EXAMPLE OF AN ORIGINAL ENGLISH CV
Johnny-Be-Good
Experience in communication networks, marketing and training, technical support
Double degree in engineering and business
Fluent in English, German and French
Professional experience
Since January 1996: Technical Support Engineer at Livingston Enterprises Europe, Middle East & Africa.
- Second level support for resellers on all the product range of Remote Access Servers
1996: Senior Trainer at Fore Systems Europe.
- Training on the complete Fore Systems product range:
ATM switches (ASX 200, ASX 1000), edge devices (ES-3810 & ES-3850), routers
(PowerHub), ATM WAN switches (CellPath), ATM network management (ForeView).
- Development of a 3-day training course on Fore Systems PowerHub product range, now used on a company-wide basis.
- Hardware and software maintenance of the European training equipment (4 Sun Sparc, 4 NT server, several switches and edge devices).
1994-96:
Position in Europe Middle East & Africa product marketing department of Bay Networks, formerly Wellfleet Communications.
Performed various tasks in product marketing, technical marketing, as well as healthcare industry marketing. Heavy involvement in setting up EMEA Demo Center.
European product marketing specialist for Optivity network management software package. Tasks included installation on different hardware platforms, fine-tuning, troubleshooting and ongoing demo of the software.
Other tasks also performed:
- Setup of tradeshows like Interop's, SMAU Milan, Telecom Geneva and other.
- Multilingual presenter at Interop Paris 1994 & 1995 (solution showcase).
- Setup of live demos for various pan-european events.
- Product training for Bay’s telemarketing organization.
- Technical and Marketing support of DaVinci program (Andersen Consulting).
- Setup of an experimental Web server in Valbonne (early 1995).
- 7 weeks work in Paris office as a field System Engineer.
- attended several Bay Networks internal courses on routers, ATM and LAN Switches, Network Management.
- Organization of the product literature logistics for the EMEA territory.
1993 (15 weeks):
AT&T Consumer Products Europe in Sophia-Antipolis (France) as a management assistant. Involvement in the strategic business planning of the European activity.
January-May 1992:
University Employee at the Institute for Communication Networks at Aachen University (Germany). Follow-up research work after final thesis with an implementation of the TP4 transport protocol described in the thesis.
1989 (9 weeks):
TELENORMA (BOSCH Telecom) in Frankfurt (Germany) as an engineer in the Research and Development department. Development of telecommunication hardware.
1988 (7-weeks):
SIEMENS in Düsseldorf (Germany) in a maintenance team. Set up and maintenance of telecommunications equipment.
Occasional extra-professional activities
- Lecturer at Eurecom in Sophia-Antipolis on the subject of computer networks.
- Lecturer at the CERAM business school on the subject of high-tech marketing.
Education
June 1994: Master in Management at the CERAM with a specialization in marketing.
September 1992: Management studies at the CERAM Business School (France).
December 1991: Degree in Electrical Engineering at Aachen University. Degree corresponds to 5 years studies at higher university, highest level before Doctorate title.
May 1991: Final thesis (6 month) regarding communication networks at the institute for Communication Networks at Aachen University.
October 1988: Beginning of the main studies in Electrical Engineering with specialization in telecommunications.
October 1985: Beginning Electrical Engineering at Aachen University (Germany).
Languages
French, German: native languages
English: fluent
basic knowledge of Spanish and Dutch
Other
Computer skills:
In-depth knowledge of UNIX, PC, Macintosh, several word processors and spreadsheets. Good knowledge of network management platforms like HP OpenView, NetView 6000, SunNet Manager. Also knowledge of Pascal, C, Assembler, DEC-VMS.
Personal Data
Born on March 13rd 1968 in Paris (France), German nationality, married, no children