Professional Experience

2015 - now

Japan

Member of the board

Lycée Français de Kyoto
- Oversee operations of the French School in Kyoto (≈125 students, ≈50 people on payroll)
2014 - now

Norway - Japan

Standardisation Consultant

Freelance
- Technology: Design improvements to key web technology (CSS) as a member of the W3C CSS Working Group
- Negociations: Build consensus among major software vendors (Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla...)
- Leadership: Chair the Browser Extension Community Group
2015 - 2016

Japan

Chief Commercial Officer

Vivliostyle
- Finance: Financial restructuring, fundraising
- Strategy: Market analysis and strategic planning
- Product: Establishing the product line up and pricing, managing the product roadmap
- Sales: International Sales
- Technology: Standardisation, Product Design
2013 - 2014

Norway

Product Owner - Gelato Cloud

Gelato Group
- Product Management: Led conception, development and commercialization of Gelato Cloud, a SaaS platform for ordering and delivering printed products to 35 countries
- Business Development & Partnerships: Established technology cooperation with Adobe & Monotype, and commercial partnerships with printing companies
- General Management: Reporting to the CEO and the board of directors, coordinated Product Development, Customer Support, Procurement & Legal, Production
- Project Management: Managed up to 12 developers and 5 testers in 4 countries using agile practices
2011 - 2012

Norway

Core Technology Software Developer

Opera Software
- Implemented improvements to the layout engine of the Opera browser, focusing on interoperability, crash robustness, and implementation of new standards
- Negotiated the evolution of key web technology (CSS) as Opera's representative at the industry's global standardization consortium (W3C); Lead the effort on the CSS Media Queries specification, and contributed to many others
2007 - 2011

Japan

Lead Software Developer

Opera Software
- Led teams of up to 6 developers and 4 testers in multiple countries (Japan, Sweden, Taiwan, Poland) on more than 15 projects for major TV manufacturers and Japanese phone operators; redesigned work-flows to improve quality and to eliminate schedule overruns, established project estimates, and prioritized tasks
- Extended and maintained the Opera browser for connected TVs and Japanese mobile phones
- Renegotiated the terms of employment with HR, management and employees, and mediated in personal conflicts as employee representative of the Japan office
Certificate of achievement for significant performance in engineering 2008
2005 - 2007

Japan

Software Developer

Sharp Corporation
- Developed an ebook reading application for mobile phones supporting Japanese typography and manga, as well as associated authoring tools, wrote the specification of the document format (XMDF) for standardisation at the IEC
Award of excellence 2007

Education

2012 - 2013

France

INSEAD

MBA
- Graduated with Distinction
- GMAT: 750
1999 - 2005

France

INSA de Rennes

M.Sc. Software Engineering
- Elected student representative
- Member of the Junior Enterprise
2004 - 2005

Japan

Kobe University

Campus Exchange from INSA de Rennes
2002 - 2003

China

Tsinghua University, Tongji University

Non-degree language study

Other Experience

2010

Volunteer Programmer

XFCE (Free Software Project)
- Updated and maintained 13 software modules
2003

Thailand

Technology Consultant

Paris Bijoux (Jewelery manufacture)
2002 - 2003

China

IT Support Technician

Easteq (IT Support)

Languages

French:: Native
English:: Fluent (TOEIC: 990, PTE-A: 90)
Japanese:: Business (JLPT level 2)
Mandarin:: Basic

Technical Skills

Used Extensively:

Used Occasionally:

Javascript
HTML
Ruby
HTTP
DOM
Unix scripting (bash, sed, awk...)
cvs
svn
Java (J2ME)
GNU Make
Python
Rust
Autotools
bison
Gtk
BREW
OIPF/HbbTV

Publications

Media Queries W3C Recommendation
Web standard enabling authors to make the appearance of their documents react to changes in the rendering environment.
Media Queries Level 4 W3C Working Draft
Refinement over Media Queries, adding fine-grained abilities to distinguish between media with overlapping characteristics.
Media Queries Level 5 W3C Editor’s Draft
Refinement over Media Queries and Media Queries Level 4, adding accessibility related features and better integration with scripting.
CSS Containment Module Level 1 W3C Candidate Recommendation Draft
Web standard enabling performance optimizations by isolating components of a web page.
CSS Device Adaptation Module Level 1 W3C Working Draft
Web standard enabling authors to specify, the size, zoom factor, and orientation of the viewport in which documents are rendered.
CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 1 W3C Editor’s Draft
Web standard introducing support for documents laid out in multiple columns of text.
CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 2 W3C Editor’s Draft
Refinement over CSS Multi-column Layout Module Level 2, introducing advanced typographical features.
CSS Overflow Module Level 3 W3C Working Draft
Web Standard describing features of CSS relating to scrollable overflow handling in visual media.
CSS Overflow Module Level 4 W3C Working Draft
Refinement over CSS Overflow Module Level 3, adding features to trigger pagination or fragmentation in case of overflow.
CSS Snapshot 2017 & CSS Snapshot 2015 W3C Note
Document summarizing the state of CSS as of 2017 (and 2015), and the policies of the CSS Working Group with regards to implementing CSS.
CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3 W3C Candidate Recommendation
Web standard controlling user interface related features in CSS, controlling the user interface of the browser and enabling authors to style UI elements in their documents.
CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 4 W3C Working Draft
Refinement over CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3, adding further controls over user interactions and form control styling.
Current Status of Japanese Typography Using Web Technologies W3C Member Submission
A comparative study of the state of Web Standards and their implementations of typographical features for the Japanese language, contrasted with requirement documents, and proposing a prioritization.