Patrice Secheresse

Professional Experience

Australia

Design and implementation of new features for an advanced Point Of Sale. This very interesting position allows me to use all my skills from UML to Java Swing in an agile environment. I can actively participate in all the architectural choices with a friendly and talented team.

France

Management of the full activity of a Real Estate software edition. Responsible for customer relations (300 agencies), sales, hot line, programming (Windev), billing, advertising with the help of a team of one sales representative, one programmer and a Web designer.

One key achievement was putting into production a new version of the software including many improvements with an extremely positive feedback from customers. This project was an excellent opportunity to be involved in Web technologies. Two web sites were launched: www.microcode.fr and www.habitersurlacote.com. It was also an opportunity to be responsible for sales and marketing with successful new offers. The in-depth work involved in this position brought more dynamic and structured commercial methods.

My duties included some missions as Technical Project Manager and RPG expert for:

These missions gave me a chance to work with large companies where my abilities were appreciated.

New Caledonia

Responsible for a team of 2 to 7 analyst-programmers, a system engineer and a training manager. My main duties were the creation/conceptualisation/implementation of customer solutions including numerous associated tasks: pre-sales, quotation, specification, planning, analysis, architecture, conception, implementation, training, maintenance, support and consulting.

This experience was extremely valuable and gave me a broad understanding of Software Engineering in a Small and Medium Business environment. I have acquired the ability to understand customer needs, as well as a good ability to manage a team and drive a quality project within time and budget constraints. I had contacts with all levels of business including executive management.

These positions lead me to many successful projects such as:

I was involved in various smaller projects such as directory publishing for Polynesia and New Caledonia, internal CRM, mining payroll, integration to various accounting products and support for payroll, accounting and private hospital.

Due to my expertise, I was also System Administrator for all the customer IBM iSerie servers (over 30 systems), including software upgrades and recovery plans.

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