Philippe CATIRANE

Experience

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  Matra Nortel Communications

  Jul 2000 - Apr 2002

  Field Engineer

  • Design specification intended for technical fitters and commissioners for the industrial launch of equipment.• Engineering reference files validation to optimize realization and aid understanding.• Quality audits to define the compliance of the site, installation of equipment and finally that provided documents were relevant.• Development in PHP of a website (Eurocatalog) managing spare parts for the SDH equipment but also set up and maintenance of the UNIX server hosting it (Apache, PHP and an Oracle client).++ International context: Numerous contacts with England.++ Gained advanced skills in SDH technology. Show less

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  PSA Peugeot Citroën Research Center (Consultancy)

  May 2002 - Nov 2004

  Mission Manager & CAGD Support Engineer

  • Consulting team management (9 people).• Interface between PSA and my consulting company.• Participation at interviews.• Coverage of several « business critical » projects.• Implementation of CAGD architectures (UNIX servers and workstations, PC NT CAGD, printers and tracers).++ Management of a 9 person team (training, evaluation, leave and overtime management, interviews, Customer/Consulting company interface) distributed on the whole France.++ Piloting of major plans (upgrade of the operating system on the 760 researcher's machines, NIS server renewal). Show less

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  SFR (Consultancy)

  Dec 2004 - Oct 2006

  DBA

  • Operation of SFR packaging and production databases (800 instances).• Optimization and performance (tuning with statpack).• Development of a monitoring tool for RAC and RAC Guard databases in PHP.++ ORACLE in production (Databases with high volume and high availability).++ Capability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks.

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  Areva

  Nov 2006 - Jul 2009

  DBA & Technical Project Manager

  • Assignment of data sources rollout projects used during the Olkiluoto (Finlande) and Taishan (China) EPR build-up (Third generation nuclear reactor).• Design and implementation of architectures and tools intended for use with databases and reducing by 25% the time required for their administration.• Integral development of a CMDB intended for IT operational team of Areva NC & NP entities.• Provide Level 2 & 3 support for Oracle & MSSQL databases.++ Coverage of highly critical projects (rollout of data sources used by Olkiluoto and Taishan EPR build-up projects).++ Improvement of the DBA team processes (standardisation, scripts…) recognized by an award for resourcefulness.++ Awareness of data security (confidential defense accreditation). Show less

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  ALPIQ Switzerland

  Aug 2009 - Sept 2014

  IT Architect & Technical Project Manager

  • Database strategy definition for the entire company (1, 3 and 8 years) according to the business requirements (SLA) and budget.• Participation to technology forum gathering IT & Business architects to discuss global company IT architecture.• Infrastructure projects management (Business requirement understanding, solution proposal, conception of high & low level design, establishment of planning and team coordination) including some strategic projects for the company such as SAN infrastructure replacement.• Application Responsible (license purchase and renewal, assess the number of users, updates..) of several business application.• Documentation and know-how conservation within company. ++ Database architecture definition for the Alpiq group.++ Complete project management from architecture to team coordination during the rollout of retained solutions.++ Cost optimisation according to the established budget for a project and close collaboration with Procurement.++ Experience due to the merger of 2 companies (Energie Ouest Suisse & Aare-Tessin Ltd. for Electricity) with very different methods and culture.++ Work within a plurilinguistic team (Lausanne, Olten) subject to strong “political” constraints. Show less

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  SICPA

  Oct 2014 - Apr 2016

  IT Architect & Technical Project Manager

  • Privileged interface between IT infrastructure teams and software engineering teams (definition of the technical solutions, development of data management plan,...).• Database strategy definition ensuring SLA compliance at the lowest price.• Initiator and project leader of an internal study leading to a partnership for the full stack of our solution and permitting important savings (>400K CHF/5 years).• Implementation of a DBaaS Private Cloud solution (plugged to an OpenShift PaaS via the REST API) to enhance developer efficiency.++ Analyze then optimization of a part of the supply chain ending with major savings (standardization, partnership).++ Gained advanced skills in cloud solutions (private, hybrid and public). Show less

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  Etat de Vaud

  May 2016 - Aug 2021

  IT Director (DGEP)

  • In charge of the ICT department for secondary school education at Etat de Vaud (involving approximately 11'000 workstations and 140 servers) with 12 employees including project managers, engineers, technical architects, desktop and backoffice technicians, as well as an assistant (management, evaluation, recruitment, ...). • Management of an annual budget (CHF 4.5 million / year) covering the IT needs of 26 schools in over 41 geographical locations. • Leader of a broad IT department reorganisation program focusing on the managerial aspects and including : - Creation of a Shared Service Center involving the recruitment of several engineers. - Development of a new service-oriented masterplan. - Information systems cartography. - Definition of target technical architectures.• Supervision of diverse projects (MS Office 365 deployment, network infrastructure upgrades, remote access, VDI, ...) that may include public bid requests.• Acted as project management officer to assure continuous improvement of processes and ressources management (human & financial).• Integration and maintenance contract negotiations with external vendors (outsourcing of a part of the activity : service definition, SLO, financial penalty, ...).• Enforcing legislation in terms of cyber security and data protection (penal code -> personnel regulations -> directives).• Acted as the IT representative and spokesperson for the department, fielding interrogations from the various political entities and cantonal authorities. Show less

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  EVAM

  Sept 2021 - now

  IT Director

  • In charge of the ICT department for EVAM (involving approximately 1200 workstations and 300 servers) with 29 employees including team leader, project managers, engineers, technicians, developers as well as a BI expert.• Management of an annual budget (CHF 4.5 million / year) covering the IT needs of 100 sites.• Leader of a program focusing on the technical infrastructure evolution and promoting the DevOps model with the following benefits : - Reducing operating costs (several hundred thousand francs saved every year). - Improving user experience. - Increasing resilience to cyber-attacks (EDR via Cybereason, Zero Trust via Pulse Secure).• Development of a new service-oriented masterplan covering 4 years.• Renegotiation of several contracts permitting important savings (about 400K CHF per year).• Supervision of various infrastructure and in-house development projects (EDM via M-Files, Office 365 consolidation, Basyl for applicants ...). Show less