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Curriculum Vitae


Roland Michel Tremblay

44E The Grove
Isleworth, Middlesex, London, TW7 4JF
Tel: +44 (0)20 8847 5586 Mobile: +44 (0)794 127 1010
rm@themarginal.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

In the past few years I have been working in the world of Conferences in Telecoms and IT where I have been writing and managing major European events. I am also an Author, Technical Adviser and Researcher for television and cinema. I have been writing novels, essays, plays, documentaries, film and television scripts.

Five of my books are published in Paris and some of my work is being broadcast on the NBC network in America, was on ITV 1 in the UK and is now on Fox Kids (Black Hole High). Recently I have been a Development Producer and Researcher at Darlow Smithson Productions, working on an important documentary about E=mc² and Einstein with Kevin MacDonald. I have also written three film scripts and several treatments for Maverick Films and Anonymous Content in Los Angeles as a freelance writer.

If you wish to get a better idea of who I am, please visit my website:

http://www.themarginal.com

I have a Masters degree in French Literature from the University of London. I have studied for one year at la Sorbonne in Paris and I have finished a BA Language and Philosophy at the University of Ottawa in Canada. I also have a college diploma in Sciences from the College of Jonquière in Québec.

I have been deeply involved with the development and marketing of Telecoms & IT, Multimedia and Broadcasting conferences. I have managed teams within different departments and achieved great results. I was also a consultant with a background in market research, and more recently I was managing teams developing applications for corporate networks. I have personally created, built, tested and maintained many professional and successful websites.

For the last 8 years I have gained experience in research, marketing, sales, administration, sponsorship, computers, databases, web design and web promotion whilst dealing with top level corporate executives worldwide.

I am a keen worker, extremely adaptable and quick to learn. I can work fluently in French and English. I am very familiar with MS Office, marketing/database software and most of Adobe and Macromedia applications.

The rest of my background is outlined in the enclosed CV.

Regards,

Roland Michel Tremblay

General Information


Date of Birth: 15/10/72 (Age: 31)
Nationality: Canadian
Working Status: Holder of a renewable British visa with the right to work in the UK. I have been living in the UK since 1995.
Languages: Excellent French and English
Driving licence: Clean UK and Canadian driving licences

Education

1997-1999: Masters Degree in Romance Languages and Literatures (French)
BirkBeck College, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD, UK

1994-1995: Courses in French Literature "Lettres Modernes"
La Sorbonne, Université de Paris IV, 75005 Paris, France

1991-1994: B.A. specialisation in "Lettres Françaises" options Language, Literature and Philosophy, University of Ottawa, 550 Cumberland, C.P.450, succ. A, Ottawa (Ontario), K1N 6N5, Canada

1989-1991: College Diploma in Sciences from College of Jonquière
2505, Saint-Hubert Street, Jonquière (Québec), G7X 7W2, Canada

I was part of an advanced programme in high school that includes more maths, physics and chemistry. In Canada this is the equivalent of A levels. I also jumped a year (5th grade) because of my good results. I was often top of my class.

Computer Knowledge

- Windows NT, 98, 2000, XP, MS Office XP - Excellent working knowledge
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage
- Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Various databases, Premiere, VideoWave
- Illustrator 10, ImageReady 7, Dreamweaver MX, PhotoShop 7
- QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Paint Shop Pro 8, Corel Draw 11
- Most of Adobe and Macromedia applications, ScanSoft Omnipage Pro 12
- Different applications on Apple
- Fast typist, 70 wpm in English and French

Literature, TV and Cinema Experience
(Management in Telecoms and IT Experience follows)

iDLivre Publisher (September 2000 until now)
Author of Novels, Essays and Poetry
41, rue de Liège, 75008 Paris, France, Tel: +33 (0)1 44 90 99 46

Contact: Florence De Martino, General Manager

I have four books published in French in Paris by iDLivre Publisher: Eclecticism (Philosophical Essay), Waiting for Paris (Novel), Denfert-Rochereau (Novel) and The Marginal (Poetry). My fifth book A French-Canadian in Paris (and my sixth later this summer) is published by TG Publisher in Paris and proves to be a great success, being sold in FNAC, Amazon.fr, Virgin Megastores and other libraries across France.

These five books, distributed in France, are the most popular of these publishing companies and are also distributed in Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Africa and Middle-East.

Bio-Bibliography in English:
www.themarginal.com/rolandmicheltremblay.htm

The Marginal
(October 1997 until now)
Webmaster, Web Designer, Web Promoter, Author

Since I was 10 years old I have been writing books, science reports and articles. Over the years I have written 16 books that I feel could be published. In order to present this huge amount of work - accomplished in parallel to work and studies - I have built a very popular website:

The Marginal: www.themarginal.com

Maverick Films, FTV, Anonymous Content
(February 2004 to July 2004) Script Writer, Development Producer
(Contact details for reference available on request.)

As a freelance writer for Maverick Films and Anonymous Content, I have written three film scripts and several treatments, some of them with well known actors attached to the projects. These films should go into production later this year. I also worked as a Development Producer and have contributed to ideas for films and television series, especially for the new G4tech TV Network. They are considering producing projects I have worked on and two ideas I have had for television series. Both of these can be found on my website: The Virtual Universe and First Planet. Although both these examples are science fiction, most of the work I have done for Maverick Films and Anonymous Content had a variety of subject matters.

Darlow Smithson Productions Ltd (June 2003 to July 2003)
Development Producer/Researcher
(Contact details for reference available on request.)

On this project I worked closely with Kevin MacDonald (Academy Award and Emmy Award Winner) and another researcher. I was responsible for researching a detailed treatment for a television programme about E=mc². The main topics were energy, mass, the speed of light, relativity, nuclear weapons and the applications of E=mc² in the Universe and in our day to day life. Of course extensive research has been made into all the main players in these areas, more specifically Albert Einstein.

Brewster (Black Hole High) Productions inc.
(April 2002 to October 2002)
Technical Adviser/Science Consultant/Writer (working mainly from London)
(Contact details for reference available on request.)

We had 7 months to write and research 13 episodes of a children’s television programme that is now being broadcast all over United States and Canada on the NBC Network. We filmed all 13 episodes on location in Hamilton, Ontario. I was the technical adviser and science consultant and I worked on most of the scripts. The project was a joint venture between NBC, Fireworks, Discovery Network and Brewster (BHH) Productions.

Many of my reports can be read online:
www.themarginal.com/index.htm#script_ideas_television_films
Other related URLs:
http://familyscreenscene.allinfoabout.com/tv/blackhole.html
www.nbc.com/nbc/Discovery_Kids_on_NBC
http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/bhhigh/bhhigh.html

Movie Prometheus Rising (November 2002 to January 2003)
Technical Adviser/Science Consultant
(Contact details for reference available on request.)

I was the technical adviser to a big budget sci-fi film called Prometheus Rising. It will come out next year in LA. My report online:

www.themarginal.com/paralleluniverses.htm

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Management in Telecoms and IT Experience

Baptie & Co. Inc. (March 2002 to September 2002)
Events Organiser/Administrator
Karen House, 1-11 Baches Street, London, N1 6DL, UK
Contact: Beverlee Baptie, VP WW Conference Administration
Tel: +44 (0)20 7250 0100

For Baptie & Co. I organised major International IT events in English and French all over Europe. I was in charge of marketing, finding high profile speakers, translating conferences, organising board meetings and I was overseeing conferences with up to 500 attendees. The conference topics were Internet Security, E-commerce, Marketing and Sales Channels in the computer, hi-tech and telecoms industry.

Brave Space Inc. (May 2001 to January 2002)
General Manager
214 King Street West, Suite # 314, Toronto (Ontario), M5H 3S6, Canada
Contact: Bruno François, President & CEO, Tel: +1 416 732 9969

Brave Space deals in Wireless, Web Design, Intranet/Extranet implementation, E-commerce & B2B/B2C. For them I helped build websites and with the implementation of Java Beans applications into corporate networks. I was involved in the whole process of web development. I assisted with the concept, the design, the implementation, the testing and the maintenance of the websites of the company and its clients.

I also became a Consultant advising companies about the products and what they could do for their organisation. I implemented a marketing plan and helped to build the database. I also developed a market study about opening the European office in London for which I was going to be responsible. Ultimately the market conditions were not good enough to open the European office.

IBC Global Conferences (Informa Group)
(May 1999 to May 2001)
Conference Researcher in Telecoms and IT
37-41 Mortimer House, Mortimer Street, London, W1N 7RJ, Tel 020 7637 4383

As the Conference Researcher, Writer and Producer of large international European events, I was overseeing all the departments involved with marketing and selling conferences: marketing, sponsorship and exhibition, telemarketing, telesales, co-ordination, brochures layout, etc. My main line of work was Internet Protocol, Optical Networks, Network Management, Unified Messaging Services, Broadband Networks, SDH, ATM, Wireless Office, Wireless LANs, Mobile Applications, 3G Mobile, etc.

ICM Conferences Ltd (now Marcus Evans Conferences) (March 1998 to April 1999)
Conference Producer, then Conference Manager in Telecoms & IT (including broadcasting and Internet).
4 Cavendish Square, 4th Floor, London, W1M 0BX, Tel: +44 (0)20 7499 0900

I started as a Conference Producer then became Conference Manager in the Telecommunications & IT division. I was producing conferences, doing research on the internet and in libraries, calling the industry to get information, writing the programmes, building databases, inviting speakers (Telecoms and IT executives), deciding on the brochures layout and colours, supervising the design, the printing and the mailing. I supervised the whole of the products within all the departments involved. I was producing a marketing brief, a sales brief, a sponsorship brief and a research brief. I then had meetings with all these departments to make sure we maximised the results of the overall conferences.

Campbell Distillers (September 1997 to March 1998)
Marketing Administrator
8-10 Lampton Road, Hounslow, Middx, TW3 1JL, Tel.: +44 (0)20 8538 4000

As the marketing administrator of the whole marketing department, I was in charge of ordering promotional items, delivering merchandise from the warehouse to customers and from manufacturers to the warehouse. I was using Access to order through a modem, I was sending invoices, letters and anything else that arose. I was filing all notes and papers, and I was doing some secretarial work for one of the managers and building PowerPoint presentations for most of them. At the quarter meeting in Dublin I had the responsibility of preparing some presentations, getting all the presentations together on the same laptop computer, organising the whole conference meeting, even the technical side of it. In a way I replaced the IT manager (who was on leave) for two months of preparation for the first quarter meeting of the year.

IIR Conferences Ltd (Institute for International Research)
(May 1996 to July 1997)
London and Brussels: Researcher, then Marketing Co-ordinator in Telecoms & IT, trained to become a Marketing Manager
29 Bressenden Place, 6th Floor, London, SW1E 5DR, Tel: +44 (0)20 7915 5000

Training new staff and dealing with any day to day problems in research. Improvement of communication skills especially on the telephone. Dealing with customers. Inputting information into computer data programme and working with the database. In marketing I was finding new ways to market the conferences, including work on the Internet. I was also analysing data of past conferences, calculating everything, doing deals with list brokers and other companies, working with list of lists on the database. I was in charge of pre-mails, mailings and re-mails of the brochures. I also used Microsoft Office, MS Word and Excel, especially for mail-merges of direct mail and other marketing applications.

Working for IIR Brussels Ltd for three months in Belgium dealing with the database. Achievements: rapid increase in responsibility and pay. After a successful Marketing Manager’s project and maths test, I became Marketing Co-ordinator and I was trained to become a Marketing Manager.

French Teacher (private lessons) (Ottawa, London) (1993 to 1996)
Resource-tutoring (French grammar) to English speaking students
Editing the work of students at the M.A. level (Ottawa, Paris)

WHSMITH ltd (May 1995 to May 1996)
Heathrow Airport, Terminal 4, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 1UH, Tel +44 (0)20 8745 2566

Serving as a book consultant for customers from all around the world. Dealing with 20 different currencies and several languages. Responsible for the arrival branch.

Bowdens Information Services (June 1994 to October 1994)
One Nicholas Street, 10th Floor, Suite 1000, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7B7, Canada, Tel: +1 (613) 789-7777

I performed transcription and translation of French and English radio and television news broadcasts. Most of my work involved different ministries of the Canadian government, especially the Private Council Office and the Prime Minister’s Office where I was often in contact with the secretary of the Prime Minister Mr. Jean Chrétien.

University of Ottawa, (January 1994 to May 1994)
Alumni and Development Office, 190 Laurier Avenue E, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada, Tel: +1 (613) 562-5862

I worked as a telefundraiser for the Vision Campaign in the Alumni and Development office. Contacting alumni and alumnae by telephone to update their files in the database. Doing marketing about the projects of the University by asking for financial support. I was considered as their best fundraiser.

References available on request.


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