managing developer communities
• More than ten years in the telecoms field with strong experience in mobile telephony
• Enthusiastic observer of, and participant in, computing and telecoms industries

2006 - 2008

UIQ Technology – London, UK

Joined the Developer Community team at UIQ Technology as Editor - Developer Program in May 2006. Main responsibilities included managing the UIQ developer portal and being the primary visible interface of UIQ Technology on it contributing to the forums, managing the commissioning budget developing and implementing editorial projects, and defining portal improvements.

Managed the participation of UIQ Technology to the UIQ 3: The Complete Guide book project and launched a wiki site to provide an online version. Published the booklets ‘Essential UIQ 3 - Getting started’ and ‘Building Blocks - Preview to UIQ 3: The Complete Guide’. Wrote news stories on the UIQ developer portal and contributions to newsletters.

Led discussion sessions on mobile user interfaces and user experience at Mobile Jam Session Barcelona and at Over the Air. Represented UIQ Technology at events such as the Symbian Smartphone Show, the Mobile World Congress and the Motorola MOTODEV Summits.

UIQ Technology closed its UK operation in July 2008.

2000 - 2006

Symbian Software – London, UK

In January 2000, joined the Technical Communications department of Symbian. Main responsibilities included co-creation and implementation of a media plan, creation of an editorial process, writing several technology white papers and articles, and commissioning. Wrote ‘Why is a different operating system needed’ (it was published in the CutterIT Journal in 2000, the IEE EE Computing & Control Engineering magazine in 2003 and the book How Smartphones Work in 2006).

Recruited to newly-formed Media Group, as Technology Editor, in May 2001. Defined key audience messages and processes for engagement. Created content. Developed relationships and commissioned content across a broad number of departments in the company. Participated in the redesign of the symbian.com website for its relaunch at the Symbian Developer Expo in 2001. Created a scheme for Symbian's engineers to develop open source applications to be published on Symbian's website. Line management responsibility including handling a redundancy.

Recruited to newly-formed Marketing Strategy department, as a Manager, in May 2002. Worked closely with partners and account managers to define joint messages, and communicate and validate them. Participated in the development of a plan for joint co-marketing. Broad remit to drive brand recognition and corporate messages to key audiences included writing and placing articles, and production of key corporate brochures. Contributed to the Developer Network newsletter.

In December 2002, started a Technology Outreach activity in the Developer Partnerships team. One of the first task was to open source Symbian's OPL interpreted language. Also supported the port of Simkin, a high-level lightweight embeddable scripting language, to Symbian OS. Edited the monthly Symbian Community Newsletter. Commissioned articles for the Symbian Developer Network. Organised more than twenty-two internal seminars from February 2002 to April 2005.

In February 2004, my role evolved to Developer Evangelism Manager in the Developer Community team. Created a developer strategy. Edited the monthly Symbian Community Newsletter and commissioned articles for the Symbian Developer Network. Managed the relationships with a Platinum partner, an Affiliate partner and community sites. Created, and launched, in September 2004, the Symbian OS Team initiative to recognise individuals with deep understanding and knowledge of Symbian OS development who are especially helpful to the Symbian OS developer community. From beginning of 2005, co-chaired the Security Alert team - part of Symbian's Computer Security Incident Response Team.

2008

The Register – London, UK

Wrote ‘The DNA database and you - How big is it? How many get off it? Your questions answered...’ for The Register; published in the Policing section on 2008-11-06.
Wrote ‘How to delete your DNA profile - A cut-out-and-keep reference guide’ for The Register; published in the Law section on 2008-01-07.

2007

The Register – London, UK

Wrote ‘Fighting torture with copyright - Moral musos work to rule’ for The Register; published in the Music & Media section on 2007-03-21.

2005

The Guardian – London, UK

Wrote ‘Suspicious behaviour on the tube’ for The Guardian; published on the front page of the 2005-09-22 edition.

2000

CutterIT Journal – London, UK

Wrote ‘Why is a different operating system needed’ for CutterIT Journal (adapted and republished in IEE EE Computing & Control Engineering magazine in 2003 and How Smartphones Work in 2006).

1994 - 1999

EXE Magazine – London, UK

Editor of EXE Magazine and EXE OnLine (Centaur), the UK-based software developers' magazine and website. Started as Features Editor, promoted to Editor in October 1995. Responsibilities included managing team of five, full editorial and production responsibilities, sourcing and managing industry contributors, ensuring EXE is at the forefront of the software industry.

1993 - 1994

Freelance – London, UK

Freelance contributor to a number of newspapers and magazines. British publications: The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, PC Direct, What Personal Computer. French publications: 01 Informatique, Le Journal du Téléphone. European publications: Byte European Reseller, Eurotrade.

1991 - 1993

PC Expert – Paris, France

Senior Editor, PC Expert (Ziff-Davis). Responsible for surveys on new technologies, operating systems and telecommunications. Special features included communications transfer protocols, PCMCIA technology, networked fax and processor technology.

1989 - 1991

Freelance – Paris, France

Freelance contributor to PC-News, Info-PC and Décision Micro. Work included Comdex news writing and review of development tools.

1987 - 1989

Soft & Micro – Paris, France

Regular freelance contributor to Soft & Micro. Work included feature articles, software and hardware tests and exhibition coverage.

1982 - 1986

Freelance – Paris, France

Freelance contributions to Génie Logiciel, Que Choisir, Goupil Revue and Microtel-Infos.

1990 - 1991

P.N.B. – Paris, France

Software engineer at modem manufacturer P.N.B. Developed a DOS fax software in C and assembler. Project leader of a contract with France Telecom (project Service d'Acces Micro).

1989 - 1990

Microformatic – Paris, France and Moodus, Connecticut, USA

Research and Development engineer at Microformatic, a software house specialising in communications software on OS/2. Spent two months at US subsidiary (Moodus, Connecticut) in charge of the adaptation of the product to the American market. Promoted to Project leader in January 1990.

1986 - 1987

Euratec – Paris, France

Technical Director at Euratec, a software house specialised in Ada. Participated in a mission to Iceland looking at transferring the development operation to Paris. Negotiated with manufacturers (DEC, Data General, Bull, Atari and Apple) and prepared a videotext information service.

1986 - 1987

Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) – Paris, France

University projects: development of a task manager and memory manager in C on Bull Mini 6, of a compiler (a subset of Algol for a virtual machine target) in Pascal on Multics, of an emulation of a subset of MC68000 instructions in 8086 assembler, and of a Lisp interpreter in Pascal on Multics.

1985

Téléinformatique – Paris, France

Developed a terminal emulator resident in a PAD X.25, in 6809 assembler, for the Crédit Agricole bank.

1984 - 1985

Caisses Centrales de Mutualité Sociale Agricole – Paris, France

Software development, in Basic, for insurance company Caisses Centrales de Mutualité Sociale Agricole (CCMSA).

1989 - 1990

Lecturer on OS/2 Communication Manager for IBM France.

1985

Examiner for the Institut de Gestion Sociale (IGS) computer exam.

1984 - 1986

Lecturer at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, on computing topics for second-year graduate students in DEUG AES.

1984 - 1985

Computer instructor for the City of Paris (InterClub 17).

1988

Preparation for thesis in languages, algorithmic and programming; Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France.
Majors: object-oriented programming and Lisp dialects semantic.

1987

MS in computer science; Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France.
Majors: operating systems, telecommunications and software engineering.

1986

BS in computer science; Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France.

1985

Diploma in general sciences and structure of matter; Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France.

1982

Certificate, Computer Camps International; Banner Lodge, Connecticut, U.S.A.

1982

Baccalaureate specialised in mathematics; Paris, France.

2005

Participated in the creation of Mobile Monday London.

1987 - present

Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

1990 - 1992

Co-founder and co-sysop of the OS/2 MANiA association.

1987 - 1989

Member of the Association Francaise pour la Cybernétique Economique et Technique (AFCET).

1980 - 1987

Active participation at local, regional and national level in the Microtel and Adémir associations.