Laurent Bugnion

Current

Senior User Experience Developer at IdentityMine
Author at Sams Publishing

Past

Senior Software Engineer at Siemens Building Technologies

Education

Fachhochschule Rapperswil
Ecole d'Ingénieur Vaud EIVD
Gymnase du Bugnon, Lausanne

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Laurent Bugnion’s Summary

I work as a senior interactive developer for IdentityMine, one of the leading companies (and Gold Partner) for Microsoft technologies such as Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, Surface, Windows 7 and generally User Experience. I was IdentityMine's European branch's first employee, based in Zurich, where I live with my wife Chi Meei and my two daughters Alise and Laeticia.

In October 2008, the book "Silverlight 2 Unleashed" that I wrote was published at Sams. This book is a complete tutorial about Silverlight and filled with code samples and illustration in full color.

Originally an Electronics engineer, I achieved a postgrade study in Software Engineering in 1999. In the past, I worked at Siemens from 1996, where I helped introduce WPF and other .NET 3.5 technologies worldwide. My job involved developing with the mentioned technologies, training and coaching my colleagues, coordinating and integrating the graphics designers' work, and relationships with Microsoft. Prior to that, I wrote embedded C/C++, and then moved to desktop computers in Java, JavaScript and eventually .NET (desktop and ASP.NET).

Privately, I code in ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight and WPF. I blog on http://blog.galasoft.ch and write on http://www.galasoft.ch where I publish articles, prototypes and demos related to the mentioned technologies. In 2008, I earned a MCTS for WPF. 2008 is my 2nd year as a Microsoft MVP (Client App Dev).

Laurent Bugnion’s Specialties:

WPF, Silverlight, ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Microsoft technologies, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Certified Professional MCP, Author

Laurent Bugnion’s Experience

Senior User Experience Developer

IdentityMine

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

As the first employee of IdentityMine Switzerland, I will be working on development projects with bleeding edge technologies such as Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight and Windows 7. IdentityMine is active in all Europe from now on!
Author

Sams Publishing

(Publishing industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Wrote "Silverlight 2 Unleashed", published October 2008.
Senior Software Engineer

Siemens Building Technologies

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SI; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

April 1996 — November 2008 (12 years 8 months)

- Embedded firmware developer, in charge for the maintenance and development of our range of primary controllers for HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning)
- Software developer, in charge of developing a database maintenance tool with .NET 1.0, and of maintaining various existing applications.
- Senior Software Developer, in charge of developing and coordinating other developers, working on an ASP.NET application used to control HVAC plants used for building automation (DESIGO INSIGHT WEB).
- Senior Software Developer, in charge of developing concepts, prototypes and client side architecture for our new management station for Building Automation, developed in WPF. Also in charge of training and coaching other developers and designers with WPF, Expression Blend, etc...
- "Microsoft strategist", in charge of representing Siemens Building Technologies during meetings with Microsoft developers, bringing feedback and testing new technologies and their application at Siemens.

Laurent Bugnion’s Education

Fachhochschule Rapperswil

Software Engineer FH , Software engineering (postgrade) , 1998 — 1999

Continued education, evening classes
Ecole d'Ingénieur Vaud EIVD

1992 — 1995
Gymnase du Bugnon, Lausanne

Maturity , Latin, French Literature, Philosophy , 1985 — 1988