Robert K. Swierk

Address for correspondence:

    rue Albert-Gos 7 
    CH-1206 Geneva 
    phone:  +41-(0)22-347-8003 
    fax.:  +41-(0)22-346-6663
 Robert K. Swierk
Diploma:
    Communication Systems Engineer graduate EPF.
Education:
    1993- 1994 : Institute Eurecom (GIE EPFL and INT Paris), Sophia-Antipolis, France. Communication Systems, Corporate, Multimedia and Mobile Communications; 

    1991- 1993: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Communication Systems Department, Switzerland; 

    1988- 1991: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Electricity Department, Switzerland; 

    1984- 1988: College Calvin (Calvin High School), Geneva, Switzerland. Baccalaureate C (Maths and Physics) equivalent to "A" levels passed with distinction;

Work experience:
    Sept. 1997- to date: SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques, Airline Telecommunications and Information Services), Geneva, Switzerland.
      Service Development Manager in Network Value Added Services team of Engeneering Department. Integration of Multipoint Video Conferencing Service as part of the teleconferencing portfolio. Concurrent engineering involving marketing, engineering, development, integration, operations and sales units.
    Oct. 1994- Sept. 1997: Steria Informatic SA, Geneva, Switzerland.
      Management expertise for customer sites and their exploitation set up. Planning and set up of hardware and software configurations. Data security and integrity. Performance tests. 

      Exploitation survey of complex banking products on heterogeneous networks with sites personalization (UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 95). 

      Products migration on several platforms: Sun (SparcServer, UltraSparc), IBM (RS 6000), DEC (Alpha), Tandem (SGI), Bull, NCR, HP.

      Aérospatiale (Cannes, France), ESA. Software engineering and development (PC, Visual C++, Socapel assembler). Robot arm automation, working under vacuum, equipment calibration for satellites (micro-meter and micro-radius precision). 

      Software engineering and development of banking product (financial messaging). Multi platforms UNIX environment, client/server. Networks: SWIFT, X.25, SIC, Telex, Fax. Protocols: TCP/IP, SNA, X.25, HTU, HFU.

Training:
    1994:  Le Grand Canal SA, Villeneuve Loubet (06), France.
    Software engineering and development of graphical generator for video-text services (UNIX system, C language, OSF/Motif). 

    1993:  Swiss Telecom PTT Management, Bern, Switzerland.
    R&D department. Graphical software engineering for Cellular Networks Planning for mobile communications (Natel D, GSM) (UNIX system, C++ language, OSF/Motif). 

    1993:  Institute Eurecom, Sophia-Antipolis (06), France.
    Multimedia department. Videodesk, hardware and software engineering and development of the computerised bureau. Multimedia systems integration.

Others: Financial management, marketing, PNL (Programmation Neurolinguistique). 

Languages:

    Polish : native language;
    French, English: fluent;
    Italian: good knowledge.
Membership of clubs: Basketball Club (1985-1987), Scout leader (1984-1988); 

Sport & Outdoor activities: skiing, mountain walking, reading, painting, cinema, theatre; 

Personal data:

     Date of birth: August 30th, 1968
     Dual Swiss / Polish nationality;
     Single, driver's licence.