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  • Xavier Lacot

    10, passage Thiéré
    75011 Paris
    France
    Mobile: (+33) 6 51 48 59 73
    E-mail: xavier@lacot.org
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  • Blog
    Blog
    Twitter
    Twitter account
    GitHub
    Compte GitHub account
    Ohloh
    Ohloh account
    Slideshare
    Slideshare account
    Linkedin
    Linkedin profile
    Viadeo
    Viadeo profile
    Flickr
    Flickr account
    Lastfm
    Last.fm profile

  • Computer knowledge

    • Web developement
      PHP, XHTML/CSS, Javascript

      My favourite Web developement platform is the LAMP one, about which I often publish articles. I am keen on good developement practices, and have animated sessions during major conferences: Forum PHP 2006, symfony Live 2009, symfony Day Cologne 2009, Forum PHP 2010, etc.

      I am most notabily an expert in the field of Rapid Application Developement frameworks - symfony, Zend Framework, etc.

    • Standards
      XML, XSLT, RDF/OWL, SVG, XUL/XBL.

      I have a great interest in the respect of Web Standards, and in all kind of developements in relation with the Semantic Web. That is the reason why I am involved in the translation of some W3C Recommandations, as well as the promotion and the implementation of these new technologies.

    • Servers
      Administration of Linux/Debian servers, on-the-cloud deployments.
    • Versioning and bugs
      Subversion/Trac, Git
    • Operating Systems
      GNU/Linux, Mac OSX
    • Developement - other
      C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Eiffel, Prolog, Ada, Smalltalk
    • Methodology
      Scrum, XP

  • Professionnal Experiences

    • since March 2012
      JoliCode, Paris. Founder, PHP and mobility expert.

      Profile: technical expert and consultant, lead developer, project manager, trainer. Technologies: mostly the LAMP or javascript software ecosystem, but also every sort of things related to the Web.

    • December 2005 - February 2012
      Clever Age, Paris. Director of the expertise group, and PHP technical lead.

      Profile: technical expert and consultant, lead developer, project manager, trainer. Technologies: mostly the LAMP software ecosystem, but also every sort of things related to the Web.

    • May 2005 - November 2005
      Internship, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Poissy (France).

      XHTML/CSS Web standards switch of the "Configurator", an online tool that allows PSA clients to configure their vehicle on the different websites of the group. Conception, developement and responsability of the Configurator of Citroën. Technologies: XHTML/CSS/Javascript, ASP.Net, C#, IIS

    • October 2003 - July 2004
      Internship, DaimlerChrysler Research Center, Ulm (Germany).

      I took part to the developement and the tests of a car-embedded vocal Dialog system. Developement of the CAN-bus interface and of cognitive workload assessment software. Technologies: Windows, C++, Prolog, bus CAN

    • July 2002
      Internship, Regional Concil of Dordogne (France), Computer department.

      Developement of a unified intranet identification system for the agents of the concil (ASP).

  • Education

    • 2004 - 2005
      Mastère IDL (Specialization in Software Engeneering) at ENST (Télécom Paris).
    • 2003 - 2004
      1 year of study in the University of Ulm (Germany), as part of the european exchange-program ERASMUS.

      Main classes: Web Engineering [de], Secure Systems Architecture [en], Usability Engineering [de].

    • 2001 - 2004
      Three-year Ingenieur Cycle at ENSSAT, Lannion. Major: Software and Computer Systems.

      ENSSAT is a highly-selective "Grande Ecole" which admits candidates holding an Undergraduate degree and trains them in applied science and technology. Equivalent to a US Master's Degree in engineering. The major LSI emphazises the developement of autonomy through projects lead alone or in group. For instance : POP planification in Prolog, a command-line VoiceXML interpreter/client, a real-time VxWorks system, a timer-enabled kernel for an embedded M68K processor.

    • 1999 - 2001
      Two-year "Grande École" preparatory cycle (a rigorous specific undergraduate programme in formal science). Lycée Michel Montaigne, Bordeaux.

  • Foreign languages

    • French
      mother tongue
    • German
      fluent. One year of study in Germany.

      I passed the "Zertifikat Deutsch" of the Goethe Institut, before living in Germany. (180.5, Good).

    • English
      fluent

  • Conferences

    • March 3rd, 2011
      RESTful avec symfony et Symfony2, Symfony Live. In collaboration with Damien Alexandre.
    • November 9th, 2010
      Les frameworks, essentiels dans l'écosystème PHP, Forum PHP. En collaboration avec Bastien Jaillot.
    • September 4th, 2009
      symfony vs. Integrating Products, Symfony Day.
    • June 12th, 2009
      Symfony pour gérer des médias, Symfony Live.
    • June 11th, 2009
      Construction d'un réseau social avec Symfony, Symfony Live.
    • November 9th, 2006
      Des briques Open Source pour refondre un site internet en PHP (Trac, SVN, Symfony, architecture), Forum PHP. In collaboration with Tristan Rivoallan and Hervé Schmitt.

  • Last publications

    • June 1st, 2009
      Amazon Web Services pour déployer un site Web : architecture et limitations.
    • August 3rd, 2008
      RDF, OWL, SPARQL : visite des coulisses du Web Sémantique. TV4IT, la WebTV des architectes de l'IT.
    • June 22nd, 2008
      RIA sur mobile, déjà une réalité ? TV4IT, la WebTV des architectes de l'IT.
    • May 14th, 2008
      Frameworks php pour l’entreprise. White paper, Clever Age. In collaboration with Tristan Rivoallan.
    • May 9th, 2008
      RIA, RDA : sur quelle technologie miser ?. TV4IT, la WebTV des architectes de l'IT.
    • July 18th, 2007
      XULRunner : à suivre ou à éviter ? In collaboration with Rémi Cieplicki.
    • March 1st,2007
      Géolocalisez vos photographies avec PHP . PHP Solutions n°20, pp 9-17.
    • December 21st, 2006
      Classer, trier et taguer pour retrouver : les enjeux documentaires du web (2.0).
    • November 2nd, 2006
      Frameworks PHP : Symfony, inachevé ? In collaboration with Tristan Rivoallan and Nicolas Perriault.
    • November 1st, 2006
      Trois frameworks PHP passés au crible : Cake PHP, Code Igniter et Symfony. Linux Developer's Journal n°1, pp 70-79.
    • June 26th, 2006
      Votre blog sous Symfony, pas à pas.
    • June 12nd, 2006
      Le Web Sémantique en entreprise : comment et à quels niveaux ?
    • June 2005
      Introduction à OWL, un langage XML d'ontologies Web.

  • Open-Source

    • November 15th, 2010
      Javascript ORM joli.js.
    • June 9th, 2010
      Titanium Mobile Clipboard module.
    • May 16th, 2010
      symfony plugin "sfDoctrineShortUrlPlugin".
    • May 9th, 2010
      symfony plugin "sfDoctrineRestGeneratorPlugin".
    • September 14th, 2009
      symfony plugin "cleverFilesystemPlugin".
    • January 12th, 2009
      symfony plugin "sfGravatarPlugin".
    • February 20th, 2008
      symfony plugin "sfOpmlPlugin".
    • January 14th, 2008
      symfony plugin "sfPropelActAsCountableBehaviorPlugin".
    • September 17th, 2007
      symfony plugin "sfJobQueuePlugin".
    • September 13th, 2007
      symfony plugin "sfPropelActAsCommentableBehaviorPlugin".
    • May 22nd, 2007
      symfony plugin "sfPropelActAsTaggableBehaviorPlugin".

  • More about me...

    • Sport
      Mountainbike, Badminton, diving, Karting, running.
    • Spare time
      Photography, Cinema, Music, reading, writing.
    • Personal Home Page
      http://lacot.org/ (Thoughts about new Web technologies; Photos portfolio)
    • Ham radio
      Callsign: F4AUO
    • Driving license