BOISBOUVIER Nicolas

Wireless product developments Project Leader Ph.D.

French nationality, 36-year-old , married Valid G work permit,

Ingenious Project Leader with technical field of expertise related to wireless technologies and with a solid experience of program management, external key partners subcontracting and business processes within world-class class companies and start start-up.

46 Bis route de l’X 74500 Evian Les Bains FRANCE Tel : +33 (0)4 50 04 88 47 Mob : +41 (0)79 339 15 11

Seeks career opportunity to contribute to top-talent, top lent, multidisciplinary Marketing Marketing/Engineering team and deliver,, with within a team, breakthrough achievements.

[email protected] http://nicolas.boisbouvier.free.fr

Work Experience January 2008 to September2012

LOGITECH - World orld leader in peripherals, driving innovation in wireless devices. (2008/10) 10) Advanced Technology Unit (PC-BU) - Lausanne (2010/12) 12) CTO (IP & Standards Cross-BU group) - Lausanne 

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July 2005 to November 2007

Role: Project leader - Responsible for CSP CS project achievements (Cost, Schedule, Performance), - Driving project convergence process between Marketing and engineering inputs, - Key partners management (from contracts negotiation to developments follow ups) - Team leader (senior ( EE / ME / SW / FW engineers assigned to projects projects) - Coordination with multi-site multi & multi-disciplinary teams Major achievements - Wireless platform developments - (2008/09) “Unifying” & “Unifying ready” mice & keyboard eyboard 2.4GHz wireless platform - 2.4GHz nano USB dongle development (with Nordic Semiconductor) - Mouse and keyboard reference design development - Today, 60+ product instantiations are based on this platform - (2010/11) Second source interoperable 2.4GHz nano USB dongle development - based on a Fully-new chipset development (cc254x cc254x family with TI) - based on existing chipset (ATMEGA family with Atmel) - Significant cost reduction achieved - Business secured. - (2011) Smart Bluetooth (BLE) reference designs - Power consumptions benchmark (CSR / Broadcom / TI / Nordic Nordic. Solutions) - (2012) NFC (Near Field Communication) feasibility study - Proof of concept: Bluetooth simple pairing with passive/active NFC tags - Technology echnology review organizer - (2009/10) leading on a quaterly basis the Technology project reviews for PC-BU. (optical, FW, RF, EE, Mechanical, MaterialSurfaceDecoration & SW groups) - (2011 2011) Cross-BU project: Commodity rationalization - Commodity representing yearly 6M units / 12M $ + compliance fees - Creation of a library of preferred parts (from 420 to 1000 Part Numbers) - (2012 2012) Cross-BU project: IP in China strategy refunding - including Chinese competitor itor Utility Model invalidation - (2012 2012) Product development - Keyboard for Windows8: from ID/features maturation to Mass Production launch

PIXARTIS SA, PSE (Parc Scientifique de l’EPFL) - Lausanne Spin-off off from the EPFL Signal Processing Laboratory 

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Role: System architect / Project leader - Responsible for wireless developments of a microwave Radiometer Radiometer, - In charge of Subcontractors deliverables - Team leader (1 R&D Engineer). Major achievements achievement - Delivering 2 evolutions of a medical device (microwave radiometer) - Conducting simulations and performances optimizations of the device

Work Experience (cont’d) October 2001 to January 2005

TECHNICOLOR (formerly named THOMSON) - Rennes (France) World leader in digital video technologies 

Role: Electrical Engineer - Development antenna concepts presenting diversity schemes, - Implementation on a 802.11b the product project “Thomson Video Sender VS 990”, - Investigations on the potential Electromagnetic Band-Gap structures for industrial applications (Ph.D. topic).

Education 2001 - 2004

Ph. D. in Signal Processing and Telecommunication Engineering - THOMSON, Network Laboratory (Rennes- France) - IETR, Institut d’Electronique et de Télécommunication de Rennes (Rennes - France)

2000 - 2001

M. Sc. Microwave Engineering (DEA STIR Signal Telecom Image Radar) Specialization : Microwave systems and radio engineering Université de Rennes1 (Rennes - France)

1998 - 2000

B. Sc. in Physics (Maîtrise & Licence de Physique) Université du Maine (Le Mans - France)

Language skills French : native language English : fluent (oral & written)

Competencies 

Technical expertise  Short-range wireless technologies (includ. 2.4GHz proprietary protocol & open standards)  Low consumption wireless strategies  Radio Frequencies simulation & measurements

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Project management skills:  Project initiation: Objectives & scope, schedule and budgeting…  Project business evaluation: Risk assessment, profitability analysis…  Project tracking: Progress and change control, issues and delay management…  Project closure: Final product evaluation, process improvement,

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Soft skills  Leadership - proven ability to lead and maintain cohesive team,  Oral/Written communication - sharing information clearly and at the right moment,  Conflict resolution - Being considerate but being firm when necessary  Flexible - adapt easily to changes,  Innovative - always keep in mind potential ways to break conventions,  Efficient - professional achievements as an illustration  Persuasive - influence team to smooth change acceptance

Publications & Patents … as first author (available from http://nicolas.boisbouvier.free.fr)  

6 international publications including IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposiums 10 patents filled (9, Thomson as applicant ; 1, Pixartis SA as applicant)

Personal interests Traveling, skiing, mountain hiking, badminton Oenology