Gaël Hernández Bourlon-Buon

Current

Capacity Development Officer at International Institute for Communication and Development

Past

Software developer at INSA
Internship project team leader at Clarity Telecom
Fellowship at Telefonica I+D

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Education

Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Universidad de Alcalá
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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Non-Profit Organization Management

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Gaël Hernández Bourlon-Buon’s Summary

- Telecommunication MSc holder with strong interest in the development and non-profit sector.
- Experienced in ICT technical advice, project management and free/open-source software promotion.
- Working experience in the EU and Africa.

Gaël Hernández Bourlon-Buon’s Specialties:

ICT technical advisor, capacity development, project management, social innovation

Gaël Hernández Bourlon-Buon’s Experience

Capacity Development Officer

International Institute for Communication and Development

(International Trade and Development industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)
Software developer

INSA

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Software developer at INTA for a satellite-based project.
Internship project team leader

Clarity Telecom

(Telecommunications industry)

September 2005 — July 2006 (11 months)

- Project team leader (< 5 people)
- Inter-cultural environment.
- Wireless mesh commercial market research.
- VoIP gateway setup using sipX.
- Campus wide deployment at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
- Connectivity and performance test using SIP phones.
Fellowship

Telefonica I+D

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

April 2005 — September 2005 (6 months)

- Assisting senior officers on FP7 EU projects. MPLS, optical networking and next-generation networks planning and research.

Gaël Hernández Bourlon-Buon’s Education

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Master , Development studies , 2006 — 2007

Thesis titled "Opportunities and constraints for ICT4D in the West-African Region", carried out within Ingeniería Sin Fronteras (ISF-ApD).
Universidad de Alcalá

Master , Telecommunication , 2004 — 2006

During the 2005-2006 year, I received the ERASMUS scholarship and was student at the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Master thesis on "Performance of VoIP communications on Wireless mesh systems".
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

BSc , Telecommunication , 1998 — 2003