Olivier Bornet

Senior Research and Development Engineer at Idiap,
Head of Research and Development Team.

Phone: +41 27 721 77 38
Email: olivier . bornet @ idiap.ch
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Idiap Research Institute
Centre du Parc
Rue Marconi 19
CH - 1920 Martigny
Switzerland

Idiap Research Institute

May 1994: join Idiap as research engineer,
Janyary 1997: head of system group,
November 1999: leave Idiap,
April 2004: back to Idiap as senior development engineer,
March 2014: head of Idiap development team,
January 2018: development team is now research and development team.

Previous experiences

SMARTDATA SA (Oct 2000 - Mar 2004): Development Engineer. Software development in embeded Linux. Participation to many Open Source projects ( Waba, PicoGUI, BlueZ ). Responsible of the software development of the product Zukero.
Alusuisse Aluminium Suisse SA (Nov 1999 - Sep 2000): Development Engineer in quality department. Responsible of the development and utilization of the automatic data acquisition system. Responsible of the data processing system for continuous improvement of the industrial processes. Monitoring statistics of the technical processes for manufacturing and control.
Alusuisse-Lonza Services (Jun 1990 - Apr 1994): Development and Automation Engineer. Development of industrial systems controlling process for aluminum smelters. Design and implementation of user interfaces used to control processes and improving quality. Participation of commissioning and support to clients (Belgium, Island, USA). Responsible of the network infrastructure of the automation section of the department.
Siemens-Albis (Jan 1990 - May 1990): Test Engineer in the installation of new digital telephone exchange.

Education

1986 – 1989: Engineer in Computer Science, EINEV (Ecole d’INgénieurs de l’Etat de Vaud), electrical department, computer science section.

1982 - 1986: Federal certificate of capacity, electronics in radio and television.