CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Address DE COSSON, CYPRIEN Telephone 01293 522052 Fax 01293 522521 E-mail ASSOCIATE ADVANCED TOPOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT IMAGES LTD THE BEEHIVE, CITY PLACE, GATWICK AIRPORT, WEST SUSSEX, RH6 0PA cyprien.de.cosson@atdi.co.uk Nationality British Date of birth 18 th October, 1970 TOTAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 20 YEARS PERSONAL SKILLS MOTHER TONGUE Strong communication skills problem solving ability ENGLISH OTHER LANGUAGES Reading skills Writing skills Verbal skills SOCIAL SKILLS ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS TECHNICAL SKILLS FRENCH Cyprien works well in both a team environment and alone. His experience was gained across the world and involved large project teams which required excellent communication skills. Cyprien has proven leadership qualities and mediation skills and good understanding of the benefits of strong leadership. Cyprien was MD at ATDI for over two years which recently handed over this role to Peter Paul so he could pursue other career paths. He has project managed large, complex tasks; these often included sophisticated technical specifications and tight deadlines. In his previous role as Technical Director Cyprien was responsible for driving product development including specification, development and management of existing and new products. He is responsible for the technical content and methodology of all ATDI consultancy projects. He is an expert in developing methods for modelling radio systems whatever the technology or application. He has developed methods and undertaken consultancy projects across all radiocommunications technologies spanning mobile, fixed, broadcasting and satellite systems. Cyprien drives the specification, development and management of existing and new products to enhance the company product portfolio. ARTISTIC SKILLS From early in his career Cyprien has shown great aptitude in defining and specifying
OTHER SKILLS DRIVING LICENCE(S) technical requirements. This strength is illustrated in his software development. Cyprien is responsible for defining and driving the custom software solutions for ATDI, the result of which is a company well placed to solve the most complex customer problems. Member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology Calm under pressure. Courteous at all times. Creative in problem-solving YES
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE: JOHN BERRY DIRECTOR, TIMELESS TIME TEL. 07553250919 EMAIL: JOHN.BERRY@TIMELESSTIME.CO.UK INTERNET: WWW.TIMELESSTIME.CO.UK ANNEXES COMPETENCES / EXPERIENCE: Expert Consultancy Services Created the detailed technical methods for the assessment of the loss of population coverage due to the coexistence of LTE adjacent to the UHF television spectrum, and methods to mitigate the interference for NPT. Governed and contributed to the S-Band re-planning project for Ofcom (with the Civil Aviation Authority, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the MOD as stakeholders) for the determination of modelling methods for the re-farming of the 2.7GHz to 3.1GHz radar band Specified and implemented methods for the estimation of spectrum requirements for the Jordanian national administration to aid GSM/3G/LTE cellular re-farming across various key bands. Provided the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) with modelling consultancy services on the impact of wind farms on their TETRA network Analysed the impact of pirate radio in the 88-108MHz broadcasting band for Ofcom to determine strategies to enable bona fide licencees to realise protected service Created methods and specified exclusion zones for National Air Traffic Services (NATS) radiocommunication infrastructure to streamline the process of windfarm applications Independently validated coverage measurements in terms of signal level and perceived voice quality of the Staffordshire Police TETRA network as part of the acceptance for the system with Airwave Spectrum Management Systems Specified a white space device coordination tool for the production of geospatial maps for geo-location database for radio microphone temporary assignments for JFMG. Project managed, commissioned a spectrum management database system for NPT, the Norwegian spectrum regulator for the licensing, and management of broadcast, fixed and mobile services in Norway. Developed, tested and commissioned an integrated spectrum management decision support system with COMREG, the Irish regulator, and integrated this on site with existing software systems Defined specification and delivery of a spectrum management system for PTS, the Swedish spectrum regulator, for licensing, Co-existence Studies Determined the methods and modelled the interference and specified mitigation between fixed infrastructure and train-borne systems in a variety of frequency bands around 5GHz for Nomad Digital to justify an innovative use of the radio spectrum Determined the sharing criteria between a pan-african TDD WiMAX operator and traditional FDD (GSM and CDMA) for Mott MacDonald to develop rules for license constraints and guard-band size Specified a coordination tool for Ofcom, the UK regulator, for the automatic coordination
of PMR channels in Band III respecting multiple bi-lateral agreements. Coordination studies Provided support to various administrations in the activities leading up to the GE06 frequency plan Determined methods and completed studies into for mobile communications operators using the HCM, CEPT TR20-08 and other treaties and recommendations Assessed the need for international coordination for assignments into France, Belgium and Ireland for T-Mobile Propagation models Specified and implemented the propagation engine as the basis for the JFMG coordination tool for PMSE assignments Researched Aeronautical propagation modelling and created a hybrid model for drone mission planning for QinetiQ Planned, specified and developed a generic propagation engine for use as part of an automatic frequency assignment system for a web-based licensing system for a major regulator. The engine is to become part of a future series of products for integration with database systems Network Planning Researched and designed an HF maritime network to meet the MCA SOLAS obligations Responsible for the design of a 600-site high speed-paging network in the British Isles for BT Specified, designed and tested a national paging network for Kuwait Research & Technical Review Reviewed the technical methods of using the MASTS (Mobile Assignment Technical Subsystem) algorithm for the assignment of business radio frequencies for OFCOM considering both blocking and interference as a method of expressing spectrum quality Created the propagation modeling curves and contributed to an ITU working group that will lead to an ITU recommendation for VHF/UHF/SHF aeronautical propagation. Researched HF propagation, specified and implemented an HF spectrum assignment tool for the UK MoD battlespace spectrum management system Responsible for the research and development for adaptive multi-coupler systems for cositing of radio communications equipment on various mobile radio platforms Performed an evaluation of technologies for adaptive antennas for interference mitigation of mobile radio systems New Product Development Created the IMP calculator for assessing the intermodulation products Specified and created a web radio planning tool to generate new revenue models and licensing methods Specified and implemented a web coverage planning service to dynamically create radio transmitter coverage overlays and integrate with standard GIS tools Developed and implemented international standards and recommendations, such as those published by the ITU, into ATDI software solutions
Specified a compact mission planning tool for military spectrum managers to enable them to plan, design and model systems in the field. WORK EXPERIENCE 2009 present Radiocommunication Consultants Managing Director Cyprien has provided expert support to many spectrum organisations on modern spectrum management across the bands LF to SHF. He is also responsible for the technical content and methodology for all ATDI consultancy projects. Cyprien works as a senior Consultant to major organisations such as British MoD, several European spectrum regulators and other key accounts. In addition, Cyprien oversees the day-to-day management of the company and drives the specification, development and management of existing and new products. 2008-2009 Technical Director Cyprien managed the technical aspects of the quality assurance system, and was responsible for the technical content and methods for all consultancy projects. 1996-2008 Product Manager Cyprien managed the portfolio of civil products, including the marketing mix, control of specification and product support; this encompassed running user groups. He was responsible for bringing in many new products to enhance the existing portfolio. In addition, Cyprien undertook many consultancy projects, in the domain of network planning and GIS. 1995-1996 Sales Engineer Cyprien managed a number of customer accounts, specifying the planning and measuring tool products to meet their needs. The role also included running training courses and providing technical support. Cyprien also ran the ATDI radio coverage bureau service giving many customers access to ATDI tools. 1993-1995 MEL Communications Ltd (now Thales) System Integrator Development Engineer Research and development engineer in the domain of RF responsible for the design of RF equipment and research. Studies included interference performance in frequency hopping, interference mitigation techniques to reduce the impact of jammers on frequency hopped radio systems, designing an antenna ray for mobile direction finding systems and designing a VHF lone-worker alarm system for emergency service. EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1990-1993 University of Bristol, Faculty of Engineering 2-1 honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering