Alfred Couder

Current

• Project Manager - Information systems at SIEMENS Elan Software Systems

Past

• IT Consultant - Senior Analyst and Programmer at Axen
• Senior Analyst Programer at UCB - Union Chimique Belge
• Intranet application analyst and developer at European Commission - General Direction of Anti-Fraud (OLAF)

• Business Analyst and Web consultant at European Parliament
• Analyst-Programmer at IRIS
• Analyst and Developer, Web Designer at AXEN
• Project Manager and Business Analyst at Belgolaise Bank
• Business Analyst and Web Developer at AXEN
• Business Analyst at ELIA
• Business Analyst and Web Developer at AXEN
• Analyst-Programmer at THALYS
• Security and Network Consultant at Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belgian)
• System Manager at ELECTRABEL - SUEZ Group
• Developer at Genesys
• Business analyst and programmer at Hyperwave

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Education

• Ecole pour I'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Alfred Couder’s Summary

IT Consultant, Senior Business Analyst and Developer, experienced in many different company sectors and many programming languages. Particularly interested with Internet and Intranet solutions, from web applications to portal. Always interested in optimizing and improving and looking for learning new technologies.

Alfred Couder’s Specialties:

Business analysis and development, pro-activity, quick-learning of new technologies
Java, J2EE, EJB3, JSF, RichFaces, A4J, Struts, Ajax, Sun Java Application Server 9, JBOSS, GlassFish v2, ColdFusion MX, ASP, PHP

Alfred Couder’s Experience

• Project Manager - Information systems

  SIEMENS Elan Software Systems

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  - Project manager and architect of XFP 5.0 J2EE Suite
  - Leader of outsourced development projects
  - Java/J2EE Coaching
  
  Technologies: JBOSS, Sun Java Application Server 9, GlassFish v2, EJB3, Hibernate, TopLink, Maven, RichFaces, Dojo, Jmaki, Dynamic Faces, IceFaces, MyFaces

• IT Consultant - Senior Analyst and Programmer

  Axen

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2002 — January 2007 (4 years 11 months)

  Developed desktop and Intranet applications, using JAVA, STRUTS, ColdFusion, PL/SQL, VB and ASP.
  
  Worked with Thalys, SUEZ Group, Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  Worked over 2 years as web analyst and developer for the European Commission, at the General Direction of Anti-Fraud (OLAF)– responsible of the improvement or development of new Intranet modules, like reporting and information system modules.
  
  Technologies: IBM RUP, ColdFusion Server MX & v4.5 & v5, ORACLE 9i, TOAD 7.5, PL/SQL, Eclipse, CFML, J2EE, Java, Visual SourceSafe 6

• Senior Analyst Programer

  UCB - Union Chimique Belge

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)

  Technical analysis code review of the UCB customized Documentum application, mainly developed in JAVA
  
  Technologies: Documentum 5.1, Java, Apache Tomcat, UML, Struts, STXX

• Intranet application analyst and developer

  European Commission - General Direction of Anti-Fraud (OLAF)

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Services industry)

  May 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 5 months)

  Responsible of the improvement and development of new Intranet modules, like reporting and information system modules (DG OLAF working mainly via Intranet applications, with more than 400 users)
  
  • Creation of OLAF's Activity reporting module
  • Optimization and support of the Intranet
  • Study and migration of ColdFusion from version 4.5 to version MX
  • Formation on Rational Unified Process (RUP, IBM)
  • Web front-end graphical and ergonomic improvements
  
  Technologies: UML, J2EE, JRUN, IBM RUP, Coldfusion Server Mx & V4.5 & V5, Oracle 9i, Toad 7.5, Eclipse, Visual Sourcesafe 6, Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Image Ready CS

• Business Analyst and Web consultant

  European Parliament

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2004 — April 2004 (3 months)

  Analysis, Study and Recommendation of a XML Editor and Word add-ons able to manage XML templates:
  • Functional Analysis
  • Technical analysis
  • Market Survey
  • Recommendation
  
  Technologies: XML Spy, InfoPath, Adobe XML Architecture, XML Schemas

• Analyst-Programmer

  IRIS

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2003 — January 2004 (5 months)

  Analysis and Development of a prototype of a web front-end for a document management solution: DocCenter v3.0
  • Functional Analysis
  • Technical analysis
  • Design: Graphic Chart, Ergonomic
  • Development
  • Testing
  • Integration
  
  Research and Development of a web multi-format viewer for a document management solution: DocCenter v3.0
  • Benchmarking
  • Technical analysis
  • Research and development on the integration of 2 viewers: Key View Pro from Verity, Autovue For Java 17.1 from Cimmetry system
  • Integration of Autovue For Java
  
  Technologies: ECLIPSE, STRUTS, TILES, HYBERNATE, JAVA, JDBC, LOG4J, MYRIAD, AUTOVUE FOR JAVA, KEY VIEW PRO, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7

• Analyst and Developer, Web Designer

  AXEN

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2003 — October 2003 (7 months)

  Development of an European Activity Reporting Tool
  Intranet Analysis & Development
  • Key user interviews
  • Study of formal system for improvement
  • Specifications redefinition
  • Business Workflow definition inside European Group
  • Technical Analysis: study of J2EE, ColdFusion MX and ASP solutions
  • Tool Development
  
  Technologies: J2EE, COLDFUSION MX, SQL SERVER 2000, ASP, IIS 5, JAVASCRIPT, VISIO 2000, WINDOWS 2000 PRO

• Project Manager and Business Analyst

  Belgolaise Bank

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Banking industry)

  September 2003 — September 2003 (1 month)

  Setting an JAVA IDE and optimization of Methodology
  Web Management & Web Analysis
  • Key user interviews
  • Business Analysis
  • Specifications definition
  • Technical Proposal
  • Development
  • Improvement of methodology
  
  Technologies: ECLIPSE, JAVA, JSP, XML, XSLT

• Business Analyst and Web Developer

  AXEN

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 5 months)

  Creation of a new Internet Website for AXEN ( www.axen.info )
  • Key Users Interviews
  • Functional Analysis
  • Validation of issued specifications
  • Development
  • Process testing and validation with key-users
  • Migration to Production
  
  Technologies: APACHE 1.3.27, JAVA, STRUTS, STXX, CASTOR, ORACLE 8I, JDBC, ECLIPSE, UML, XML, , VISIO 2000, LINUX, WINDOWS 2000 SERVER, PUTTY

• Business Analyst

  ELIA

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  January 2003 — March 2003 (3 months)

  Analysis to follow European Processes for EU RFP for the maintenance outsourcing of Intranet development
  • Key user interviews
  • Specifications definition: architecture design, methodologies and procedures specification
  • Bench Marking and Market Study
  • Creation of Request For Proposal

• Business Analyst and Web Developer

  AXEN

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2003 — March 2003 (3 months)

  Create a Human Resources Management Tool
  Business Analysis & Intranet Module Development
  • Follow-up of formal application
  • Key user interviews
  • Functional needs redefinition
  • Migration ACCESS application to ORACLE 8i environment and into Intranet
  • Administration of ORACLE 8i
  
  Technologies: ORACLE 8I, ACCESS 2002, JSP, JDBC, APACHE TOMCAT 4, VISIO 2000, WINDOWS 2000, VBA

• Analyst-Programmer

  THALYS

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  October 2002 — December 2002 (3 months)

  • Analysis and design of conceptual database architecture: study of currents databases, analysis of new needs
  • Functional Analysis and Development: team work, validations and creation of an experimental laboratory
  • Migration to Production: setting and update of new ORACLE database, launch of the new application in parallel with old ones, shutdown of the formal applications
  • Process testing and validation with key-users
  
  Technologies: JAVA, SWING, ORACLE 8i, JDBC, NET BEANS, ACCESS 97, VBA, WINDOWS 2000

• Security and Network Consultant

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Belgian)

  (Internet industry)

  September 2002 — September 2002 (1 month)

  • Administration of an LDAP server (IPlanet Directory Server)
  • Many automatic tasks done using Unix shell scripts: monitoring / alerting, backups, anti-virus upgrade
  • Administration of various systems & network elements: mail domain (iPlanet messaging server, Sendmail), routers (Cisco), proxy (iPlanet proxy server), firewalls
  
  Technologies: IPLANET PROXY SERVER ET MESSENGER SERVER, UNIX (IBM AIX), NT 4, TCP/IP, ESAFE, WEBSWEEPER? MAILSWEEPER, SENDMAIL, SAMBA, CISCO, SMS, CHECKPOINT FIREWALL 1, NETWALL, NETSCREEN, PERL, SCRIPT SHELL

• System Manager

  ELECTRABEL - SUEZ Group

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  May 2002 — September 2002 (5 months)

  Infrastructure Design Management of European Internet and Intranet architecture:
  • Design of the new Intranet infrastructure for all Electrabel web applications
  • Internal Migration of 6 intranet sites to a temporary architecture
  • Maintenance of European IT Park
  • Standardization and Customization of new projects and applications for Intranet environment: IVAT, Magellaan, Crystal report
  • Tests in experimental lab, Installation in production, Maintenance
  
  Technologies: ORACLE 8I, INTERWOVEN, SAP PORTAL, IIS 4, SQL SERVER 7, ASP, JAVASCRIPT, HTML, WINDOWS NT4, NT4 SERVER, SNMP, SITE SERVER 3.0, MICROSOFT TRANSACTION SERVER, APPLICATION CENTER, UML

• Developer

  Genesys

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2001 — December 2001 (1 year)

  Creation of modules for an world wide Intranet : E-Learning Center – KM – Project Management Tool:
  • Key-users interview
  • Scope and implementation framework definition
  • Functional needs definition
  • Business flows definition
  • Development of e-Reporting tool
  • Development of Forecasting tool
  • Development of the E-Learning center
  • Optimization of parts the existing intranet, developing stored procedures using SQL SERVER
  • Development of the customer web site interface: tool for creating webzine (creation and management of presentation of articles)
  • Development of the Knowledge management interface
  
  Technologies: ASP, SQL SERVER 7.0, WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL, ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6, UML, XML, JAVASCRIPT, SQL, VB

• Business analyst and programmer

  Hyperwave

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2001 — December 2001 (10 months)

  Hyperwave certified trainings. Developed an ASP (application service provider) to customize the Hyperwave Portal. Developed a FAQ track for Hyperwave Portal

Alfred Couder’s Education

• Ecole pour I'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées

  1996 — 2002

Additional Information

Alfred Couder’s Groups:

•    EPITA Alumni
•    Club Ex-Axen

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