Curriculum vitae of COOL Eric
Born in BEVEREN (Belgium) on the 16th of March 1963
Married to Martine Leermakers, two children : Stefanie and Kevin Cool.
Residence
Auwegemvaart, 64
B2800
MECHELEN
Phone:
+32 15 26 00 85
Email: ericcool@hotmail.com
|| cool.leermakers@skynet.be
CoolSite: <http://users.skynet.be/eric.cool/Resume.htm>
Studies:
Secondary:
1976-1980: Mechanics, 5th year diesel and LPG motors, VTS, Sint Niklaas.
1980-1982: Electronics VTS, Sint Niklaas.
High School:
1982-1984: Graduate Electronics, THO
Micro processors and digital technics , Ghent.
Project: optical transmission interfacing (DNF)
2001 -2003: Electronics TSM, Mechelen (Industrial ICT)
Project: Embedded webserver for instrumentation control, TCP-IP.
Additional education:
1981-1984: Languages courses, French, German and English
1990-1991: Scientific Diver, Free VUB-ETI. With practical training on underwater radio
telecommunication systems, Atlas Diving Gochenée.
1992-1993: Structural C programming, VERBOS Louizalaan, 50 Brussels.
1995-1996: Access Programming and elementary SQL
2001 -2003: C++ and Dynamic-C for Embedded Systems, Z-world.
Company courses:
1991: SCO UNIX and Unix system V for the 3B2/1000 system AT&T, Olivetti, Brussels
1993: INTEL FAB 10 Ireland: Introduction to clean-room overview. (Class 100 to Class 10)
1996: Courses by Telinfo and France TeleCom
Presentation GSM / Interface GSM / Signalling Code CCITT N°7
Digital Radio transmission / Radio aspects in cellular networks (INT EVRY TRC)
Courses by Nortel MATR, GSM General system overview SY1 & “Pilotage” Nortel MATRA
Course by Ericsson, TEMS, and by Siemens: K1103 Protocol analyzer.
Course by Motorola, BSS01 Operational Theory
SYS02 BSS Database
Horizon workshop
SYS03 Database scripts SYS04 BSS Planning
SYS08 Microcellular principles
1998: Course by Alcatel, Omc training, BSS Configuration Management Application
1999: Courses given by Nokia, DX200ESS – BSS – BTS – NMSMON – NMSCM – BSSSIG
Apis course: Cell planning
2000: DX200 ADVANCED – BTS TROUBLE SHOOTING
2001: HP, “HP crontab scripting”. Cisco Network device configurations
2002: SUN, Solaris 7
2004: CAE - JARSTD Model Base Control of a Flight Simulation Motion System
2007: Radar Overlay techniques IN-Innovative Navigation GmbH
2008: Radio transmission and fibre multiplexers PDH – SDH.
2010: Radio Spectrum Analyzer. DRM - NextGEN
Seminars:
Tektronix:
Fluke:
Siemens:
HP:
IBM:
Practical spectrum analysis (digital audio)
Digitisers and scopes
Network analysers
Development systems
PLC System7 Simatic Manager
HP Network Analyser to perform GSM antenna measurements
MO-HDU Integration on different platforms OS/2, Novell, SUN Solaris / INDY
Professional Activities:
1982 – 1984 : Safe guard during holidays, ‘tSTER recreation centre Sint-Niklaas
9/1984-9/1985: Automobile electronics, BOSCH Car Electronics, Sint Niklaas.
10/1985-05/1993:Labo Engineer OLIVETTI SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS, Brussels
Reparation and modification of computer boards and LAN network cards.
Network analyzers . Logic Analyzer TEK and HP .Fluke 9000 series.
product management on the LAN network system for the EC at Brussels, certified ISO9002
LAN Novell networks with TCP\IP and PC\TCP programs: user support, IBM-Token Ring .
3B2/300-1000 Service and Installation AT&T, sysadm, vi Fiber Expansion Modules 3B2.
System Manager Unix; maintenance hard- and software control.
Configuration of peripherals on Mini – computer systems running MOS, VOS OS.
Organize training for Field-Engineers \ DCU, MTU streamers, plotters, HP and TEC Laser
06/1993-04/ 1995: Chemical Diffusion Engineer, Olin & Ciba-Geigy, Havennr. 1048, Zwijndrecht
Temperature controllers, MMI & Process Control Software,LabView, OPTO22 Cyrano.
Scanning Electron Microscope: installation of video grabber,
Development of a tube heater : Olin Europe Excelsiorlaan, 59 Zaventem
Training for Chemical Vapor Delivery Systems : IBM PARIS LA DEFENSE 92066
Installation of Automatic Refill Systems : Intel FAB 10 LEIXLIP IRELAND
Installation of diffusion equipment : PHILIPS Hamburg
04/1995-10/1997: Motorola System Engineer, Motorola nv. Excelsiorlaan 89, 1030 Bxl.
Network Quality measurements by cell integration during start-up phase using TEMS, GIMS
BSS system commissioning and integration of new sites at Proximus East area, RF survey.
Integration of microcellular layers in the network. Trouble shooting.
11/1997- 05/2000: Omc Controller, Belgacom Mobile nv. Emile Jacqmainlaan
Network microcellular layer configurations, operations and maintenance.
DataGen and Script handeling. Including Alcatel OMC Configuration Management.
From 9/1999 to 5/2000: Omc Controller, operations Nokia DX200. Major responsibilities, authorities:
Resolve equipment failures according to maintenance objectives by investigation of reported problems.
Report on maintenance activities and network outages with a focus on preventive actions to increase
quality of service provided to our customers.
Assist field maintenance technicians in their curative maintenance to assure quick service restoration.
Contribute to the expansion of the network by integrating different network elements.
Participate in the process of network fine-tuning to improve overall network quality .
Compare network databases to reference engineering databases and correct eventual discrepancies.
Analysis of performance measurements, creation of an Access database for COMresolutions of VIP.
06/2000- 07/2002: System Specialist, A.S.T.R.I.D. nv. Regentlaan 62, 1000 Bxl
Post Commissioning Tetra base station and Acceptance tests, SiteMaster measurements.
DM2 and DN2 to NMS/10 flexihopper microwave transmission topologies. Inter DXT Tetra
connections for different provinces throughout Belgium. Subscriber administration, NAWS.
Configuration of Cisco routers to implement 'ip' over radio network in a Tetra system.
Trouble shooting on the ‘ip’ network on different perimeters and VPN tunelling connections for CAD.
Program of an ACCES database and implement it on a CITRIX server for a user farm to follow up daily
maintenance tasks. Program of EXCELL macro for radio path statistics , Uplink and downlink resource
utilisations and shared for Group calls, Individual calls and packet data.
Writing of procedures for both, mobile and fix generator, UPS shutdown settings to different servers.
Writing procedures for RCS Radio part in Tetra system. Making acceptance test for RCS and Paging.
24 hours permanency from on house dial in ‘VPN – RAS’ capabilities to all network devices.
2002 - 2006: Flight Simulator Engineer, CAE nv. Airport Building 119/3, 1820 Melsbroek
Boeing B7xx range cockpit operations, Airbus A3xx Aviation training, JARSTD.
Carry out and supervise all preventive and corrective maintenance actions on the simulators.
Recommend and develop new procedures for testing, repairs. Barajas, Madrid Airbus A3XX
Interface with subject-matter experts in Montreal Canada to help resolve open issues.
Debug and troubleshoot complex problems spanning a wide range of technologies, including hydraulic
visual and avionics systems. Assist, as necessary, in simulator testing using flight testing.
2007 - 2008 : Consultancy, Periskal. Bredabaan 451, 2990 Wuustwezel
Radar Overlay on ECDIS Inland and ARCS Navigation Charts, software development.
Type Approval on new developed product tests at Koblenz, Fachstelle für Verkehrstechniken
2008 - : ICT Radio Specialist, Stib. Koningslaan 59 , 1000 Brussels
Radio Transmission, ip-networks, Router-Switches. Telemetry
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Additional Experience:
participation in scientific campaigns (scientific collaborator at the Free University of Brussels, VUB):
June 1991: Gocheada, Turkey, School of Aqua Culture. Organizing diving courses.
June 1992: Lake Baikal, Siberia, Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Ultra trace measurements on Lake.
August 2002: Scientific center FTI, Technopolis Mechelen. Installation of electronics on new exhibits.
Languages & Hobby:
Dutch, French, English, elementary knowledge of German.
Sailing, Diving and Electronics: Radio Amateur ON4ECO.
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