Curriculum Vitae
44E The Grove
Isleworth, Middlesex,
Tel: +44 (0)20 8847 5586
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
If you wish to get a better idea of who I am and what I am capable of,
please visit my website:
I have a Masters degree in French Literature from the
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. I look forward
to hearing from you in the near future.
Regards,
44E The Grove
Isleworth, Middlesex,
Tel: +44 (0)20 8847 5586
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
Languages: Excellent French and English
Driving licence: Clean
Education
1997-1999: Masters Degree in Romance Languages
and Literatures (French)
1994-1995:
Courses
in French Literature "Lettres
Modernes"
La Sorbonne, Université de Paris
IV, 75005
1991-1994: B.A. specialisation
in "Lettres Françaises" options Language,
Literature and Philosophy,
1989-1991:
College Diploma in Sciences from
2505,
I was part of an advanced programme
in high school that includes more maths, physics and chemistry. In
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,
ImageReady, Dreamweaver, PhotoShop
-QuarkXPress,
InDesign, PageMaker, Paint Shop Pro, Corel Draw
-Most
of Adobe and Macromedia applications, ScanSoft Omnipage Pro
-Different
applications on Apple
-Fast
typist, 60 wpm in English and French
Literature, TV and Cinema Experience
(Management in Telecoms and IT Experience follows)
Maverick
Films, FTV, Anonymous Content (February 2004 to July 2004)
Script Writer, Development Producer (Contact
details for reference available on request.)
http://www.maverick.com
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
& PBS (US) (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 documentary 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
(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
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
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, www.idlivre.com
Contact:
I have four books published in
French in
These five books, distributed in
Bio-Bibliography in English: www.themarginal.com/rolandmicheltremblay.htm
Webmaster, Web Designer, Web Promoter,
Author
The
Marginal: http://www.themarginal.com
Events Organiser/Administrator
Karen
House,
Contact: Beverlee
Baptie, VP WW Conference Administration
Tel:
+44 (0)20 7250 0100 bbaptie@baptie.com
For
Baptie & Co. I organised major International IT events in English and
French all over
Contact: Bruno François, President
& CEO bfrancois@bravespace.com, 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
Conference Researcher in Telecoms and IT
37-41
Mortimer House,
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
ICM Conferences Ltd (now Marcus Evans Conferences) (March
1998 to April 1999)
Conference Producer, then Conference Manager in
Telecoms & IT (including broadcasting and Internet).
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.
Marketing Administrator www.campbell-distillers.co.uk
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
IIR Conferences Ltd (Institute for International Research) (May
1996 to July 1997)
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
French Teacher
(private lessons) (
Resource-tutoring (French grammar) to English speaking students
Editing the
work of students at the M.A. level (
WHSMITH ltd
(May 1995 to May 1996) www.whsmith.co.uk
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)
Tel:
+1 (613) 789-7777 www.bowdens.com/index2.shtml
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.
Alumni and Development Office,
Tel:
+1 (613) 562-5862 www.uottawa.ca/alumni/index.html
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.