04/12/2000 00:00
Jr. Consultant, P&M France SARL (Strategic Consulting):
- Pre-audit pertaining to supply chain reengineering at the customer's site (automobile sector)
- PM focus on BPR: project planning, managing and migrating databases, implementing change matrixes
- Presentation of related results to the Project Manager
- User environment: Microsoft
- Place of work: Lyon region in the Ain (01) department
- Trial period terminated in 03/2001
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12/08/2000 00:00
- Interruption of the trial period because of a persistent non-localizable problem of sectarian harassement (which escalated from diffused to characterized since 05/2000)
- Re-settled in Aigues-Mortes, nuked into a troubleshooter
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01/06/2000 00:00
An unexpected episode of cognitive saturation forces me to take 15 days of sick leave in France.
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01/04/2000 00:00
Localization Project Manager, Bowne Global Solutions (Software Localization):
- International Software Localization Project Management (in a virtual team of +/- 10 people in charge of the medical industry)
- PM focus on trouble shooting: analyzing, decompiling, translating and recompiling programs
- Customer Relationship Management: quotes and proposals, project planning, quality management
Microsoft user environment:
Place of work: Munich-Unterhaching.
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31/03/2000 00:00
Temporarily settled (at a colleague's apartment) in
Munich-
Unterhaching (Land of
Bavaria).
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24/08/1999 00:00
In 08/1999, on the occasion of my documentary research activities, which I was carrying out from home, where I had set up my « second office », I came across a job offer for a « Localization Project Manager » position to be filled in Los Angeles, as I was browsing through job descriptions as part of the
benchmarking phase of my audit. The offer was posted on the website of
Bowne Global Solutions, a subsidiary of the
Bowne & Co. company, headquartered in New York.
Since I was curious about the perception of my own profile in this area, I decided to email an application, to which the recruiting agent answered that the position had just been filled, but that my resume would be kept for other such opportunities. Indeed, I was contacted in 09/1999 by the offices of Los Angeles, Paris and Munich for a similar position in Munich, with a possible future relocation to the United States. From « let's see what happens », I quickly migrated over to « why not? ».
The recruitment process by videoconference was finalized in 12/1999, with a new job initially supposed to start in 02/2000, postponed to 04/2000.
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01/01/1999 00:00
Audit of the translation perimeter, until early 2000:
- Pre-audit pertaining to translation management reengineering (at Group level)
- PM focus on transversal auditing: information and knowledge management, benchmarking, counseling, training
- Presentation of related results to the CEO
Within the context of this project:
- I expanded my knowledge of business computing: MS Windows NT4 (Office 97, Outlook Express); IBM Lotus Smart Suite Millennium, Lotus Notes 4.6
- I studied myself into Computer Assisted Translation and software localization: TRADOS Translator's Workbench, IBM TranslationManager, ATRIL Déjà Vu, STAR Transit
- In 08/1999, I took part in the XVth World Congress of the International Federation of Translators in Belgium
- In 09/1999, I participated in an advanced training seminar on Computer Assisted Translation, organized by the Department of Applied Linguistics of Saarland University
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16/11/1998 00:00
Upon return, I would lay the ground for an exploration of the European translation market, and within this context:
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31/10/1998 00:00
…15 days off, at last!
On the agenda:
- One week in Washington D.C.
- One week in New York City
- B&B accomodation
Throughout my touristic travels, I also considered the « live and work in the US » scenario.
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01/08/1998 00:00
As of 08/1998, within the context of the preparation of an upcoming leisure trip to the United States, I considered the possibility to work as a sworn translator with an embassy. Which I eliminated, once on the spot, in favor of the "I'd rather take two weeks off" scenario.
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01/06/1998 00:00
The delivery of my master’s thesis, eight months after I entered active life, would mark the beginning of a new practical exploratory phase, during which I would assess the professional perspectives in the area of language services. For the same reason as at the beginning of my studies, I crossed-out the "international organization" scenario for good.
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14/11/1997 00:00
First indefinite-term contract of employment with the International Division of the Royal Canin Group (resigned in 03/2000).
My mission, as an International Division Assistant:
- Operational interface between the International Division and its expatriated Area Managers
- PM focus on information management as applied to international trade
- Organization of international seminars
- User environment: IBM Lotus Smart Suite (WordPro, 1-2-3, Freelance Graphics)
- Reporting (Business Performance Management): Comshare Commander Prism
Place of work: Royal Canin Group headquarters in F-34400 Lunel.
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01/10/1997 00:00
Last semester (on the job) dedicated (after office hours) to my master's thesis, as an integral part of the examinations closing the cycle of specialization.
Civilization study on corporate culture, with a special focus on:
- Corporate identity: planning, conducting and debriefing interviews
- Cross-cultural management: relations between the Group's headquarters and its German subsidiary
- User environments: IBM (at the office) and Microsoft (when working at home)
- Place of work: Royal Canin Group headquarters in F-34400 Lunel; with one trip to the Group's German subsidiary in Cologne
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