Background

I am a diplomed engineer in information technology, specialized in configuration and change management. My profession is System Specialist III and Configuration Manager.

My occupation until now was to support developers with methods and tools during the development process, mainly in the fields of version control, release management, requirement management, change management and document management.

I have a very good knowledge of system management for client/server architectures, networking, and UNIX/Windows administration.

Curriculum Vitae

Timeline

1978-1982 Ecole primaire, 2108 Couvet
1982-1987 Ecole secondaire, 2502 Biel/Bienne
1987-1991 Ecole supérieure de commerce, 2000 Neuchâtel
1991-1994 Faculté de droit et sciences économiques, Uni-Neuchâtel
1994-1995 Praktikumsjahr bei Tela AG, 4710 Balsthal
1995-1998 Ingenieurschule HTL, 4702 Oensingen
1999-2004 Rentenanstalt/Swiss Life, Zürich
- Systemspezialist III
- Software Configuration & Change Manager
2004-2005 Job seeking and various freelance activities (Web-Editing, PC Support)
2005-2005 Innopark, Winterthur, short-term contract Rework of Content Management System
2005-2007

ETH Zürich, Departement “Informationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik”
IT System-Specialist/Software Engineering  Head IT-Support

2007-2009 CREDIT SUISSE, Zürich
System Architect & Engineer III, AVP

Languages

mother tongue french
fluent in English, German and Italian
some Spanish

Professional Experience

01.07.2007-today CREDIT SUISSE, Zürich, IT Private Banking

Teamlead “Operational & Tool Support” (1.11.2007-31.12.2008) Setup and management of the “Service Center Process Management” with 15 collaborators Helpdesk for CMMI Processes and Development Tools Service and Incident Management

1st, 2nd and 3rd Level Support for Configuration Management (ClearCase) Contribution to the development of the CM process Trainer for CM and ClearCase

01.07.2005-31.06.2007 ETH Zürich, D-ITET

Head IT-Support (1.1.2006-31.5.2006) Coordination with customers and first level support Support organization and dispatching

Support employee Software management and deployment (Windows) Windows security management System engineering UNIX (Linux, Solaris) Management of Version Control Systems (subversion, cvs)

01.03.2005-31.06.2005 Innopark, Winterthur

Rework of Content Management System

01.02.1999-31.10.2003 Rentenanstalt/Swiss Life, Zürich

System Specialist Unix/Windows NT
System administration of the technical infrastructure used by development projects

Development support
Product management and administration of various development tools
(ClearCase, Kintana, LiveLink, SNiFF+, Purify, etc.)

Head of the „Competence-Center Software Configuration Management“
Setup and operation of this service center
End-user support, training, concepts, operation and management of the tools
Consulting in the projects for the definition and implementation of the development process

System Specialist Unix/Windows NT
System administration of the technical infrastructure used by development projects

Fullfilled Trainings

CMMI Process Integrated
New Manager Program
 
Kommunikationstraining
Gruppendynamik
Selbst- und Zeitmanagement
Mut zum Dialog und zur Konfliktbewältigung
Development Center
 
ClearCase Basics & Metadaten
ClearCase & Multisite Administration
ClearCase UCM für Admin, Entwickler und Projektmanager
ClearCase Multisite Administration
TSAP (Technical Support Authorization Program)
ClearQuest Administration
 
HP-UX Systemmanagement I, II & III
 
Der Rational Unified Process (RUP) in der Praxis
Technology Chain Automation mit KINTANA
Vom Use Case zum Test Case
 
SNiFF+ Basic, Advanced und Customizing Training
Test-Tools: WinRunner (Basic & Advanced)
Crystal Reports Auswertungen & Aufbaukurs
Microsoft Project 2000/98
 

Skills

Technical Skills

Solution Delivery Processes (CMMI)
Support and collaboration for the rollout of Maturity Level 2 and 3, especially in Configuration Management


Development Tools, Support and Maintenance
ClearCase, Subversion, RequisitePro, ClearQuest, Quality Center, Rational Software Modeler


Service and Help Desk Management according to ITIL with ticketing system (Remedy), support for processes


Clearcase
3500 users, 5 servers, NT and UNIX clients
3rd level support, training, user manuals, how-to's, Intranet knowledge base
   php, apache, phpbb, html, dhtml, process
Administration, Contingency Planing, Upgrades, Updates
   ms systems management server, windows scripting host, perl, mailing
Unattended installation, configuration and availability checks
   perl/perltk, cgi, windows nt registry, clearcase, shell scripting, apache
Consulting for automatic build process
   ant, make, shared views, release prozess, change management, reporting
Installation and management of ClearCase Multisite
   tcp/ip, firewalls, multisite, networking
Management and planing of the infrastructure
   samba, nfs, diskaccess, exceed, netapp filer, san, unix servers, backup


LiveLink
Administration NT Server/Oracle/MS Information Server
HTML-Customization, Intranet/Firewall Konfiguration
Projekte/Benutzer/Berechtigungen
Upgrade, Administration, Plug-Ins, Oracle


KINTANA
Custom Reporting with Crystal Reports
Scheduling of the reporting with Perl/Visual asic/Crystal API
development of a standard Problem & Change Workflow
Automation of the full deployments of a big application on UNIX/Oracle/Windows Terminal Server
Installation, Upgrade, DB maintenance, user support


Programming languages
perl, c, c++, java, eiffel, visual basic, unix tools (awk, sed, etc.)

Operating systems
HP-UX, SUN-Solaris, Linux, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP
HP Open View
Networking
Very good knowledge of all network components, protocols and applications
Other tools
JBuilder, Autoplan, SNiFF, Eclipse, Photoshop, Enterprise Administrator, MS Visual Studio, Adobe Acrobat, LaTeX, MS Office, Exchange Server

Expertise

Governance/Standards for software development:
Change Management, Release Management, Configuration Management
Automation of the problem and change management process (KINTANA Create and Deliver)
Rational Unified Process
Knowledge and Document Management
Project management
Team management
Formation of an apprentice

Other things

Internet training for the people at school time
development of Internet sites for some firms and administrations
Set up and maintenance of the IT infrastructure in the school of engineering during school time
President of the "Billard Club Biel" 1986-1998
Sergeant in the Swiss Army, Head of material stock