Boris MARTIN

Team building and management of NAGRAGuide Engineering team.

o Team management :
- Management of 13 on-site persons, a team based in China (Beijing) plus outsourced from 4 sub-contracted companies based in Europe
- Hiring / Resigning
- Team building from team’s profiles (i.e.: Project Officer, Technical Writer, Ergonomist, STB Architect, STB Integrator, Configuration Manager, Tester)
- Team motivation and recognition
- Team objectives definition, tracking and appraisal

o Organisation :
- Department objectives, strategies and roadmaps definition
- Team work process definition, tracking and improvements
- Reporting management (weekly, monthly)

o Main activities :
- Proof Of Concept definition and development for new concepts introduction (ex.: OTT services, Widgets, …) in show rooms (ex.: ANGA, IBC, …)
- Product developments/integrations for cost reduction (i.e.: roadmap anticipation, QA, etc …)
- Synchronization with other departments (Product Line Management, Head-End CAS, NagraGuide Deployment)
- Sub-contracted companies commercial (SOW definition and review) and technical follow-up (weekly, quaterly)
- Sales support for product marketing (roadmap definition and review, …) and sales teams (support to RFI, RFP, RFQ)
- Supervise & maintain STB specifications, developments, … on deployed STB (about 6.5 Millions)

Current realization of my team:
- UI/Specifications NAGRA Guide definition for ZAPPER and PVR platform including installation, navigation, EPG, Per-per-view and On demand (VOD/PVOD) features
- Overall STB Software for SATELLITE and CABLE platform supporting ZAPPER or PVR profile based on OpenTV Middleware. Solution ported on top of several STB provided by Philips/Pace, Thomson, Hyundai, UEC deployed on 5 networks.

- STB Program Manager in Digital TV and Broadcast media compagny based on NAGRA Guide solution for Dutch (i.e.: Netherlands, Belgium, etc ...) [Canal Digitaal, TELESAT, TV Vlaanderen] and Portugese markets [Portugal Telecom] : 700 K STBs deployed
- In charge of managing Complex projects for final clients (operators) with multiple partners / third parties / Sub-contractors
- Management of customers expectations and define the right level of specifications inline with the Time to Market constrains
- Partnership Manager
- Internal and external interface with Technical department, Marketing, Sales, partners and clients

Team management to implement & deploy Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial & IP STB solutions (1 Million STBs deployed) :

- SAT/CABLE HD PVR products (UPC) based on OpenTV application and NAGRA conditional access [2006/2007] addressing Dutch market (i.e.: NETHERLANDS, etc ...)
- SAT/TER/IP platform for European market [2004/2005]
- SAT box for Malaysian market (ASTRO) with CANAL+ [2003/2004] based on NAGRA conditional access
- SAT box for Arabic market (ORBIT) with CANAL+ [2002/2003]
- SAT box for European market (G1-NG) with CANAL+ [2001/2002]
- SAT box for Eastern European market (WIZJA/ETH) with OpenTV [2000/2001]

Member of the Process Improvement Team who has lead the software department to CMM2.

Subcontracting process improved with Middleware providers, for better on time deliveries, clear process put in place to track mutual deliveries and control content of milestones.

Committed on planning, quality and cost of deliverables.

In charge of overall SW architecture of complex projects based on MediaHighway and OpenTV middleware.

- In charge of Low-Level drivers Architecture for different modules like (I2C, DEMUX, Font-Panel, etc ...) in a software development team (10 engineers).
- Consulted as expert for technical choice regarding new platform and chip definition

Software Development of Low-Level drivers used in STB environment.

Software Engineer for a public company (i.e.: La Poste) to develop a SW dedicated for Human Ressources management.

In charge of an IT services composed of 4 people to deploy and managed a secured network.