✪ Technology Journalist

I work as an IT journalist for the M6 Web network and more specifically on its high tech magazine Clubic.com

For the most part my work on consists in :

• ✓ Writing articles
• ✓ Conducting interviews
• ✓ Attending press conferences
• ✓ Reporting news
• ✓ Researching information
• ✓ Publishing media content
• ✓ Testing several kinds of products (software, hardware, web services).

✪ Independent technology writer & translator

I used to work as a freelance writer on several online and paper technology-oriented magazines.

• ✓ SVM Mac
• ✓ SVM iPod
• ✓ VNUnet.fr (ITExpresso)
• ✓ A Vos Mac
• ✓ MobiFrance.com (Sojeng)
• ✓ iPhonetik (Sojeng)
• ✓ Live.fr (TigerSun)
• ✓ OpenSource Magazine
• ✓ Zebulon.fr
• ✓ Translation works for Techcrunch France
• ✓ Translation works for Tom's Hardware Guide.

✪ Classroom & dormroom assistant

I first considered pursuing a career in Education. I wanted to get familiar with the challenges by working classroom & dormroom assistant in high school and middle school

✪ French Teacher in the USA

I used to work as a French teacher in Rochester, NY both in high school and middle school. Also, I created a continuing education program and taught French to adults in night classes.

For the most part my work consisted in :

• ✓ Preparing work materials for six teachers
• ✓ Teaching French to Beginners or intermediate and advanced users (9yo to 50yo)
• ✓ Preparing courses and written and oral exams. Correcting tests
• ✓ Managing a group of people (Children or adults)
• ✓ Speaking at internationl socio-cultural conferences

✪ Web Development

I learned by myself how to develop websites. AT first I got familiar with third party-tools (Dreameaver, Namoweb…) then learned how to directly writ the code by hand

• ✓ Competences : HTML, CSS - SEO
• ✓ Notions of JavaScript and PHP
• ✓ Developing graphical user interfaces for different types of CMS : Wordpress, Movable Type, Tumblr.
• ✓ Graphic software : Pixelmator

✪ Certified Microsoft Most Valuable Professional

Awarded fr my involvment in several testing programs led by Microsoft as well as for the benevolent customer support.

• Testing several kinds of products : hardware, software, web services

✪ Computing platforms

Windows (all), Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux