Denis Arnaud

Current

Applied Research Senior Manager at Amadeus IT Group
Member at INFORMS

Past

Applied Research Senior Manager at Amadeus
Unit Manager at Amadeus
Software Engineer at Amadeus

Software Engineer at Sema Group Telecom (now AtosOrigin)
Software Engineer at Sema Group Telecom (now AtosOrigin)
Research Assistant at Purdue University
Consultant in eCommerce and Security at Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) now Packard Bell
Watch Quarter Master at Aviso Detroyat (French Navy)
Research Assistant at CERN, Geneva
Research Assistant at CERN
Method Engineer at Telemecanique (Schneider Group)
Method Engineer at Télémécanique
System Operator at Cagnes sur Mer's Local Council

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Education

Eurecom
Ecole nationale supérieure des Télécommunications
Telecom ParisTech

Ecole Polytechnique
Ecole Polytechnique
Ecole navale
Naval Academy
Ecole nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers
Higher National College of Engineering Arts (ENSAM)
Lycée des Eucalyptus

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Denis Arnaud’s Summary

Resarch Engineer, System Analyst, Application Developer and Project Manager, involved in all the phases of IT outsourcing projects, ranging from the pre-sales to the deployment, through the specification and development.

Denis Arnaud’s Specialties:

Functional Expertise in the domain of IT outsourcing for Airlines (Disruption Management, Revenue Management, Inventory Management).
Programmation languages (C/C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP)
Internet technologies (ISO layers and RFC protocols, HTML, XML)
Client/Server Architecture (Soap, Corba, RPC)
Database Use (SQL for Oracle and MySQL), Administration (Oracle) and Design (CA's Erwin, IBM's Rational Rose), Data Mining & Business Intelligence (Oracle BI, SAP/Business Objects, Pentaho).

Denis Arnaud’s Experience

Applied Research Senior Manager

Amadeus IT Group

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

In charge of the Management Science department, covering Revenue Management (theory and practice), Data Mining and Statistics, and the design, development, delivery and support of a Travel Market Simulator (ASIM: Amadeus Simulator, a.k.a. LATUS: Leisure And Travel Usage Simulator) in partnership with Dr. Peter Belobaba at MIT. The Travel Market Simulator has been integrated within the Amadeus Airline IT product portfolio, both as a product and as a basis for consultancy services.
Member

INFORMS

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )
Applied Research Senior Manager

Amadeus

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)

In charge of two departments within the new Operations Research (OR) and Innovation division: looked for (internal) customers, staffed and set-up the projects (from scratch), built
the teams and supported the development and deliveries. The Management Science department is in charge of Revenue Management (theory and practice), Data Mining and Statistics, and of the design, development, delivery and support of a Travel Market Simulator (ASIM: Amadeus Simulator, a.k.a. LATUS: Leisure And Travel Usage Simulator) in partnership with Dr. Peter Belobaba at MIT. The Optimisation department is in charge of all the Operations Research subjects in the
airline industry arena (for instance, passenger seating, re-accommodation of passengers, airline planning, dynamic scheduling, disruption management, etc.).
Unit Manager

Amadeus

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 9 months)

In charge of a new project, consisting in providing our customer airlines with a Revenue Management System (RMS) and with Business Intelligence (BI) and Decision Support System (DSS): wrote the business case, contributed to the feasibility and the functional specifications, as well as to the high-level design, set-up the development environment and framework, and implemented a few pieces of algorithm.
Software Engineer

Amadeus

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2000 — June 2005 (4 years 9 months)

Worked on the Altéa Inventory (New Generation Inventory) project: wrote the product specifications for the Inventory part, designed the architecture and implemented the corresponding algorithms, tested and tuned the delivered software, and maintained the production quality, while participating in pre-sales activities. Specifically involved in the availability calculation and revenue management parts.
Software Engineer

Sema Group Telecom (now AtosOrigin)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1998 — September 2000 (2 years 3 months)

Specified, developed and integrated electronic commerce Internet sites, using BroadVision's One-To-One platform. Also participated in pre-sales. Specified and developed the Internet.
Software Engineer

Sema Group Telecom (now AtosOrigin)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1998 — June 1998 (6 months)

Specified and developed a software suite (called "BOSS": Back-Office System Support) to facilitate back-office system integration.; Wrote a white paper on « Java, Corba and transactions », involving the use of Java, Corba, Tuxedo, Oracle database, and the beta test of Inprise's VisiBroker ITS, on Solaris and Windows NT.
Research Assistant

Purdue University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

April 1996 — July 1996 (4 months)

Developed data compression algorithms. Wrote a paper accepted by IEEE.
Consultant in eCommerce and Security

Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) now Packard Bell

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1995 — September 1995 (4 months)

Wrote a white paper on «Security Issues and Status & Electronic Commerce on the Internet».
Watch Quarter Master

Aviso Detroyat (French Navy)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1994 — September 1994 (9 months)

Military service as watch-master on board an « aviso » (100 people): when on watch, for the war ship security, navigation and manoeuvring. Five-month mission in Persian Gulf and Red Sea. NATO operations.
Research Assistant

CERN, Geneva

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1993 — September 1993 (4 months)

Studied and analysed several devices to prepare their use in a new
experiment. Wrote and published results reports in English. Worked with a Russian research group from Moscow State University (MSU).
Research Assistant

CERN

(Partnership; Research industry)

June 1992 — September 1992 (4 months)

Helped design software infrastructure of a the (new) NOMAD (Neutrino Oscillation and Mass Detection) experiment.
Method Engineer

Telemecanique (Schneider Group)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1991 — September 1991 (4 months)

Planning and Production Department: Drafted final control directives to be used by workers. Improved a production flux (time studies, relationship with workers, ...). Organized the mounting of a safety system.
Method Engineer

Télémécanique

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1990 — September 1990 (4 months)

Planning and Production Department: Drafted final control directives to be used by workers. Improved a production flux (time studies, relationship with workers, ...). Organized the mounting of a safety system.
System Operator

Cagnes sur Mer's Local Council

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1989 — September 1989 (4 months)

Maintained functioning of operating systems (GAP II on IBM 36 and AS/400). Assisted workers in maintaining an efficient computer system environment.

Denis Arnaud’s Education

Eurecom

Corporate Communications, Mobile Communications, Multimedia 1997 — 1998
Ecole nationale supérieure des Télécommunications

Telecoms, Computer Sciences 1996 — 1998
Telecom ParisTech

M.Sc. , Computer Sciences, Corporate Communications, Mobile Communications , 1996 — 1998
Ecole Polytechnique

Mathematics, Physics, Economy, Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry, Languages 1993 — 1996

Activities and Societies:

Debate Team, Climbing Team
Ecole Polytechnique

M.Sc. , Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Economy, Biology, Chemistry, Philosophy, Literature , 1993 — 1996
Ecole navale

Navigation 1993 — 1993
Naval Academy

Watch Quarter Master 1993 — 1993

4 months of study (plus the military service). Became a French Navy Officer.
Ecole nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers

Mechanics, Mathematics, Physics 1990 — 1993
Higher National College of Engineering Arts (ENSAM)

M.Eng. , Mechanical Engineering , 1990 — 1993
Lycée des Eucalyptus

Baccalauréat + Preparatory Classes , 1985 — 1990

Additional Information

Denis Arnaud’s Websites:

Denis Arnaud’s Interests:

Traveling, skiing, music, reading, new technology

Denis Arnaud’s Groups:

Linux Azur, LinkedInnovators, AGIFORS, INFORMS

TELECOMPARIS.ORG
Arts & Métiers ParisTech Alumni
Business Intelligence Group
Telecom Professionals
Lotus Notes and Domino
PACA - Région Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur
The Enterprise Architecture Network
Eclipse
EURECOM
Enterprise Software Community
Open Source Developers
Open Source Universe
Database Experts
Digital Tourism Experts
Digital Equipment Corporation Enthusiasts
Travel & IT Industry
The French Connection
Friends of the European Union
Methods & Tools
J Architect
Aviation Network
Tech & Job Expo: Networking in Technology, Media, Wireless & Telecom
Decision Stats
ORACLE PRO
FLOSS Professional
Data Mining
THAT's Professional (Travel, Hospitality, Aviation & Tourism)
Airline Suppliers Network
IOUG – Independent Oracle Users Group
Retrocomputing
Friends of Kyiv
MySQL Professionals
ROADEF
Aviation IT & Flight Technology
Professional Pricing Society
INFORMS
Slackware GNU/Linux users worldwide
Travel & Tourism Industry Professionals Worldwide
Airlines Industry Professionals Worldwide
Revenue Management Professionals
AGIFORS: Airline Operational Research professionals
C/C++ Developers Group
Sophia-Antipolis High-Tech Group
Pricing & Value Strategies
C++ Community Group
Hotel Revenue Management, General Manager, Professionals, OTA, Online Travel Agents, Travel Portals
Amadeus alumni
Linux-Azur
INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section