Xavier Bonnefoy-Cudraz (Meng)

43 years
Married
Nationality: French
xavier.bonnefoy@gmail.com
Driving Licence

 

Xavier Bonnefoy-Cudraz

CV in English / CV in French  

 

ICT Coordinator


Network & Telecommunication Engineer

 

EXPERIENCE
From 08/2009 International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC - Genève (Suisse)
 


06/2016 to 12/2018 – ICT Coordinator Kinshasa
(15 sites – 1 Mobile - 13 ICT staff – 29 RadioOp)

-Leadership: Management of technicians and radio-operators teams, training, job grading 2018, staff recruitment (radio and ICT), planning and holiday management, iDevelop requests following.
-Management: Budget for the country, managements of ICT equipment (Orders, Stock, Inventory), setting a process for e-waste recycling with a local NGO, drafting documentation, updating the ICT section of contingency plan for DRC. Preparing and training user for the transition to centralized service desk, local Vsat contract for access in the bases, following telecom policy.
-Reporting: Feedback to HoICTR and Management, adapting the IT and Radio setup to the needs, mission reports, setting the structure for ICT section of DRC Team Space.
-Technical: Sites Connect evolution based on needs, updating Delegation's network infrastructure, participation at the opening of KNA and KAL offices and closure of KII sites for ICT section, upgrade of the servers, negotiations with network operators for dotation of smartphone, ICT support to ICRC’s response on Ebola Crisis in Beni.

 04/2015 to 02/2016 – ICT Coordinator Khartoum (6 sites – 8 ICT staff – 12 RadioOp)

-Leadership: Management of technicians and radio-operators teams, training, planning and holiday management, organization of the downsizing of the ICT department following that of the Delegation.
-Management: Budget for the country, managements of ICT equipment (Orders, Stock, Inventory), managing exportation of old equipment for recycling, drafting documentation.
-Reporting: Feedback to HoICTR and Management, adapting the IT and Radio setup to the needs of reducing operations, mission reports.
-Technical: Connect project (monitoring, US embargo), upgrade of the servers, setting up Traveler.

08/2012 to 10/2014 – ICT Coordinator Abidjan (9 sites / 5 countries – 7 ICT staff – 6 RadioOp) :

-Leadership: Management of technicians and radio-operators teams spread over 3 countries in two languages (French, English), staff recruitment, training (setting up the Windows 8.1 training for the zone), planning and holiday management.
-Management: Budget for the 3 countries in charge, managements of ICT equipment (Orders, Stock, Inventory), drafting documentation. HoICTR Backup
-Reporting: Feedback to HoICTR and Management of ABI, MON and COA, adapting the IT and Radio setup to the operational needs, mission reports.
-Technical: Windows 2008 migration, Windows 8.1 planning and migration, Project Connect (monitoring, Vsat survey and migration), upgrade and replacement of servers, ICT part of COA Delegation relocation (studies, planning, cabling, telephony, moving the server room with minimal disruption), unification of HF programming for OP_WEST region, implementation of Traveler for ABI and COA

 04/2011 to 05/2012 – ICT Engineer Khartoum (4 sites – 5 ICT staff – 12 RadioOp) :

-Leadership: Management of technicians and radio-operators teams, staff recruitment, training, planning and holiday management.
-Management: Budget for the 4 sites in charge, managements of ICT equipment (Stock, Inventory), drafting documentation. IT/CO Backup
-Reporting: Feedback to KHA IT/CO and Management of the different sites, adapting the IT and Radio setup to the operational needs, mission reports.
-Technical: Synergy and Mail system migration, unification of VHF programming for the country, debugging Fine Kit (GIS CD), setting up a 3G / SL solution.

10/2009 to 02/2011 – ICT Engineer Bukavu (5 sites – 4 ICT staff – 7 Radio Op) :

-Leadership: Management of technicians and radio-operators teams, staff recruitment, training, planning and holiday management.
-Management: Budget for the Kivu sites, managements of ICT equipment (Orders, Stock, comprehensive review of inventories), drafting documentation (How to for BGAN)
-Reporting: Feedback to KIN IT/CO and Management of the different sites, review of the ICT section of the contingency plan, adapting the IT and Radio setup to the operational needs, mission reports.
-Technical: Triplex and MP2 migration, optimizing the configuration of PABX, unification of VHF programming for the Kivu, Vsat survey for 2 sites and Vsat installation for Uvira, relocation of Goma server room, checking and updating communication facilities of several safe-room / bunkers.

 
07/2005- 04/2007

Swissvoice - Bonneville (France)

Integration and technical support engineer: interface between VAR, corporate customers and our software team. In charge of integration and 2nd/3rd level support for our IP phones.

Ingénieur d’intégration et support: interface entre les clients grands comptes, intégrateurs et l’équipe de développement. Responsable de l’intégration et du support de niveau 2 et 3 de la gamme de téléphones IP.
05/2004-05/2005

Gap year

World tour including Latin America, New-Zealand, Australia and South East Asia. Personal enrichment, confrontation with different environments/cultures, intensive use of English and learning of basic Spanish.

   
01/2003-04/2004

Hewlett Packard – EIC - L'Isle d'Abeau (France) -  Silicomp subcontractor

Integration leader: Compaq telecoms solutions based on Alpha Server (Tru64). Implementation of a process reducing by half the integration time. HP Opencall telecom solutions based on series 9000 server (HPUX).

   
03/2000-11/2002

Compaq CustomSystems - Annecy (France) – Silicomp subcontractor

Telecoms Engineer: Study and realisation of Compaq VoiceXML platform using Netcentrex SVI. Integration, validation and industrialization of various Compaq telecoms solutions under Tru64 and Windows 2000, Netcentrex.
Media Division:
Studies, validation and improvement of a video streaming solution for VoD project.

   
10/1996-11/1999

ASophia – Sophia-Antipolis (France) - Training part of the ITII diploma

IT manager and Network administrator: installation and management of the LAN.
End of studies project: Implementation of the company Internet solution (web, ftp and mail servers).

   

 

LANGUAGES

 
  Passeport de Langue Europass / English version
English : Good level in both standard and technical language (TOEIC score: 830) - English Missions (Sudan, Liberia).
Italian : Functional, can follow a discussion and read
pannish :
 
Basic speaking, average understanding and reading (6 months in Latin America).
 

 

EDUCATION
Diploma
 
 
1999 ITII Engineer diploma (Master’s Degree in Engineering) – ESIM Marseille / FR - Electronic and computer science with networks and telecom option (apprenticeship training)

1995 BTS optical engineering, optoelectronic (BTEC Higher National Diploma) – Grenoble / FR
   
1993 BAC F2 Electronics (A levels) – Argonay / FR
   
Management
 
and general Trainings
2018
2015
2010
2009
2008


Technical

2018

2017

2016
2016
2014
2012

2003

2001

ICRC -  HLMS Module 2 (BAN)
ICRC -  HLMS Module 1 (NAI)
ICRC - Leading a team
European First Aid Certificate (Issued by the French Red-Cross)
Training on new business start-up and training course (CMA74 – France – 8 months)

Trainings

GIAC’s GSEC (score 91%) - SANS - SEC401: Security Essentials
           
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavier-bonnefoy-cudraz-3982b037/
ITIL Foundation V3
GVF 510 ed2, GVF520 et GVF521 (Global Vsat Forum)
CCNA 1

MS-20688C Supporting Windows 8.1 + Microsoft Certified Professional Certification

MS-6419 Configuring, Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008-based
Servers
MS-6421B: Configuring and Troubleshooting a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure
HP-UX training
Next Generation Network and T
ru64 5.0 / 6.0

 

 

TECHNICAL
SKILLS

Operating System:

Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1, 7, XP, Server 2008 & 2003
 
     UNIX/Linux: Ubuntu/Mint, Kali Linux, Android, Compaq Tru64 4.0F/5.1A, HPUX 11.00.

Telecoms :

PABX (Panasonic), SIP, MGCP, H323, Netcentrex SVI, Compaq IN7/ISUP.
     Motorola and Kenwood VHF radio, Codan HF radio, Thuraya, Iridium, Vsat.

Internet :

HTTP (IIS, Apache + PHP & MySQL), FTP, DHCP and DNS servers.

Software :

Lotus Notes, MS Office, Libre Office, AutoCAD, Visio, progiciels de création 2D et 3D, montage numérique. TeamViewer, VNC, True Image,
     Virtualisation (MS HyperV, VirtualBox,).

Hardware :

x86 platforms: HP Laptop/desktop, Compaq Proliant and HP server. AlphaServer and HP serie 9000 servers.
 
Smartphone/Tablet, IP phone, NAS (Synology), Ethernet network, switch, router…

Computer languages :

C, C++, HTML, SQL, KML, MS script

 

INTERESTS

 Astronomy, eclipse hunter. (mes photos: 1999 France , 2001 Madagascar, 2002 Australia , 2005 Spain, 2006 Lybia, 2008 Russia)
 
Travels, world tour from May 2004 to April 2005 (www.soyouz.com).
 
Photography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/soyouz/)
 
Computer, Internet, new technologies, collecting vintage computer (owning a virtual museum: www.exelvision.com).
 
Sports: trekking, swimming, scuba diving (PADI Open Water), cycling.
 
Reading, cinema, spending times with family and friends.