Frédéric Lejal

Ariacom is a joint venture bringing together IT consultants and software architects with proven experience in software engineering, created in 1997.

I offer my services as project manager, business analyst, software development organization and business intelligence, especially applied to project tracking.

I am also involved in the business development of the company, especially around Ariacom's product, Business Reports®, a powerful reporting and data extraction tool.

Ariacom Business Reports® provides an integrated query engine, analysis tool, reporting and publishing function for all business enterprise data. It improves company productivity by providing the end user with powerful and flexible reporting, with limited IT involvement.

Ariacom Business Reports® is able to meet a whole range of company requirements, from publishing a directory over the intranet to multi-dimensional analysis on a data-warehouse.

Sector: IT - Telecommunications

I use my project management and quality assurance skills in Content Management and Identity Management projects for our clients, such as Nestlé, Novartis, WIPO, Serono, the Geneva State, Geneva University, etc.
For SmartWave, I defined and applied the development process and the quality assurance rules, based on a mix between UML, RUP and eXtreme Programming. I also defined the activity tracking and the project management methods, including the project manager dashboard.
I also bring my technical and negotiations skills in pre-sales actions to help with the business development.

Sector: Computer services

Starting as a software developer, the company grew rapidly and I was promoted to project manager position. I handled projects from 75 kCHF to 600 kCHF, with teams from 3 to 6 people, sometimes with sub-contractors . The clients were the Bank of New-York, the UBP, Serono, Fotolabo, the Geneva State, TPG, Alptis, etc.
In June 2000, the French company ESR acquired InfoDesign. The management promoted me to the position of Geneva Solution Center Manager to manage a team of twenty people. I undertook pre-sales, projects direction, team organization, recruitment, resources and budget management, etc

Sector: Computer services

After requirements capture, I designed and implemented a data acquisition platform for the quality control of muon chambers in the Atlas experiment (near to come LHC particles accelerator). I discovered the Web, and implemented an archiving system providing an online access to acquired data.
Software was written using C under OS9, LabView under Windows, and Perl Object.
I was also an official guide for CERN’s public visitors. This position includes presentations in auditoriums for an international audience, up to 200 people.

Sector: Research and development