Who am I ?

Family:

Born in 1947 in Saint Cyr l'Ecole, France (about 3.1 miles - from Versailles, behind the Chateau) at his parents' home, a Périgault house (reconstruction barracks, the town of Saint-Cyr having been 90% destroyed by successive Allied bombings from March to August 1944). From 1802 to the end of the Second World War, Saint-Cyr l'École was known as the home of the famous French military school equivalent to the US West - Point (in 2002, the bicentenary of the school was the occasion of its twinning with West Point).

Father, then a technical officer at the Institut Aérotechnique in Saint-Cyr and a housewife. Has a brother (doctor) born in 1948 and a sister born in 1958.

Father of twin girls born in 1979.

Education:

1953-1957: Ernest Bizet primary school in Saint-Cyr l'Ecole,

1957-1961: Cours complémentaire Jean Jaures in Saint-Cyr l'École - Year 7 to Year 10 (became Collège d'Enseignement Général in 1960),

1961-1964: Mixed state high school in Rambouillet -Bachelor in elementary mathematics,

1964-1965: Preparatory class at the Lycée Chaptal in Paris - Math-Sup A,

1965-1968: Lycée Hoche in Versailles - Math Sup C then Math Spé C (preparatory classes for agronomic schools),

1968-1971: Institut National Agronomique (Paris)

1986-1987: Université Paris VIII - Master's degree in Computer Science.

Professional activity:

June 1965 - July 1965: Training in entomology at the CNRA route de Saint-Cyr in Versailles,

June 1966 - July 1966: Internship in beet genetics at the CNRA route de Saint-Cyr in Versailles,

1966 - 1968: Supervisor of ½ board at the Lycée Hoche in Versailles,

1971-1973 : Secretary of the Agriculture Group at the French Economic and Social Council,

1973-1978 :Head of the "Economy" Division at the Confédération Nationale de la Mutualité, de la Coopération et du Crédit Agricoles - Also in charge of relations with Parliament and the press,

1978-1984 : Deputy Director of the Institut Technique de la Vigne et du Vin,

Mai 1981 - Octobre 1981 : seconded to the Cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture - 2^nd press officer then parliamentary attaché,

1984-1985 : Director of SOVIMEX (Interagra Group)

1987-2009 : Computer engineer at K.P.M.G. SA - National Information Technology Security Officer from 2003 to 2009 (for : France, Monaco, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, New Caledonia, Tahiti),

1988-1989 : Lecturer at the University of Paris VIII - Saint-Denis

Since 2009 : Retired. Lives in Paris.

Associative activities:

Is or has been a member of the following associations (professionally or privately):

Scouts of France (1^st Saint-Cyr then 1^st Bois-d'Arcy)
French Red Cross (first aider)
Emergency Preparedness (first aider)
CLUSIF (French Information Security Club)
ICANN member at large (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
AFNIC (Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération)
ISOC (Internet Society France)
IWA (International Webmaster Association)
AFJA (French Association of Agricultural Journalists)
SFdS (Statistical Associations of Paris and France)
Cercle républicain
Parti Socialiste (secretary of the agricultural group from 1973 to 1975; member of the group of experts)
Prévention Routière

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