Nicolas Pastorelly
Senior project Manager, Software architect
Senior project Manager, mentor and technical leader for software IT applications development
Assisted developers in defining and implementing software research & development projects involving international industrial partners and the University of Nice. Prospected for clients and defined partnership contracts. Encouraged open communication and idea exchange between team members. Technically guided team members for various prototypes development (mobile Internet, home automation, RFID applications etc. using mainly .net/J2EE technologies). Communicated architecture decisions to team members (students) and project sponsors (firms). Ensured implementation of software vision through regular review and coaching.
Teacher
Developed and lectured several courses and trainings for different schools: University of Nice (DESS degree), CERAM Management school (Master degree), University of southern Europe of Monaco (MBA), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM). Courses taught are : Microsoft .NET technology, C#, application servers (.net vs. J2EE), XML, design patterns, Mobile internet (WAP, client device programming), Internet and security, Lotus Notes. Assisted students with programming problems
2000 - 2005Senior project Manager for IT projects involving international firms and students of the university of Nice (Coached 3 project managers).
• Prospected for clients & defined contracts.
• Managed students for the creation of various IT applications and home automation services as project manager and technical leader, mentored team members for software architecture and software programming. Developed project plans and coordinated communication between clients and developers.
• Took part to software development tasks for the projects mentioned below.
• Presented projects and talked in various events : 3GSM World Congress, net@home, Imagina, Data base forum & ETSI events, Microsoft accademic days ...
• Was consultant on an IPV6 European project (NGN eurolabs with Inno, NEC etc.) and a project for l’Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie (conducted a white paper about home technologies and a specification document for a residential gateway platform).
Sample projects and clients : Mobile phone enabled proof of concept RFID applications for SFR, Nokia ; Home automation services system for Microsoft, France Télécom, GDF,CSTB, IBM, ConvergeX, Coronis ; WEB metering portal for la Compagnie Générale des Eaux ; Wastes transportation tracking application (rfid based) for la Compagnie Générale des Eaux ; Home health monitoring system for Coronis, TAM-télésanté ; Schools groupware tool for Microsoft ; Wireless Travel services demonstrated at the GSM congress in Cannes for Amadeus, Oracle, Intel ; UMTS services platform for Cegetel, Siemens; Wireless Finance Portal for Mysis, Microsoft ; …(non exhaustive)
Some of the technologies used : Microsoft .net since the first beta framework was released, Pocket PC (EVB,EVC, .net CF) ; J2EE compliant application servers, OSGI gateways, MIDP ; Java, C#, C, C++, Flash MX ; XML, Webservices, WAP, UPnP protocols and standards ; RFID/NFC technologies; Oracle technologies, SQL server ; Microsoft sharepoint …
1998 - 2000Project Manager: mentored students in data mining, IT, Lotus Notes/Groupware & WAP technology applications development.
Technical team leader for several internet groupware applications with connexion to mobile cellular phones for the French telecommunication operator Cegetel.
Some of the technologies used : Lotus Domino 4.6/5 ; XML, HDML, WAP ; Java, Cocoon, C,C++ , visual basic; J2EE compliant application servers, Microsoft .net…
1997 - 1997IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California
Worked on the DB2 Starburst optimiser. The topic was query optimisation on partitioned tables.
The goal was to improve query processing on large historical tables for Data warehouse applications.
Tools used : C++, DB2 UDB.