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Analysis, development and support of miscellaneous commercial and web applications for several customers.

D1B2 sa, a filial of the Altran group. Managing growth from 0.5M CHF to 7M CHF turnover, 5 to 45 staff. Personal role: General management, finance and admin, manage the business unit managers, negotiating contracts.

D1B2, a small company specialised in point of sale terminal software. Personal role: co-development of software products, sales support, managing the finances, negotiating contracts, managing projects.

ProComm Informatique & Services SA, Lonay, Switzerland.  ProComm is an authorised AppleCenter with a turnover of approx. FS 7.5M per year.

at Digital Equipment Corporation's 'Neuchatel Software Development Center' (NSDC), Switzerland.Reporting to the Branch Manager, the operations covers most of the aspects needed to run an independent branch.

NSDC. Facilitated the transition of NSDC (budget approx. 5'400k$) from a development group catering for internal needs to one oriented towards projects for DEC's customers.

DEC - NSDC Built up and managed a team of 10 persons, annual budget of approx. 900k$, to develop & maintain several applications in all DEC's European subsidiaries. Application domains covered mostly Finance (management reporting), 'Cross-functional' (Reference systems) & 'Real Estate'.

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), European Headquarters, Geneva.

Responsible for a large variety of small projects ranging from statistical analyses to product launch post mortems. Group leader of 5 specialists with various university backgrounds.

SSI sa, a software house providing solutions on small & mini computers to regional industrial & commercial companies.

'ISRI SA', a software house providing solutions on small & mini computers to regional industrial & commercial companies.   Staff of 5 persons, OEM of HP.

Analysis, design, code, test, implementation, user training & support of stock control systems, invoicing modules, quotation systems.

Thesis on the biochemistry of myelin in the optic nerve, Institute of Anatomy, University of Lausanne & ISREC (Institut Suisse de recherche Experimental sur le Cancer), Epalinges, Switzerland, supported by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation & the Swiss Multiple-sclerosis society,  leading to several publications and the award of a Doctorate from the University of Lausanne.

in Biochemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

in Applied Mathematics, Biochemistry & Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Primary & secondary school at the 'Marist Brothers', Johannesburg, South Africa.