Francois Gerthoffert - Network Consultant/Project Manager

François Gerthoffert
23-27 Rue des Peupliers
92100 Boulogne Billancourt
FRANCE
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(+33) 6 26 72 28 20
26 years old
French Nationality
International Mobility

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September 2009 - Today		Total (via SSII) - Paris
September 2009 - Today		Project Manager (WAN projecst) Call for tender: Documents (RFI, RFQ), Review, Analysis, Synthesis Contractual negotiations (SLAs, architecture, ...), Project Management: Business requirements. Project's coordination (providers/suppliers, technical teams, affiliates). Planning and deployment organization. Associated documentation (meeting minutes, project costs, project plan, ...). Studies: Gather/establish business requirements. Multiple cases (comparison, costs, recommendations). Presentation of the results to Total management.
Architecture and Design, CCDA (640-863 DESGN) - Cisco Certified Design Associate (June 2008, CCNA (640-802) - Cisco Certified Network Associate (June 2009), Documents (RFI, RFQ), Escalation, Gather/establish business requirements, IPv4, ITIL (Information Technical Infrastructure Library), LAN, WAN, Multiple cases (comparison, costs, recommendations), Presentation of the results to Total management, Project Management, Review, Analysis, Synthesis, SLA (Service Level Agreement), TCP/IP,

November 2007 - September 2009		Nscglobal - London
November 2007 - September 2009		Wireless Consultant Pre-Sales: Estimating project costs, Scope of Works. Project Management: Involved in all phases: initiation to delivery, Drive meetings, workshops. Manage customer during deployment phases. Related documents (Meeting minutes, Project costs, Project plan, ...). WLAN infrastructures design: High Level and Low Level architecture design documents (HLD, LLD). High Availability (Aruba VRRP, Cisco WLC). Distributed Architectures (Cisco H-REAP). Pilotes (incl. user/customer acceptance testings). Security (802.11i). Captive Portals. WLAN Migration in heteregeneous environment: Infrastructure Audit (Airwave AMP). Migration procedures. Migration documents (incl. Design, Executive Summary, Procedures). International Environement (180+ sites). 1200+ Wi-Fi APs (Direct Impact: 14 000+ client devices) Wireless SME 802.11i (integrated with Novell eDirectory) Laptops, VoWLAN, handhelds ... Trainings, presentations: High Level Wi-Fi & security training. Cisco WCS training, Airwave AMP training, Rédaction de supports de formation Internal Mobility Competence Center: Internal Documents templates (HLD, LLD, Wi-Fi Site Surveys), Detailed Wi-Fi site survey procedure, Internal Training (Wi-Fi, Aruba Networks, ...), Implementation of Wi-Fi products: Cisco : WLC, WLC, LWAPP, H-REAP ... Aruba Networks : RAP, AP125 ... Knowledge transfert, WIPS/WIDS (AirMagnet Enterprise)
642-586 AWLANSE: Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN for System Engineers (January 2009), 650-621 LCSAWLAN: Lifecycle Services for Advanced Wireless LAN (February 2009), 802.11 a/b/g/n (Audit, Design, Implement), AirMagnet Enterprise (Server, Sensor, Spectrum), AirMagnet: Analyzer, Survey, Planner, Handheld, Aruba MMS (End-of-Sale Dec. 2008), Aruba Networks (Controllers & Access Points), Certified Aruba Technical Sales Engineer, Aruba/Airwave AMP (Wireless Management Platform), CCDA (640-863 DESGN) - Cisco Certified Design Associate (June 2008, CCNA (640-802) - Cisco Certified Network Associate (June 2009), Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Design Specialist (February 2009), Cisco WCS, Cisco WLC (3750G, 4400, LWAPP, AP12xx IOS), IPv4, ITIL (Information Technical Infrastructure Library), Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, 98, 95, 3.1x, Novell, PKI (CA Microsoft, OpenSSL), Radius (FreeRadius, IAS, Cisco ACS), Security (802.11i, WPA2, WPA, 802.1x, ...), SNMP, TCP/IP, VLAN,

April 2006 - November 2007		Bluesafe - Levallois Perret
April 2006 - November 2007		WLAN Network Engineer Wi-Fi: Audit & Consulting: Audit and purposal to improve Wi-Fi infrastructure. Software: Airmagnet (Analyzer, Survey, Handheld). Paperwork. Wi-Fi & site survey courses (trainer): Site survey courses, Aruba Networks appliances courses, Courses paperwork, Wi-Fi Site Survey: Complex Site surveys (more than 100 Access Points) Specific Site Surveys to answer special needs (High Availability, VoWLAN, ...) Wi-Fi appliances: Cisco : WLC, WLSE, LWAPP, ACS, installation within big companies (Aerospace, defense, ...) Bluesocket : Installation within big companies, Aruba Networks : Installation within big companies, Teaching and explanations about the solution installed, "Hotspots" installation for short term events (Le Bourget Paris Air Show, short term events), Helping customers to plan their new network architecture. Technologic foresight: VoIP, VoWLAN, Wi-Fi, ACL (VACL, PACL, RACL). Network products: Firewall: iptables, Microsoft ISA Server 2004, ... Radius: Microsoft IAS, freeradius, Cisco ACS, wired 802.1X, ... Switching: Cisco catalyst, Nortel, HP, ...
802.11 a/b/g/n (Audit, Design, Implement), Aruba Networks (Controllers & Access Points), Certified Aruba Technical Sales Engineer, Audit and Analysis softwares (Airmagnet Survey, Airmagnet Analyzer, Airmagnet Handheld, kismet, ...), Bluesocket (BlueSecure, BlueView), BOOTP, TFTP, Thin Clients, Cisco WLC (3750G, 4400, LWAPP, AP12xx IOS), Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Knoppix, DHCP, DNS (Bind), Fedora Core, Red Hat, CentOS, Firewall (iptables), IPv4, Microsoft ISA Server (2004, 2006), Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, 98, 95, 3.1x, PHP, PKI (CA Microsoft, OpenSSL), Radius (FreeRadius, IAS, Cisco ACS), RIP, BGP, OSPF (quagga/zebra), CISCO routers, Security (802.11i, WPA2, WPA, 802.1x, ...), SNMP, Symbol (Motorola) WS, TCP/IP, Trapeze Networks, VLAN,

June 2006 - Today		Spottrotters - Paris
June 2006 - Today		Spottrotters.com (personnal project) Extreme Sports spots directory News Web 2.0 First released in April 2007 Search engine optimization
AJAX, Apache (1.x, 2.x), Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Knoppix, PHP, Smarty (PHP template system), xHTML, XML, XSLT,

March 2006 (12 days)		Communauté de Communes - Pont-Château
March 2006 (12 days)		IT infrastructure Conception of the network infrastructure Installation of a new Microsoft Windows 2003 Server (DNS, ADS, File server, Backup, ... Microsoft Exchange Server Firewall & VPN (ipcop)
ADS, DHCP, DNS (Bind), Firewall (iptables), IPcop, m0n0wall, smoothwall, IPv4, LAN, WAN, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Snort, TCP/IP, VPN (vtun, OpenVPN),

March 2006 (1 day)		Foyer de la Madeleine - Pont-Château
March 2006 (1 day)		Computer services Servers and network administration. Users assistance Computers installation and configuration
IPv4, TCP/IP,

March 2006 (3 days)		G+H - Saint-Nazaire
March 2006 (3 days)		Computer Services Bought, Installed and configured new computers Configured the network of the company Installed and configured network printers
802.11 a/b/g/n (Audit, Design, Implement), CUPS, DHCP, IPv4, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP,

February 2006 (6 days)		> - Pont-Château
February 2006 (6 days)		Self learning: Captive portals Tests of captive portals solutions. Standalone Hotspots. Pro and cons of each solutions. Results of these tests are available here (mostly in French).
802.11 a/b/g/n (Audit, Design, Implement), Apache (1.x, 2.x), DHCP, DNS (Bind), Firewall (iptables), IPv4, LAN, WAN, MySQL, Open Source Captive portals (Chillispot, NocatAuth, Talweg, Wifidog), Radius (FreeRadius, IAS, Cisco ACS), RIP, BGP, OSPF (quagga/zebra), CISCO routers, Security (802.11i, WPA2, WPA, 802.1x, ...), TCP/IP,

January 2006 (2 days)		ACOMAX Net Publishing - London (UK) - Pont-Château (FR)
January 2006 (2 days)		Module de gestion automatisé de compétitions Ajout d'un module sur le site internet permettant de gérer automatiquement des compétitions. Visualisation des résultats, des statistiques et tirage au sort des gagnants par le biais de l'interface d'administration.
CSS, MySQL, PHP, xHTML,

January 2006 (4h)		Microserv - Pont-Château (FR)
January 2006 (4h)		Network Course Network course for developpers. Introduction to OSI layers and static routing. Case study (available in the documents section of this website).
DHCP, DNS (Bind), IPv4, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP,

December 2005 (15 days)		INFRACOM - St. Roch (FR)
December 2005 (15 days)		Updating the e-commerce website E-commerce based on OSCommerce. Website: infracom.fr.
CSS, MySQL, OSCommerce (e-commerce product), PHP, xHTML,

October - December 2005 (3 months)		ACOMAX Net Publishing - London (UK) - Pont-Château (FR)
October - December 2005 (3 months)		Maintenance of the website Improved the website. Developed new functionalities.
CSS, PHP, Smarty (PHP template system), xHTML, XML, XSLT,

April - September 2005 (6 months)		ACOMAX Net Publishing - London (UK)
April - September 2005 (6 months)		Training Course: Developing of a new web portal Study about employees habits to develop an easy to use administration panel. development of a CMS web portal (PHP, MySQL, CSS, xHTML, Smarty). Study to optimize website referencement. Study about security in employees everyday work and explanations about some network protocols weakness (FTP, POP, SMTP, WEP) Website: franceinlondon.com
Apache (1.x, 2.x), Coldfusion, CSS, Merise, MySQL, PHP, Smarty (PHP template system), UML, xHTML, XML, XSLT,

May - July 2005 (3 months)		MC-Creation - Londres (UK)
May - July 2005 (3 months)		Website engine Creation of a website engine (PHP, MySQL, Smarty). Team work with other developers and designers. Website: Property Stock Exchange
CSS, MySQL, PHP, Smarty (PHP template system), xHTML,

February 2005 (1 month)		AVANS Hogeschool. - Breda (NL)
February 2005 (1 month)		Student: Consulting project Study and preparation of a proposition to update a LAN / WAN high availability (99.999%) architecture. Competition between two consultant team. Presentation of this proposition to a fictive customer. proposition selected by the customer.
802.11 a/b/g/n (Audit, Design, Implement), IPv4, ITIL (Information Technical Infrastructure Library), LAN, WAN, RIP, BGP, OSPF (quagga/zebra), CISCO routers, Security (802.11i, WPA2, WPA, 802.1x, ...), SLA (Service Level Agreement), TCP/IP, VPN (vtun, OpenVPN),

July 2004 (1 month)		INFRACOM - St. Roch (FR)
July 2004 (1 month)		Trainee: Installation of an e-commerce shop Installation of an e-commerce shop based on OSCommerce Development of additional functionality to answer special needs of the company. Website: infracom.fr
CSS, MySQL, OSCommerce (e-commerce product), PHP, xHTML, XML, XSLT,

November 2003 - February 2004 (4 months)		ISAIP - Angers (FR)
November 2003 - February 2004 (4 months)		Student: Project: « building a wireless network » Study and implementation of a secured wireless network. Networks nodes located in different cities and linked together through VPN links. Project published as an Ebook under the GNU FDL licence. On-line version available at this address: http://www.nantes-wireless.org/pages/wiki/index.php?pagename=SommaireEbook2 Project is the continuity of the Ebook project 802.11 - Wireless networks.
802.11 a/b/g/n (Audit, Design, Implement), Apache (1.x, 2.x), DHCP, DNS (Bind), Firewall (iptables), FTP (Proftpd), IPv4, LAN, WAN, MySQL, NFS, Open Source Captive portals (Chillispot, NocatAuth, Talweg, Wifidog), PPP, PPTP, ATM, Radius (FreeRadius, IAS, Cisco ACS), RIP, BGP, OSPF (quagga/zebra), CISCO routers, Security (802.11i, WPA2, WPA, 802.1x, ...), SNMP, Snort, TCP/IP, VPN (vtun, OpenVPN),

July - September 2003 (3 months)		VINCI Bautec - Ludwigshafen (DE)
July - September 2003 (3 months)		Trainee: Study about the implementation of Citrix Metaframe within the company. Study about the existing infrastructure. Proposal of solutions and improvement necessary to migrate the company to Citrix Metaframe. Worked as a project manager assistant on small projects (Lotus Notes Administration, software development, ...).
802.11 a/b/g/n (Audit, Design, Implement), Citrix Metaframe, Lotus (notes, domino, administrator),

May - June 2003 (2 months)		ISAIP - Angers (FR)
May - June 2003 (2 months)		Student : Project: Programming of an Internet Café management software Internet access with the use of chip cards. Users and Credits management.
C, C++, IPv4,

December 2002 / March 2003 (4 months)		Nantes-Wireless - Nantes (FR)
December 2002 / March 2003 (4 months)		Personal project: 802.11 - Wireless networks Instigator and co-writer of a documentation project about wireless networks. More than 350 000 downloads since March 2003. Used by a lot of companies and advertised by computer websites after its release. On-line version available at this address: http://www.nantes-wireless.org/pages/wiki/index.php?pagename=SommaireEbook
802.11 a/b/g/n (Audit, Design, Implement), Open Source Captive portals (Chillispot, NocatAuth, Talweg, Wifidog), Security (802.11i, WPA2, WPA, 802.1x, ...),

February - March 2002 (2 months)		Norwest Holst - Watford (UK)
February - March 2002 (2 months)		Trainee: Trainee within the IT service of the company Study and demonstration about using Linux within the company. Technical support.
ADS, DHCP, DNS (Bind), IPv4, NIS, Novell, Samba, TCP/IP,

April - July 2001 (4 months)		PENTASONIC - Nantes (FR)
April - July 2001 (4 months)		Trainee: Technician Technical support and computer installation. Interventions within customers company. Summer job after the training period.
ADS, IIS, IPv4,