Denis Balazuc

Java development as a research counselor:

• Technology watch on social and mobile networks as well as conferencing solutions.
• Data mining geared toward language recognition and translation.
• Development of various tools for the Sakai education platform.

Technical leader and JavaEE developer/designer for existing and new applications or components.

Conception and development of a credit application web application for Canadian National (CN). This application enables CN customers to apply for credit with CN through a web interface, and allows CN to quickly check and process credit requests in an automated way, rather than through human intervention.
Technical leader and responsible for the conception and development of the application components (message beans, JCA connectors, business process engine, etc.).

Design and development of a client application based on Java Swing for a J2EE yard management solution for Canadian National (CN). The "SmartYard" application is used to manage and monitor CN's yard traffic in real-time, as well as provide decision support to yard managers.
Responsible for designing and implementing a Swing-based application framework (J2EE client) using CN's Enterprise Java Framework (EJF-see below).

Development of various plugins and application samples for a proof-of-concept Eclipse 3.x based application for Canadian National (CN) within an IBM project team.

Design and development of a multi-tiered J2EE enterprise framework and accompanying programming methodologies and best-practices for Canadian National (CN) as a member of an IBM project team.
The EJF framework is used to consolidate and standardize the development of complex J2EE applications within CN's IT department. Responsible for the design, implementation, and documentation of the Struts web applications.
This project won the Canadian Project Excellence Award (CPEX) in the Technology category.

Development of J2EE based (using IBM WebSphere and WSAD) tools and Web applications.

Development of a .NET and MS-CMS Web solution for the Royal Canadian Mint.

Development of a 3-tier distributed application for network and inventory management for Ni2, a startup company.

Development and maintenance of a 3-tier Java application (J2EE, EJB 2.0, JSP) as well as configuration and build ("buildmaster") management for Accovia— as a consultant (Arobas Technologies—Montréal).

Technical leading, project development, and project management for Morgan Stanley (U.S.A), within the Law & Compliance I.T. Group. The goals of the various projects were to port proprietary applications to J2EE (web applications) as well as to design and implement web-based support tools.

Designed, conceived and maintained e-commerce Web sites for Québec and the rest of Canada (online ads). Designed and developed new projects (3-tier architecture, internationalisation, report generation, etc.). Technical leader for Trader.com's Powerpages (B2B web site). Performed third-party applications integration and support for development tools.

Designed and conceived 3-tier architecture (Java Server Pages, Enterprise Java Beans, Oracle/MS SQL Server) for worldwide support of Trader.com's online ads. Technical leader for the database access components team and for creating a complete JAVA solution for Trader.com Montréal.

Designed and developed (as a consultant for Transiciel-France) a client-server JAVA tool (using RMI) facilitating the installation and configuration of Compaq's Telecom Information Management Platform (TeMIP) within a distributed architecture.

Implemented the JAVA Telephony API (JTAPI) for telephony and voice on IP using Enterprise Java Beans and web-based configuration and management tools. Responsible for support of media (H323 protocol, streaming media, etc.).

Developed Shiva Configurator software (routers and switches management). Responsible for application resources, internationalisation, and some GUI parts (dialogue boxes, configuration wizards) as well as for profiling the application.

Designed and developed software tools for data analysis for the Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Représentation et le Traitement de l'Information Chimique (L.A.R.T.I.C.), University of Nice, Sophia-Antipolis.

Developed a management system for Monaco's Minister of Telecommunications. The system covers the whole territory of Monaco and allows for managing phone lines and phone users, using a geographical database (including graphical maps).