Alain - Architecte APACHE

As co-founder, designed

designed the first antispam solution that guarantees that no legitimate email will be lost and filed related patents. Provided IT/Security consulting services and datacenter based application hosting. (SMTP, J2EE, Python, Java, MySQL/InnoDB, SAAS, VMware ESX, Datacenters, Postfix, Exchange)

Senior Principal Engineer / Engineering Manager

Represented Ricoh in various International Standardization Committees, such as the UPnP Steering Committee and Technical Committee, OASIS, W3C or PWG and contributed to the development of new networking and imaging technologies and standards. Co-authored several Web Services specifications.
Acted as chair of the OASIS WS-DD Technical Committee and led the standardization efforts of WS-Discovery and Device Profile for Web Services (DPWS).
Managed a team of software engineers and led various software/IT projects involving international contributors to completion. Provided hands-on contributions.

Designed technical architectures and led the development of prototypes of new technologies for integration in the company’s products. Filed multiple patents. (C, C++, Java, Web Services, HTML, XML, SOAP, UPnP, WSD, DPWS, SOA, TCP/IP, Embedded Systems, Windows, Linux, J2EE, Security, VMware)
Improved the network architecture and led the migration efforts to a more efficient and more secure linux/windows 2003 based infrastructure. (Linux, Apache, Postfix, Windows 2003, AD, Exchange 2003)

Designed the myAgora engine, a scalable forum engine based on J2EE technologies. (MVC architecture, Java, Servlets, JSP, Tomcat, HTML, JDBC, MySQL, XML)

Senior Internet Software Engineer

As Technical Lead and Architect, designed and led the development of the first Internet Video Sharing service, which resulted in allowing users to share video over the internet from their Digital Video Recorder (DVR). (J2EE, Java Servlets, JSP, Tomcat, Apache, Linux, Oracle, C++, XML, Emweb, VxWorks, Embedded Systems, UPnP, Set Top Box)
Designed the architecture and developed a large web project, myReplayTV, which for the first time, allowed users to control an electronic appliance remotely from the internet. (This service let users control their DVR and schedule recordings, directly from the web) Filed several patents. (Multitier Architecture, Java, Tomcat, Oracle, Linux, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, EJB, C++, HTML, XML)

Developed a complex web User Interface, for one of the products of the company, mixing web technologies with a C++ based embedded multi-nodes architecture. Improved user control of the product and overall efficiency. (Java, C++, HTML, DHTML, CGI, XML)

Designed and developed the first scalable web portal specialized in helping french engineers and developers to solve programming issues, as FranceDev founder, architect and webmaster. (Articles, courses, news, files, discussion forums, mailing list…) (HTML, Java, Servlets, IIS 4, SQL Server 7, Asp, TCP/IP, CVS)

Internet Software Engineer

Enhanced the company intranet, and the bug tracking system. (HTML, DHTML, javascript and C)

Internet Software Engineer

Conducted several projects for various customers: developed dynamic web sites, designed databases…
(HTML, ASP, IIS, Java, databases)

CGE (Vivendi), France - Designed the Intranet of the HR department (architecture, HTML, Asp, CGI, TCP/IP)
Argia, France - Maintained the company’s web, mail and ftp server and developed web pages. (HTML, C)
Apim Informatique, France - Developed a “Video for Windows” driver for a video acquisition board. (C)

Wrote and optimized subroutines, dealing with graphics and 3D effects. (80x86 assembly language, C)