====== Short resume ======

Since 1995, I'm working in the field of telecommunication in Europe and the US. The companies I worked for include:
  * Equipment providers: //Lucent Technologies, ActiVia Networks//,
  * Service providers: //Sprint//, 
  * Research labs: //INRIA, Sprintlabs, ETH Zurich//


===== Professional Experience =====

2008 - present, **Thomson Corporate Research**, France \\
Senior Researcher and Research Group Leader \\
Paris Research Lab headed by Dr. Christophe Diot

2004 – 2008, **Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich**, Switzerland \\
Senior Researcher Associate and Lecturer\\
Communication Systems Research Group (CSG) of Prof. Dr. Bernhard Plattner

2000 – 2003, **ActiVia Networks**, Sophia Antipolis, France\\
Founder and Chief Network Architect\\
Start-up company in the field of Content Networking

1998 – 2000, **Sprint Advanced Technology Labs**, Burlingame, California, USA\\
Post-doc and Research Scientist\\
IP research group of Dr. Christophe Diot

1997 – 1998, **AT&T / Lucent Bell-Labs Research**, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA\\
Technical staff member\\
High-speed networks research department (Dr. T.V. Lakshman)

1996 – 1999, **INRIA**, Sophia Antipolis, France\\
Research Staff member and Ph.D. candidate\\
RODEO project (Head of research group was Dr. Christian Huitema)

1995 – 1996, **INRIA**, Sophia Antipolis, France\\
Master thesis student\\
Winner of a Erasmus student grant (supervisor Prof. Effelsberg)

===== Education =====

**Ph.D. in Computer Science** in 1999 at INRIA (Institut National de la Recherche en Informatique et Automation), Sophia Antipolis, France\\
Advisors: Dr. Jean Bolot, Dr. Christophe Diot\\
Dissertation: Performance Evaluation of AQM and Differentiated-Services Networks

**Diploma in Computer Science and Economics** (Wirtschaftsinformatik) in 1996 from the University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany\\