Marc-Elian Bégin
Following Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering studies, I worked from 1994 to 2004 in industry in the Space domain for customers such as the Canadian and European Space Agencies, as well as the Canadian and European Space industry. During that time I occupied a number of positions, starting as a system modeller, to become real-time simulation and testbeds software architect. I also had the opportunity to become involved in technical and project management, and took part in the definition, implementation, testing and delivery of no less than a dozen of systems. Moving on from the space field in 2004, I joined CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, in Geneva) in the Grid Computing group. I first started as assistant to the Project Director of the EGEE project (the largest public Grid Infrastructure project). In my hands-on coordinating and technical management role I gained experience in the challenges of developing and deploying Grid systems. In 2006 I joined the CERN team leading the ETICS project (providing automated build and test services for managing complex software, built on Grid technology). Throughout my career I have been involved in standardisation efforts, both in the Space and Grid worlds. For example, I was one of the creators of the SMP2 (Simulation Model Portability v2) standard, now a candidate for standardisation by European Cooperation on Space Standardization (ECSS). In the Grid world, I am co-chair of the Open Grid Forum (OGF) “Build, Test and Certification Community Group”.
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