Mickey Farrance
Technical Communications, BonitaSoft
I'm currently 100% dedicated to getting BonitaSoft's Bonita Open Solution (business process management) software thoroughly documented. Our talented developers have made it so easy to use - it's actually fun!
The preview version of Bonita Open Solution was released just days after we wone the Open Innovation Award. This award is given to recognize the most innovative open source solution and recognizes 7 years of work in the domain of business process management (BPM) solutions, resulting in 140 000 downloads of the Bonita software and more than 300 contributors to date worldwide. The Open Innovation Award, intended for promising companies, is a tremendous recognition for BonitaSoft. A young company established in 2009 on the foundations of the Bonita open source project, BonitaSoft is ready to shift into high gear and become the undisputed global leader in open source BPM.
BonitaSoft has what it takes to do this: a validated offer, thousands of users, a team that has proven itself in the world of open source, and a new version of the Bonita solution that is available as of today to the Bonita community via the BonitaSoft site: www.bonitasoft.com. In addition, BonitaSoft has the means to achieve its ambitions with its recently obtained $3 million of funding.
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When the opportunity arises, I also train managers, executives, and others in technical and business communications skills "from good to great." We benchmark and identify current levels of communication competence (interpersonal skills, presentations, meetings, communication across cultures, etc), then build on existing skills to improve communications individually and in teams. I help managers become leaders, leaders become coaches - better communication leads to better business results.
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88 contactsResponsible for documentation for Bonita Open Solution, for BonitaSoft, a leading publisher of BPM open source solutions.
Deliver high performance training programs in English to improve communication skills for individuals and teams, for example:
- Deliver Effective Presentations
- Make Your Meetings Work
- PowerPoint, Good to Great
- Collective Creativity through Brainstorming
- Communicate Clearly in International English
- Communicate Across Cultures
Teach corporate communications courses and workshops (specialty: Effective Business Communications) to
- MBA
- Masters in Business
- Bachelor in Business/Certificate in Business
2007 - 2009Responsible for all external communications for systems biology/genetics research software and services in English: sales, marketing, training, documentation; both print and web
2007 - 2009Teach 2-day workshops on Effective Business Presentations to MBAs
2006 - 2008Oversaw and helped several groups of students as they translated the materials solidification resource website (also originally created by students) into English for a European Space Agency-funded project. Most of the site has now been translated - an epic undertaking for these very capable materials engineering students.
2004 - 2007Taught technical communications courses at the School of Engineering (Electrochemistry and Electrometallurgie) in Grenoble, France
2003 - 2008Provide "local knowledge" cross-cultural training and preparation for Americans and Canadians on overseas assignments to France
1996 - 2000Directed management of events - trade shows, conferences, seminars, social
1984 - 2000- Oversaw mission control team for space life sciences mission
- Developed training program for space station crew
- Managed development of research equipment for life sciences on NASA's space station and shuttle projects
1978 - 1981Managed diagnosis and mitigation of language pathologies due to both organic and unknown etiologies, with population from preschool to adult