CETIC

CETIC Values

Bérengère Fally — 2010-03-03T13:33:44Z

CETIC is a centre for applied industrial research and technology transfer. It intends to be recognised as a reliable, efficient and professional partner. Strengthening its links with industry while maintaining close contacts with universities, CETIC develops its service portfolio and expertise in the field of ICT.

Prompted by its commitment to operational excellence, CETIC maintains a set of values enabling it to achieve a high level of satisfaction in its partners.

Respect the customer

CETIC employees make the quality of partner reception a point of honour, understanding client needs in order to provide the best tailored solutions. CETIC particularly offers customers an honest and user-friendly relationship. Its status as an SME and private, non-profit organisation allows it to collaborate with industry and the public sector in total independence within a framework of trust, in a spirit of cooperation without competition.

A high level of quality

CETIC applies its expertise to achieve the highest level of software quality to harvest maximum benefit. Thanks to the close links that exist between research teams, CETIC ensures control of all phases of a project.

Technological innovation

CETIC teams demonstrate initiative, creativity and curiosity in the research topics they select and use their complementary skills to ensure an innovative, high-quality result. Strong links with industry (including those of the Technical Committee) ensure the relevance of research projects CETIC chooses.

National and international visibility

Through its scientific and technological expertise, along with its ability to forge collaborations, and thanks to excellent results in its various projects, CETIC is a reference both nationally and internationally. This is evident in the numerous projects CETIC contributes to, as well as the numerous published scientific reports about its projects.

A regional commitment

CETIC actively contributes to the regional development of Wallonia by supporting and stimulating innovation in the local economy, especially in SMEs. CETIC research orientations are validated by the Technical Committee, which is made up primarily of businesses and which guarantees adequacy to meet regional industries' needs.

Team spirit

CETIC works collaboratively both within and among teams. This team spirit is the strength of CETIC, allowing it to offer services and products of high quality.

Respect for human beings

CETIC offers its employees a challenging work environment that combines friendliness, flexibility and autonomy. The working environment offers to all employees personal development opportunities and freedom of speech in order to empower creativity and innovation. In addition, it offers to all collaborators the opportunity to continually improve their skills, thanks especially to the diversity of expertise represented in CETIC and the close collaboration between the teams.

Who's Who

Damien HUBAUX, Simon ALEXANDRE — 2009-03-09T17:19:34Z

You can contact these people by mail by adding the suffixe @cetic.be after firstname.lastname

Direction

Simon Alexandre	General Manager	+32 71 49 07 00	simon.alexandre
Laurence Lepied	Executive Secretary	+32 71 49 07 00	laurence.lepied
Pierre Romain	Administration & Finance Officer	+32 71 49 07 47	pierre.romain
Michel Van Der Straeten	Business Development Manager	+32 71 49 07 24	michel.vanderstraeten
Olivier van de Werve	Business Development Project Manager	+32 71 49 07 56	olivier.vandewerve
Bérengère Fally	Scientific Communication Officer	+32 71 49 07 25	berengere.fally
Corentine Biron	Scientific Communication Assistant	+32 71 49 07 22	corentine.biron
Philippe Massonet	Scientific Officer	+32 71 49 07 44	philippe.massonet
Jean-Christophe Deprez	Scientific Officer	+32 71 49 07 34	jean-christophe.deprez
Dimitri Diakodimitris	IT Administrator	+32 71 49 07 40	dimitri.diakodimitris
Etienne Charlier	IT Administrator	+32 71 49 07 53	etienne.charlier
Frédéric Fleurial Monfils	Quality Manager	+32 71 49 07 36	frederic.fleurialmonfils
Mathieu Delehaye	Quality Manager	+32 71 49 07 39	mathieu.delehaye

Software & System Engineering Dpt

Christophe Ponsard	R&D Department Manager	+32 71 49 07 43	christophe.ponsard
Frédéric Fleurial Monfils	R&D Team Leader	+32 71 49 07 36	frederic.fleurialmonfils
Jacques Flamand	Senior R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 51	jacques.flamand
Nicolas Devos	Project Manager	+32 71 49 07 58	nicolas.devos
Renaud De Landtsheer	Senior R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 54	renaud.delandtsheer
Annick Majchrowski	Senior R&D Project Manager	+32 71 49 07 38	annick.majchrowski
Sanae Saadaoui	R&D Project Manager	+32 71 49 07 48	sanae.saadaoui
Mathieu Delehaye	R&D Project Manager	+32 71 49 07 39	mathieu.delehaye
Gautier Dallons	R&D Team Leader	+32 71 49 07 42	gautier.dallons
Arnaud Michot	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 27	arnaud.michot
Syed Naqvi	R&D Project Manager	+32 71 49 07 41	syed.naqvi
Raphaël Michel	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 41	raphael.michel

Software & Services Technologies Dpt

Damien Hubaux	R&D Department Manager	+32 71 49 07 33	damien.hubaux
Stéphane Mouton	R&D Team Leader	+32 71 49 07 26	stephane.mouton
Orlando Cassano	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 31	orlando.cassano
Etienne Charlier	Senior R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 53	etienne.charlier
Dimitri Diakodimitris	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 40	dimitri.diakodimitris
Fabian Steels	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 37	fabian.steels
Sébastien Rousseaux	R&D Team Leader	+32 71 49 07 29	sebastien.rousseaux
Robert Viseur	Senior R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 30	robert.viseur
Michaël Van de Borne	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 45	michael.vandeborne
Fabrice Estiévenart	Senior R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 28	fabrice.estievenart
Joseph Roumier	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 52	joseph.roumier

Embedded & Communication Systems Dpt

Philippe Drugmand	R&D Department Manager	+32 71 49 07 46	philippe.drugmand
Lotfi Guedria	R&D Team Leader	+32 71 49 07 32	lotfi.guedria
Sébastien Dawans	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 55	sebastien.dawans
Gérard Florence	Senior R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 50	gerard.florence
Mathieu Ocaña	Senior R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 23	mathieu.ocana
Jimmy Nsenga	Senior R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 57	jimmy.nsenga
Jonas Simon	R&D Engineer	+32 71 49 07 49	jonas.simon
Valery Ramon	Senior Project Manager	+32 71 49 07 32	valery.ramon

Quality Policy

Simon ALEXANDRE — 2009-03-03T18:38:45Z

CETIC's mission is to make companies in the Walloon region more efficient and more competitive by helping them integrate ICT into their products and services effectively and quickly.

In this context, to ensure the satisfaction of all its partners (companies, universities, and public organisations), CETIC practices «operational excellence», i.e. CETIC commits itself to:

Developing cutting-edge expertise in ICT.
Delivering innovative results with high added value for companies by improving its technological innovation process.
Ensuring objectivity and quality results thanks to its independent position, its international recognition, and its strict respect of ethical and scientific protocols.
Ensuring the adequacy of the competence and technical requirements based on ongoing training and appropriate recruitment.
Promoting the development and fulfilment of its employees by promoting a healthy environment conducive to creativity, professional achievement and teamwork.
This commitment applies to all the research projects that CETIC leads with and for companies, as well as the management of these research projects and the organisation of CETIC's development in the long run.

Financial Resources

Simon ALEXANDRE — 2009-03-02T21:33:53Z

CETIC funding sources are:

The subsidies granted by the Phasing out of the Objective 1 Hainaut, through seven research agreements co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), a convention of equipment co-financed by the FEDER and a framework agreement, co-financed by the European Social Fund (FSE). All these conventions are also co-financed by the Walloon Region.

The subsidies granted by the Convergence Objective in Hainaut through two research conventions co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), two conventions facilities and a convention of recovery also co-financed by ERDF, all of which are also co-financed by the Walloon Region.

The subsidies granted by the Walloon Region in connection with the financing of the technological “guidance” cell, co-funding of Sixth Framework Programme projects and collective research.

The turnover in the context of collaborative research contracts, mainly through the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programme.

The turnover in the context of contract research.

The turnover from services to third parties through the use of research results.

Members and Organization

Simon ALEXANDRE — 2009-03-02T21:26:19Z

CETIC is a non-profit organisation (ASBL under Belgian law) established in B-6041 Charleroi, 29 rue des Frères Wright, and composed of the following members :

4 corporate bodies:
Technology Industry Federation AGORIA
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (FPMs)
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix de Namur (FUNDP)
Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)

14 physical bodies :
Mr Bernard Bolle, Siemens IT Solutions and Services sa
Mr Claude Cambier, Unisys Belgium
Mr Philippe Fortemps, Professor, FPMs
Mr Naji Habra, Professor, FUNDP
Mr Jean-Luc Hainaut, Professor, FUNDP
Mr Benoît Hucq, Océ Software Laboratories Namur sa
Mr Roland Keunings, UCL
Mr Jean-Didier Legat, Professor, UCL
Mr Benoît Macq, Professor, UCL
Mr Roger Malchair, Evadix.Net sa
Mr Pierre Manneback, Professor, FPMs
Mrs Nicole Moguilevsky, Research Administration, FUNDP
Mr Daniel Tuyttens, Professor, FPMs
Mr Christian Verdonck, BizzDev sa

Members of the association meet regularly in a statutory General Assembly which has to approve budget, appoint administrators and members.

Technical Committee

Simon ALEXANDRE — 2009-03-02T21:18:55Z

The research decree published on July 3, 2008 defines conditions and modalities for accredited Research Centre approval in Wallonia.

The decree specifies the Research Centre mission, which is to perform general industrial research that can be transferred to industry according to expressed needs and specificities.

In particular, the decree states that the Research Centre conducts collaborative industrial research general enough to be of interest to companies with similar needs. These needs determine its work and areas of research based on the needs and the typology of the Walloon Region, and under the guidance of a technical committee made up primarily of representatives of corporations.

In order to align research activities with industry needs, the Research Centre has set up a permanent technical committee in charge of validating the R&D strategy. The CETIC Technical Committee is composed of:

Mr Simon Alexandre, CETIC
Mr Jean-Louis Bolsée, Thales Alenia Space ETCA
Mr Patrick Crasson, Sun MicroSystems
Mr Laurent Cuvelier, Thales Alenia Space ETCA
Mr Jean-Christophe Deprez, CETIC
Mr Naji Habra, FUNDP
Mr Jean-Luc Hainaut, FUNDP
Mr Marc Hermant, Agoria ICT
Mr Christian Huvelle, Siemens IT Solutions and Services S.A.
Mr Igor Klapka, Open Engineering
Mr Philippe Lecourt, Technord Automation
Mr Jean-Didier Legat, UCL
Mr Philippe Mack, Pepite
Mr Pierre Manneback, FPMs
Mr Philippe Massonet, CETIC
Mr Yves Moulart, ST Microelectronics
Mr Luc Onana, UMH
Mr Dominique Orban, Rever
Mr Emmanuel Ottevaere, BizzDev
Mr Etienne Pourbaix, Thales Communications Belgium
Mr Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz, Unisys Belgium
Mr Bruno Schroder, Microsoft
Mr Daniel Tuyttens, FPMs
Mr Luc Vandendorpe, UCL
Mr Christian Vanhuffel, Agoria ICT
Mr Axel van Lamsweerde, UCL

The mission and objectives of the Technical Committee are:

Advising the Board of Administrators and the General Manager on the scientific and technological objectives to develop according to the sector's needs. It works at the request of the General Manager, in particular for developing or updating CETIC's strategic plan.

Evaluating, on request of the Board or the General Manager, proposals for new research directions. If relevant, it proposes new business opportunities and/or research projects consistent with the scientific and technological orientations.

Supporting CETIC in its continuous process to remain an independent and internationally recognised applied research centre in ICT.

Advising CETIC management on research exploitation opportunities for CETIC projects that are ongoing or likely to be initiated.

Reporting annually to the CETIC Board of Administrators on its work and scientific achievements.

Board of Administrators

Simon ALEXANDRE — 2009-03-02T21:12:08Z

Since December 31, 2008, CETIC's Board of Directors has been composed of:

Mr Bernard Bolle, Siemens IT Solutions and Services S.A.
Mr Serge Boucher, FPMs
Mr Claude Cambier, Unisys Belgium
Mr Marc Durvaux, Thales Alenia Space ETCA, President
Mr Jean-Luc Hainaut, FUNDP
Mr Benoît Hucq, Océ Software Laboratories Namur sa
Mr Roland Keunings, UCL
Mr Benoît Macq, UCL
Mr Roger Malchair, Evadix.Net sa
Mr Pierre Manneback, FPMs, Treasurer et Secretary
Lucyan Papiernik, IGRETEC
Mr Michel Scheuer, FUNDP
Mr Christian Verdonck, BizzDev sa

Mr Pierre Villers, DGO6, is the observing member appointed from the Walloon Region on the Board of Administrators and in the General Assembly.

The General Manager appointed by the Board of Administrators is Mr Simon ALEXANDRE.

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