Romain E.

UK Business Manager & Product Manager

* Managing Director of Proges Ltd.
* Board Member and Strategy Advisor to CEO of Proges-Plus.
* Responsible for UK business growth: Sales, Customer Relationship Management, and Marketing.
* Design & development of 'artIFActs', an innovative CRM software solution for Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) in the UK Market (Client-Server 2 tier vertical application including XML data exchange with online service providers, reporting on products, commissions and clients portfolio with Crystal Report; MySQL as back-end).
* Implementation of 'Synoptic' Enterprise Resource Planning solution (ERP/CRM) in 2 SMEs.
* Development of an Internet solution for a major European Clothing Company, Okaidi, allowing contractors in Asia to prepare orders and remotely enter information (bill of material, packing list) in a central database located in the French headquarters (PHP front-end with MySQL database, dynamic PDF generation and synchronization of an Oracle database).

Sector: Software publishers

Product Manager / Software Engineer

* Board Member and Strategy Advisor to CEO.
* Development of a complete new software product line 'ThermoTrack':
Temperature tracking solution on PC, Mobile PDAs (PalmOS and PocketPC) and Internet Platforms (Web-based PHP/MySQL). Definition of marketing strategy, product pricing and scoping, in relation with Sales Manager. Pre-Sales support and RFQ answers.
* Development of 'Synoptic Mobile Edition': Mobile CRM software with embedded database and synchronization with central database via Internet remote access (Java Swing GUI with PointBase database on SymbianOS platform).
* Development of 'Plug-it', data acquisition and time tracking system, consisting of iButton tags and smart controllers TINIs (Java-based real-time OS embedded programming with strong resource limitations).
* Software architecture consultancy on n-tier developments for 'Synoptic' ERP implementations (including Virtual Private Network design and setup, as well as intranet solutions based on Sun Cobalt Qube).

Sector: Software publishers

Smart Cards Production Manager

* Direct supervision of 15 employees and 3 technicians in a Visa/Mastercard certified plant. Operational budget: $1,400,000.
* Installation and start-up of new mobile phone GSM card and banking cards production and personalization line ($500,000), including card software programming and testing.
* 'Oracle Manufacturing' ERP software implementation in production area.

Sector: Electronics and microelectronics

Smart Cards Process Engineer

* Responsible on US side for Smart Card technology transfer from France (new equipment installation, facilities layout, operators and technicians training, production line start-up and qualification). Project budget: $ 1,000,000.
* ISO 9002 certification team member, in charge of 'control of inspection, measuring and test equipment'.

Sector: Electronics and microelectronics

Process Engineer

Process Engineer in PSG (Packing Syndets Group) in London West Thurrock Plant.
Responsible for reliability improvements of the Palettizing Unit.

Sector: Chemical industries