Roland Piquepaille
89, rue de l'Eglise
75015 Paris - France
Phone: +33 1 45 57 49 61
Mobile: +33 6 78 88 71 28
Email:
roland@primidi.com
Skills Summary
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Architecture and development of scientific computing software
under UNIX (input/output modules of the CGG seismic software
processing software for example)
- Optimization and parallelization of many scientific codes
on a variety of computing architectures
- Management of the "answers to RFPs" process for very large projects
in high performance computing and visualization (up to US $10 million)
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
- Leader of multinational groups working on specific projects
- Manager of the computing and visualization group
for SGI Consulting France
- Project management (up to 30 people)
- Responsible for an engineering and design unit (up to 20 people)
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Animation of international groups (including remote individuals)
- Management of the relationship with oil and gas industry
customers worldwide
- Facilitator during the financial involvement process meetings for SGI
- Editor and publisher of a weekly english-written newsletter
about the high-performance computing industry for Cray Research and SGI
ORGANIZATION SKILLS
- Project planning
- Creation of project management and quality procedures for SGI
Employment History
2002-2003
Scientific Computing Consultant
Savoir-Faire & Cie (200 consultants)
- Optimization of large technical infrastructures (computing,
visualization and storage)
- Assistance for defining new projets (RFPs, benchmark contents, etc.)
- Assistance for successful and smooth transitions after major changes
1996-2001
Director of Complex Scientific Computing Projects
Silicon Graphics (SGI) (Computer maker)
- Business Operations Manager for Southern Europe (2001)
- High-performance computing and visualization group manager (2000)
- Oil and gas industry analyst (presales, development and
customer support) (1996-1999)
- Responsible of applications on more than 40 SGI Origin 2000
- Responsible for an Internet site dedicated to competitive analysis
(4000 pages)
1983-1996
Oil Industry Analyst
Cray Research (Computer maker)
- Presales, development and customer support
of petroleum customers worldwide
- Responsible of applications on more than 20 CRAY systems
- Expert well-known in the seismic processing field doing
worldwide interventions
- Editor and publisher of a weekly english-written newsletter
about the high-performance computing industry
1979-1982
Scientific Computing Consultant
Digital Resources Corporation (Consulting Company)
- Computer expert providing consultancy for SONATRACH and SONELGAZ
in Algeria
- Responsible for daily operations of the seismic processing office
1968-1978
Civil Engineering Sector
- Project leader in scientific computing for GSIE-CFRO, SGE and SOMEL
(1972-1978)
- Creator and responsible for the ALIBABA software
(structural analysis of concrete reinforced buildings)
- Responsible for sales of analysis and design software
at ORDISOR (Solétanche group) (1970-1972)
- Responsible for an engineering and design unit for Linville Company
(1968-1970)
Education
- Civil Engineer: INSA, Lyon, 1967
- Bilingual French-English
Other Information
- Member of the SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists)
- Nominated twice for the "Cray Research Awards
for Leadership & Innovation"
- Leisure activities: Travel for pleasure (Costa Rica, China,
United States etc.), Photography