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About me

I'm currently living and working in France (spending my time between Paris and Lyon). I'm English, born in London in 1974 and been living in France since my studies (totally bilingual French / English). My main interests besides my work (advanced IT systems) are mechanics (3D printing, CAD design) and human science (psychology, sociology, philosophy).

Software Engineer

Highly experienced Software Project Manager. Specialised in DevOps, Agile Processes, Distributed Architectures, Artificial Intelligence and PLM. Initial training in Mechanical Engineering with strong emphasis on Software Tools. Bilingual French / English.

Strong experience in industrial high end Information Systems, in particular Web and Client/Server Architectures (JEE and .NET), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP, Timesheets, Planning, Reporting), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM, PDM) and custom software dedicated to manufactured product and process design.

Involved in managing internal software projects (internal ERP deployment and management of associated projects), in managing strategic projects for customers (managing projects for large industrial organisations, ranging from commercial phases to final delivery) and in coordinating or participating in collaborative research and development projects (state funded, academic partners, …).

Particular experience on subjects like knowledge management and capitalisation, artificial intelligence / machine learning / expert systems / CSP / optimisation, pre / post processing of simulation software, advanced geometric algorithms, Nurbs / Bezier / Iges, 3D / VR / AR visualisation, Reverse Engineering of manufactured products, advanced product configurators, collaborative workflows, decision support, reporting and heterogeneous data integration.

Examples of Projects

Artificial Intelligence for Defect Detection

Machine Learning and Computer Vision for unsupervised defect detection.
Used to analyse and understand defects on production lines.
Machine Learning via Anomalib / Padim within .NET and Python technical stack + WPF Front End.

BigData Business Analytics

AI BigData BI Analytics with IoT data sources.
Used to optimise the management of the national water supplies.
. IoT data extraction into NoSQL DB with JEE architecture and Machine Learning based optimisation.

Automotive Industry

Product management for automotive ground link products.
Used during preliminary and detailed design phases to design product.
Client / Server Java EE technology with MySQL.

Artificial intelligence for Knowledge

Computer Vision and Text Analysis for Knowledge Extraction.
Used to analyse and understand videos and descriptions of engineering tasks.
OpenCV Computer Vision video frame analysis with NLTK Natural Language Processing to generate formalised knowledge.

Military Application

Experience capitalisation for welding processes in nuclear weapon production.
Used in welding lab to capitalise experiments.
Client / Server MS.NET technology with XML DB.

R&D Projects

Knowledge Management and Reverse Engineering collaborative R&D projects.
Aims innovative solutions to fuel new products for emerging markets.
Software prototypes in miscellaneous innovative technologies.

ERP Deployment Project

Open source ERP deployment for SMEs and agile planning.
Used by employees to manage daily activities from CRM to project management.
OpenERP / Odoo / Excel technology with PostgreSQL.

Oiling Industry

Advanced configurator for oil rig equipment.
Used in presales to evaluate feasibility and cost.
Client / Server MS.NET technology with SQL Server.

Nuclear Facility

Object logistics for warehouse management.
Used to manage the logistics inside a nuclear storage facility.
Microsoft ASP.NET Core Web with ergonomic front end.

Articles, Publications & Keywords

Contributions in articles (click to access full text):

A semantic dictionnary to support multidisciplinary design collaboration in an extended enterprise context (REM 2019)

An extended framework for knowledge modelling and reuse in reverse engineering projects (JEM 2018)

Knowledge Capture and Reuse Through Expert’s Activity Monitoring in Engineering Design (PLM 2018)

Deep learning for big data applications in CAD and PLM – Research review, opportunities and case study (Computers In Industry 2018)

Management of heterogeneous information for integrated design of multidisciplinary systems (CIRP 2017)

Machine Learning Techniques to address classification issues in Reverse Engineering (JCM 2016)

Toward an extensive data integration to address reverse engineering issues (PLM 2016)

Interopérabilité des SI d’entreprise pour l’efficience de la chaîne de co-traitance (JNGT 2016)

A Methodology of Reverse Engineering for large Assemblies Products From Heterogeneous Data (TMCE 2014)

Towards a PLM Interoperability for a Collaborative Design Support System (CIRP 2014)

Specification of an evolutionary PLM system for supporting OEMs/suppliers relationships (PLM 2009)

Keywords surrouding my interests:

Computer Aided Design, Geometry, Meshing, Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Reverse Engineering, Heterogeneous Data Integration, Collaborative Work and Platforms, Business intelligence, Conceptual Modelling, Model Driven Engineering, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering Design

Software Development, Software Project Management, Architecture, Software Process, Unified Process, DevOps, Agile Methods, XP, UP, Programming, JAVA EE, .NET, OpenERP, Odoo, CATIA, CAO, PLM, Knowledge Management, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, Optimisation, 3D Reconstruction, Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / ESXi

Harvey Rowson

Experienced Software Engineer