Benoit Hediard

Current

• CTO and owner at Affinitiz

Past

• IT Manager at Pixelpark
• Sales and Support Engineer at Matra Datavision

Education

• Ecole nationale d'Ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne

Recommended

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Connections

89 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Twitter

Benoit Hediard’s Summary

Entrepreneur, Information Architect and IT consultant
Founder, conceptor and developer of affinitiz.com, a social media/networking platform.

Various experiences in the IT industry, especially in the field of portals and social platforms (B2C and B2B).

Strong functional expertise in :
- Experience Design : design of user experience through usability, graphic design and information architecture,
- Social Web : emerging behaviours in online social interactions, from personal publishing tools (Blogs, Wiki...) to social networking app (LinkedIn, Facebook...),
- Rich Internet Applications : next generation Internet technologies to build the X-Internet (eXecutable and eXtended Internet).

Strong technical expertise in Adobe Technology Platform (Flex/Flash, Flash Media Server, ColdFusion) and Amazon Cloud Computing Platform (EC2, S3).

Benoit Hediard’s Specialties:

blogs, communities, social web, social media, social networking, experience design, information architecture, rich internet applications, content management, knowledge management, cloud computing

Benoit Hediard’s Experience

• CTO and owner

  Affinitiz

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2000 — Present (9 years)

  Internet start-up providing a social platform (social media sharing and social networking).

• IT Manager

  Pixelpark

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  June 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 2 months)

  Web agency.

• Sales and Support Engineer

  Matra Datavision

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 1997 — June 1999 (1 year 10 months)

  CAD/CAM industry.

Benoit Hediard’s Education

• Ecole nationale d'Ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne

  Engineer , Mecanical Engineering , 1992 — 1997

Additional Information

Benoit Hediard’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Twitter

Benoit Hediard’s Groups:

•    FrenchWeb.org - le groupe des professionnels du net francophone
•    Adobe Gurus
•    Adobe Industry Leaders & Innovators
•    Innovate!Europe

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