Idiap Research Institute

Olivier Bornet

Head of Idiap Research and Development Team.

About

Working at Idiap since 1994

Olivier Bornet
Phone
+41 27 721 77 38
Email
olivier.bornet@idiap.ch
PGP
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Address
Idiap Research Institute, Centre du Parc, Rue Marconi 19, CH‑1920 Martigny, Switzerland
1994
Joined Idiap
2014
Head of R&D team
30+
Years in software engineering
Timeline

Idiap Research Institute

May 1994

Join Idiap as research engineer.

Jan 1997

Head of system group.

Nov 1999

Leave Idiap.

Apr 2004

Back to Idiap as senior development engineer.

Mar 2014

Head of Idiap development team.

Jan 2018

Development team is now the Research and Development team.

Career

Previous experiences

Oct 2000 – Mar 2004

SMARTDATA SA

Development Engineer

Software development in embedded Linux. Participation in many Open Source projects (Waba, PicoGUI, BlueZ). Responsible for the software development of the product Zukero.

Nov 1999 – Sep 2000

Alusuisse Aluminium Suisse SA

Development Engineer, quality department

Responsible for the development and utilization of the automatic data acquisition system and the data processing system for continuous improvement of industrial processes. Monitoring statistics of technical processes for manufacturing and control.

Jun 1990 – Apr 1994

Alusuisse-Lonza Services

Development and Automation Engineer

Development of industrial control systems for aluminum smelters. Design and implementation of user interfaces used to control processes and improve quality. Participated in commissioning and client support (Belgium, Iceland, USA). Responsible for the network infrastructure of the automation section of the department.

Jan 1990 – May 1990

Siemens-Albis

Test Engineer

Test engineer in the installation of a new digital telephone exchange.

Education

Studies

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.

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