Christian Castel

- Customer's ASIC project management from RFQs reception to mass production - Specifications definition, Technical feasibility studies - Set up of commercial offers - Business plan for segment development - Key accounts Management & Distribution opportunities development - ASIC promotion (documents, fairs, trainings,...) - Press articles (Markt&Technik, Elektronik Industry, Elletronica Oggi...) - QMR for the department.

- Technical study of some DRMs (Digital Rights Management) solutions - Market study over digital market - Intelligence on legal dispositions & on consortium's strategies - Recommendations over technology orientation

14 months apprenticeship at the ICRF (Innovative Centre for Radio Frequency, analog ASIC center) - Design and implementation of characterization programs for microchips. - Development of system to test microchips under various temperatures, using Peltier cells, in order to reduce overall cost of evaluation.

An Engineering school on a two-year course in management leading to a Master’s degree certified by the French government. Common core studies include marketing, finance, project management, and business strategy. Majoring in Computer Sciences and Digital Communications.

Common core studies include Mathematics, Physics, Microelectronics, Computer Science, and Automation. Majoring in Microelectronics through studies such as CMOS structure, VHDL (structure and synthesis), VLSI, ASIC(methodology for design), technology. The course included a 14 month apprenticeship.