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CHOPIN Jean-Michel |
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Married with 3 children (2000, 2002, 2004) |
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Date of Birth |
5. March 1960 in Rochefort (France) |
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Nationality |
Swiss National from Langnau i.E. (BE) and Künten (AG) French National |
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The company is registered as a sole proprietorship in Aargau (CH-400.1.026.910-0, VAT 264 086).
It offers a professional assistance for the realisation and for the maintenance of any kind of software application (Management Information System MIS, ERP, CRM, etc.), independently of the underlying business.
The focus is set on Uniface developments and on Quality, which always dramatically reduces the application's costs and its life expectancy (null maintenance, easy extension, error handling). Quality really generates sensible savings.
Many clients honoured the excellence of the services by continuously extending the initial contract period.
Core competences:
Expertise in all phases of the software life cycle: requirements definition, analysis, architecture, data modelling GUI definition, realization with RDBMS transaction management, installation and configuration, testing, deployment, documentation, end user support.
Ability to integrate multi-cultural/-lingual teams, strong interpersonal skills, leading and coaching skills.
Uniface, a rapid application development environment from Compuware (www.compuware.com) for building and running Client/Server applications, also through Internet. It is a kind of GUI framework, which must be extended.
Oracle (www.oracle.com), Sybase, PostgreSQL and MySQL, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, Apache projects, Eclipse, OpenGroupware, TikiWiki OfBiz/Opentaps.
Some customers and projects:
2009-2008: FedEx Corporation (www.fedex.com), U.S. courier and logistics company, in Paris (F).
Migration of the Slash application (scanning, labels, …) from Uniface V7.2.06 to Uniface V9.2.01 on Sybase. Technical corrections (code and GUI), new Client/Server
implementation.
2008-2005: FedEx Corporation (www.fedex.com), U.S. courier and logistics company, in Brussels (B).
Improvement and extension of BIS, Benelux import system (including export transactions), an application for Customs clearance in the Benelux countries, with full software life cycle. For instance, the new XML interface with the Belgian
Customs authorities was ready in time. The quality of the application could be tremendously improved, after years of complaints. Financial losses through incorrect Customs declarations could be reduced to a minimum. The Uniface development
team could be reduced to one person. With Uniface V7.2.06 (V9.2.01 in test), Merant PVCS, Oracle V8i.
2004: GFC (www.groupe-atlantic.fr). Mixing the functions of a CRM application into another one. With Uniface V7.2.04, Oracle V8.
2003: Maximo SA (www.maximo.fr), home delivery service of food products. Development of a new CRM application with sales through the phone with full software life cycle, except the requirements. With Uniface V7.2.05 (Poly Server, Application Server), Informix V7.30.
2002-1998: Rimo Bedag Gemeindeninformatik AG, software editor for public administrations.
Improvement and extension of a huge open global solution for Swiss administrations/municipalities (Larix: 2'710 components, 700 tables for population control, Finance/Debtor/Creditor bookkeeping, Tax-/Object-administration, etc.), with full
software life cycle. Coaching of external development companies. Lead of 25 developers in India for the migration from the character version on Unix to a Windows GUI version. Improvement of the code quality: the Support Team could then be
reduced from 15 to 3 persons, the Development team to one person. With Uniface V7.2.06/V5.2/V4.5, Oracle V8/V7/V6.
2000: Motor vehicles tax department of the canton Zurich (www.stva.zh.ch), for a few months. Improvement of a debtors management application. With Uniface, Oracle.
1998-1996: Finnova AG (www.finnova.ch), banking software editor, owned by a group of local Swiss banks.
Improvement of the FIS 2000 application, a global solution for banks, and development of new functionalities for reference data management, trading orders management (full software life cycle), a batch module of the central accounting (full
software life cycle), and creation of development policies. With Uniface V7/6, Oracle V7.
1996: Institute of Animal Genetics, Nutrition and Housing (www.genetics.unibe.ch), university. Support of the project leader in the development of an application for common descent control of animals, with full software life cycle. Lead of an additional developer. With Uniface V6.1 (Web), Sybase.
1995-1994: Derendinger AG (www.derendinger.ch), spare car parts retailing with garages delivery. Improvement and extension of Crescendo, a global solution for the industry (logistics). New algorithm for the distribution of parts/items within the branches in the network, main ware house management. With Uniface V5.1.f, Oracle V6.
1994: DEC, Digital Equipment Corporation AG, software editor. Improvement and extension of Tegeko, a global solution for CRM with deadline control. Development of statistical modules. With Uniface V5.2f, Oracle V6.2.
Executive Assistant, in the staff of a General Director: Business organization, accounting control and personnel management for the retail business (Western Switzerland) and for the All-Finance Division (insurance and investment). Coaching of various IT projects (LAN installations, Email).
Controlling specialist (Corporate Finance and accounting, methods and tools): project manager of an internal refinancing and investment system for transactions with interest constraints (full life cycle and with management of the development companies), developer of an accounting prototype to analyse results with inter-bank market rates, controller (investigations and reporting reports).
Uniface Consultant for BP France SA (www.bp-france.fr) in Paris/Cergy (France), with the responsibility for the development of the contract management part of the international core application, and for the definition of Standards & Methods for the project.
As employee of IC Software AG (Switzerland), IT-specialists supplier on contract basis.
For the UBS: Developments with Uniface/Sybase (bank notes management, money market/back office interface) and with Delta Cobol (interfaces between the FX accounting systems of London, New York and Zurich).
For the Bank Hofmann: Installation of the Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange, configuration of the Devon System for trading/hedging in futures and options.
For Oerlikon-Bührle AG: Development of a cost management model (Break-even).
Project manager and developer of Prospect Activities and Sales System. International Support. Sales of Delta Application Development Systems (Cobol generators) in Switzerland.
The ENSAE, French national School for Statistics and Economical Management (www.ensae.fr) is a High School and also a department of the INSEE (French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies, www.insee.fr) from the French Ministry for Economics and Treasury.
Mathematics and Statistics: analysis, optimisation, probability methods, etc.
Economics and Finance: administration, national and enterprise accounting, micro-/macro-economics, etc.
Informatics: life cycle of software development (OLTP), statistical studies (OLAP).
