Deputy Chief at Corbera F.D.
Barcelona Area, Spain
- Current
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- CTO at Wifi.com
- Founder and CTO at Whisher
- Deputy Chief at Corbera Fire Department
- Past
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- Electronics R&D Project Manager at SouthWing
- Head of internal R&D at Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament d'Interior
- CEO & Founder at Sonar Security
- Education
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- The University of Salford
- The University of Salford
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Michael Puchol’s Summary
Having experience and knowledge in fields as varied as public safety, aeronautics, electronics, all kinds of wireless communications, hardware design, and security, with strong skills in management, I am particularly focused on entrepreneurship and engineering.
Michael Puchol’s Specialties:
Consultation on a wide range of technologies, particularly when several related ones interact in a project, as well as hands-on development on all my fields of expertise. Strong communication and management skills. Understanding of how business decisions affect engineering teams and vice-versa. Experience in dealing with multidisciplinary teams spread around the world working on the same projects.
Michael Puchol’s Experience
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CTO
Wifi.com
(Wireless industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
I lead the efforts to integrate, improve and develop the Whisher technology acquired by Wifi.com on January 2009. The team brings a fresh set of ideas, which will take the work previously done to new heights.
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Founder and CTO
Whisher
(Wireless industry)
March 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Managing a multidisciplinary team across six countries in three continents, my job is to make the magic behind the Whisher WiFi sharing and roaming platform happen. I deal intimately with various technologies, from software & driver development on multiple operating systems to server infrastructure and backend services.
Key achievements:
• Managed the development of a multi-platform WiFi connectivity manager with social features such as file sharing, instant messaging and WiFi quality ratings.
• Helped secure a patent on a software-based secure WiFi sharing system.
• Rolled out a billing and RADIUS infrastructure in record time, setting up roaming with partners such as Swisscom and WeRoam. -
Deputy Chief
Corbera Fire Department
(Public Company; Government Administration industry)
February 1995 — Present (14 years 6 months)
I handle Deputy Chief duties at my local volunteer fire department, in suppression, prevention and training.
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Electronics R&D Project Manager
SouthWing
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
September 2005 — March 2006 (7 months)
Responsible for electronics R&D efforts at the company, in the design of Bluetooth devices.
Key achievements:
• Oversaw the Bellesguard project, an innovative Bluetooth headset with touch-controls instead of mechanical buttons. Currently in production and sale.
• Coordinated the design of the electronics with the rest of the departments, and liaised with Chinese OEMs and ODMs through the prototyping, pilot runs and production of the products. -
Head of internal R&D
Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament d'Interior
(Public Safety industry)
January 2002 — December 2003 (2 years)
Responsible for the development and deployment of advanced technology on the existing TETRA digital radio network operated by the Catalan Fire Department, such as automated command & control systems to direct helicopters and aircraft to fire drop zones, vehicle and personnel location systems, and data communications for mobile C&C vehicles.
Key achievements:
• Rolled out one of the largest TETRA infrastructures at the time, with over 200 base stations and 15.000 mobile terminals.
• Designed and built several advanced systems such as an analog-to-digital gateway with remote control over SDS messaging, and DMO-to-DMO failover repeaters. -
CEO & Founder
Sonar Security
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Defense & Space industry)
April 1997 — September 2002 (5 years 6 months)
Founded Sonar Security, a company dedicated to the development of highly customized solutions in the fields of electronics, mobile data networks, counterintelligence, SIGINT, security, and space communications. Also performed consultancy and development work for a number of public safety agencies on deployment of digital radio networks based on TETRA and TETRAPol technologies.
Michael Puchol’s Education
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The University of Salford
BEng (Hons) , Aeronautical Engineering , 1993 — 1997
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The University of Salford
HND , Mechanical Engineering , 1993 — 1995
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Michael Puchol’s Interests:
Mountaineering, sailing, pilot & aeronautical engineering, electronics, firefighting.
Michael Puchol’s Groups:
Corbera Volunteer Fire Dept., AOPA.
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