Thomas Chapuis

I have experience as a software engineer and manager in various industries (oil & gas, automotive, energy, consulting), and recently I am more working on the "soft side": nurturing people connections and ensuring smooth communication across two companies (Renault/Nissan) in order to develop synergies.

I am currently developing iPhone & iPod Touch applications. Application list at http://iphoneapps.free.fr

Thomas Chapuis’s Specialties:

• Software project management
• Team management (objectives setting, performance appraisal, etc.)
• English (TOEIC 985/990)
• Japanese (Japanese Institute Test 728/1000)
• French (mother tongue)
• Artificial Intelligence, optimization methods
• UML, C/C++, Python, Objective-C, iPhone OS, SQL
• Some knowledge of Design Patterns, Java, C#.NET, Unix

Thomas Chapuis’s Experience

Research Group Manager

Renault

(Privately Held; Automotive industry)

June 2009 — Present (2 months)

Managing a research group developing ergonomics modelling tools and car HMI prototypes.
Freeware developer

iphoneapps.free.fr

(Computer Software industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Development of freeware applications for the iPhone/iPod Touch during my free time.
Visit http://iphoneapps.free.fr for a list of my applications.

French dictionary application "Littré" once reached the top 3 free applications and was advertized by Apple in the AppStore. More than 100,000 downloads in a month.
Executive Secretary

Renault

(Privately Held; Automotive industry)

January 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 5 months)

Managing one of the 10 Renault-Nissan Cross Company Teams. Scope: Research & Advanced Engineering.
Software Program Manager

Renault

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

February 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 11 months)

Management of a software projects portfolio for computation, technical data management, and product lifecycle management.
Software Section Head

Schlumberger

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SLB; Oil & Energy industry)

November 1997 — January 2004 (6 years 3 months)

Management of a group of 6 engineers dedicated to the development of simulation and data management software.
Obtained ISO 9001-2000 certification, and SEI CMM level 2.
consultant

Astek

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 1996 — October 1997 (1 year 3 months)

Worked for the French Ministry of Road & Transport on a law text DB application, and for EDF (French public electricity company) on a simulator of the dynamics on electrical networks.
engineer

EDF

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

September 1991 — September 1992 (1 year 1 month)

Developed in Lisp HMI for a Computer Aided Software Engineering tool.

Thomas Chapuis’s Education

Tokyo Institute of Technology

master , Intelligence Science , 1993 — 1996

Tokyo Institute of Technology
Research and thesis on Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming

Activities and Societies:

Shodou (japanese calligraphy) club
Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales

DULCO , Japanese , 1991 — 1993
engineering , Software , 1988 — 1991

SUPELEC
Artificial Intelligence department

Activities and Societies:

president of the "ciné-club"
Lycée Hoche

classes préparatoires , Math & Physics , 1987 — 1989