Michael Rabaron

2008-2010 OPENPLUG - SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS (FRANCE)
Young and innovative company (50 employees) providing a set of software products and services, aiming to facilitate the development of mobile handsets.

Development Manager & Technical leader (2009 - 2010)
Manage the development, integration, test and customer support to deliver a 2G/3G telephony stack to INTEL for Linux Moblin on Atom processor.
Ensure successful execution of the project (time, quality, compliancy, efficiency)
Ensure teams (integration, offsite testing & customer support) interact flawlessly
In charge of technical discussion with INTEL & technical leadership for the team
Drive definition and approval of technical specifications, incl. change requests

=> OpenPlug telephony stack released in official Moblin 2.1 beta

Software Integration & Support Leader (2008)
Drive a Chinese manufacturer through FTA certifications and operator acceptance for Sony Ericsson’s J132 handset.
Ensure product maintenance towards certifications, acceptance and production
Ensure software integration and customer delivery to Sony Ericsson

=> J132 passed operator acceptance & shipped in 50+ countries.

SMRDN (SAGEM MOBILE R&D NINGBO) IN CHINA

Software Project Manager (2007 - 2008)
Manage mobile phone software deliveries for mid and low tier 2G products from marketing and operators requirements to variant generation.
Build a team of project leaders and train them to project leading methodology
Handle partnerships with technology suppliers (Jataayu, Infineon, Tegic)
Define strategy and development plan in accordance with the product roadmap
Put in place metrics and success criteria to monitor the projects’ quality
Ensure products pass certifications, IOT and operator conformance tests
Manage business follow-up and production schedule with account managers
=> Released 9 GSM products for Sagem Mobiles and Ningbo Bird
=> Successfully passed conformance testing with leading operators including O2, Orange, TIM, T-Mobile, Vodafone
=> Shipped millions of units over 30+ countries

Software Department Manager (2004 - 2007)
Drive the growth and manage knowledge transfer to an offshore software team organization.
Manage process definition to make the most of the partnership between both R&D centres in China and France
Attract, hire, train, mentor and retain talented engineers
In charge of software developments including specification, development and integration.
In charge of project management including validation, IOT, production tools and maintenance.
Set up and maintain partnership with platform providers (TI, Infineon, Mediatek)
=> Proven leadership, management, and coaching skills
=> Successfully managed team growth from 20 to 100+ engineers

FOR SAGEM CERGY ST CHRISTOPHE, FRANCE
Software Development team leader (2000 - 2004)

Manage a development team for SAGEM mobile phone’s User Interface layer (fixed cost contract).
In charge of software developments activities (specification & development)
Technical leadership for the team (software architecture, code review)
Reporting & primary interface with the client
=> Successfully managed team growth from 10 to 50+ engineers
=> Developed and released User Interface for 7 mobile handsets

FOR ALCATEL COLOMBES, FRANCE
Software development and integration engineer (1998-2000)
Participate in the development of the user interface for ALCATEL mobile phones and set up integration tests with the middleware layer.
=> Successful setup of integration tests environment
=> Offshore team trained on integration methods (9 months in Shanghai)

FOR SAGEM ISSY LES MOULINEAUX, FRANCE
Software developer (1997)
Development of a compression algorithm for the military cartography