Balmelli Laurent

Current

• Manager in Strategy, Solution Development and Execution for IT Systems for the Industrial Sector at IBM Software Group
• Visiting Professor at Keio University (Tokyo), Graduate School in Systems Design and Management

Past

• Project Manager, R&D, Subject Matter Expert at IBM Research Division
• Research Staff Member at IBM Research Division (US)
• Intern at Bell Labs, Mathematical Science Center

Education

• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
• Gymnase Numa-Droz

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Balmelli Laurent’s Summary

CURRENT ROLE (MANAGER AT IBM SOFTWARE GROUP)
- In charge of the definition and execution of IBM Rational Growth Strategy for IT Systems supporting Product Development and Lifecycle Management
- Increase IBM tools license revenue and growth in the industrial sector (Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Electronics, Chemical and Petroleum, Heavy Industry)

AWARDS
- 2004 Robert Fulton ASME Best Technical Paper Award for the paper “Requirements modeling for system engineering using SysML, the Systems Modeling Language”, ASME DETC Conference, Salt Lake City – nomination.
- 2002 Best Technical Paper Award for the paper “Space-Optimized Texture Maps”, Eurographics, Saarbruecken, Germany.

- Lead author of The Systems Modeling Language (SysML) – Object Management Group, standard adopted in June 2006.

LANGUAGES
- French, Italian (native languages), English (fluent), able to conduct business in Japanese and Spanish.
- Teaching a graduate class on Engineering Management at Keio University in Japanese.
- Japanese Standard Proficiency Test Level 2 (日本語能力試験2級),

PATENTS
Hold a portofolio of more than 20 patents and professional publications.

Balmelli Laurent’s Specialties:

Business Development Strategy; Sales; Technical Leadership; People Management; Subject Matter Expert for Model-Driven Development/Engineering, Product Lifecycle Management, IT Infrastructure/Systems Solutions for Product Development, Systems Engineering and Requirements Managements.

Balmelli Laurent’s Experience

• Manager in Strategy, Solution Development and Execution for IT Systems for the Industrial Sector

  IBM Software Group

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2006 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  - In charge of the definition and execution of IBM Rational strategy for IT systems supporting requirement engineering, product development and lifecycle management applied to Industrial Sector
  - Increase IBM tools sales license revenue and growth in the industrial sector (Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Electronics, Chemical and Petroleum, Heavy Industry)

• Visiting Professor

  Keio University (Tokyo), Graduate School in Systems Design and Management

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  July 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Guest professor for a 13-class course during the fall semester to professionals and graduate students in the domain of engineering management, model-driven systems engineering, novel techniques for project traceability (artifacts, resources, etc). Lecture taught in Japanese.

Additional Information

Balmelli Laurent’s Honors:

2004 Robert Fulton ASME Best Technical Paper Award for the paper “Requirements modeling for system engineering using SysML, the Systems Modeling Language”, ASME DETC Conference, Salt Lake City – nomination.

2002 Best Technical Paper Award for the paper “Space-Optimized Texture Maps”, Eurographics, Saarbruecken, Germany.

Lead author of The Systems Modeling Language (SysML) – Object Management Group, standard adopted in June 2006.