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Personal Details
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Date of Birth |
25 September 1962 in Berchem |
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Nationality |
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Marital status |
Legally cohabiting |
Education
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1976-1980 |
Stedelijk Instituut voor Secundair Onderwijs te Antwerpen Industrial Sciences |
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1980 - 1984 |
Hogeschool Antwerpen (IHAM) Master degree In Electronics (option Telecommunication), - Dissertation on Computer Aided Printed Circuit Design |
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1994 - 1996 |
Postgraduate in Information Technology |
Work Experience
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2009 - Present |
Thales Alenia Space Project Manager / Quality Assurance & Product Assurance Manager - QA responsible within the company to obtain CMMi level 3 - Responsible as sub-contract manager for the production of 69 racks for the ground infrastructure of the Galileo MDDN network. - Responsible as sub-contract manager for the production of 6 racks for the ground infrastructure of the Galileo SDDN network. - PA responsible for MDDN and SDDN hardware. |
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2005-2009 |
Thales Alenia Space Project Manager / Department Manager HW Development - Responsible for a Group of 16 engineers as department manager which form the “Hardware development group” inside the company. - Responsible for the convergence between the hardware development group in Thales Alenia Space - ETCA en Thales Alenia Space – - Responsible training and coaching of Junior Project Managers inside the company. - Responsible for the reporting towards the company management (towards ETCA and France) as Department Manager as well as Project Manager. - Responsible as Project Manager for the realization of an on-board S-band transmitter for an UAV as well as for the demodulator in the ground-segment within the Medusa project for VITO. - Responsible as Project Manager for the realization of the Up/Down converters and the High Power Amplifiers for de Galileo ULS infrastructure. - Responsible as Project Manager for the realization and rack-integration of TM/TC modems for the Globalstar infrastructure. - Responsible as Project Manager for the UL certification of the Globalstar TCU infrastructure. |
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2002-2005 |
Alcatel Project Manager / Teamleader / Systems Engineer - Responsible as teamleader for the “Communications equipment” group in the “Technology and development department” within the company. - Responsible as Project Manager for the design, development and test of a new generation DVB‑RCS compatible “Burst Mode Demodulator” (BMD-V2). - Was involved as systems engineer in the system study and definition of a complete DVB-RCS system (ADAM: ABSp DVB-RCS Access network for Multimedia). |
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2000-2002 |
Alcatel Systems Engineer / Project Manager - Responsible as systems engineer as well as Project Manager for the design, development and test of a DVB‑RCS compatible “Burst Mode Demodulator” (BMD). |
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1998-2000 |
Alcatel Telecom - Mobile Communications Division Competence Manager / Project Manager - Responsible as competence manager for a group of 35 software developers (telecom group for GSM Base Station Controller software development). - Responsible as Project Manager for the realisation of the “ANSI Base Station Controller” project intended for the - Responsible as Project Manager for the “G2 hardware evolution” project to replace “out phasing” components in the existing Base Station Controller. - Responsible as Project Manager for the resolution of problems during production and the coordination between different manufacturing plants ( - Responsible as Project Manager for the integration and test of assembler software modules to process CCS7 signalling in the Base Station Controller (BSC) Build System project. |
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1988-1998 |
Alcatel Systems Engineer / Development Engineer - Responsible as systems engineer for the systems design and the realisation of a TDMA transceiver intended for the communication between astronauts for the “Manned Space Technology Programme (MSTP)”. - Responsible as Development Engineer for the design, development and test of a multi-mission demodulator and test modulator for earth observation applications. - Responsible as Development Engineer for the realisation of a RS‑422/TAXI interface board as part of a front-end equipment for the “Columbus Orbital Facility (COF) “EGSE (Electrical Ground Support Equipment). - Responsible for the technical follow-up of subcontractor(s) which developed software for this front-end equipment. |
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1988-1993 |
Alcatel Development Engineer - Responsible as Development Engineer for the design, development and test of an “Alarm and Safing Unit” for the Columbus Space Station. - Responsible as Development Engineer for the realisation of a 2.4µm mixed analogue/digital CMOS VLSI chip for a “Safing and Arming unit” of a missile. - Was involved in the proposal phase and the system design of a “Ka-Band Antenna Pointing Controller” for the “Polar Platform (PPF)” and the “Resource Module” (RM) for the European Columbus project. - Responsible as Development Engineer for the design and development of Real-Time software of a software controlled remanent carrier demodulator for ESA. |
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1985-1988 |
Wetenschappelijk en Technisch Onderzoekscentrum voor de Diamantnijverheid (WTOCD) Development Engineer - Responsible as Development Engineer for the design, development and test of software controlled production units to cut and polish diamonds. |
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1984-1985 |
Belgian Army - Completion of Army Service within the “lichte vliegwezen” division in Brasschaat. |
Languages
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Dutch |
Mother tongue |
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French |
Good |
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English |
Fluent |
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German |
Basic |
informatica Knowledge
Programming languages: C, Pascal, Chill, Basic,
CAD en simulationtools: Viewlogic schematic entry, digital simulation,
Xilinx Alliance Place & Route tools.
Office applications: MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio,…
Projectcontrol: MS-Project.
Basic knowledge on configuration of PC and networks
Other skills and hobby’s
- Extensive knowledge on the “Product Life Cycle” together with the methodologies concerning Project Management en Design Engineering.(QMS, RUP)
- Driving licence B
- HAM amateur
- Strong interest in hardware and software
- Facility Managent of appartement building as syndic
- Sports: ski, tennis, squash, cycling, hiking
Refrences
ESA (ESTEC – ESOC), VITO, ALCATEL, THALES ALENIA SPACE
| 1 month - Discovery | 400 euros | convert |
| 3 months - Bronze | 1050 euros | convert |
| 6 months - Silver | 1800 euros | convert |
| 12 months - Gold | 2950 euros | convert |