Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full name: Ariel Osvaldo GENTILE

Passport (Argentine): 31272084N
Birth date: November 2nd, 1984 (30 years old)
Birth place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Address: Ro de Janeiro 775 6 A
(1405), Ciudad Autnoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phone number: +54 9 11 6715 1085
E-mail address: gentilester@gmail.com

SUMMARY

I am a passionate of computer technology since the very beginning, and I

truly believe that computers can help people in their daily life. I'm therefore
keen to learn every aspect needed to achieve this goal in in fields like
telecommunications, mobile devices, medicine and everything that involves
digital signal processing.
I consider myself a hybrid computer science/electronics software engineer,
with a particular interest on embedded systems and hardware optimization.
Currently, I'm focused on mobile devices, especially Smart Card, Android
and iOS software development; and of course on digital signal processing
oriented to healthcare applications. I really enjoy leading a team of young
software engineers and transmitting them my technical knowledge and
passion, and leading them to reach their goals on their careers.

EDUCATION

2014 2016 (Estimated): Msc. Biomedical Engineering at

Universidad Favaloro
Ciudad Autnoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Degree: Msc. Biomedical Engineering
First year in progress

2003 - 2011: Electronics Engineering at U.T.N. Fac. Reg. Haedo

Haedo, Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina
Proyecto final: Low-cost, portable digital ECG
Degree: Electronics Engineer
Average: 6.39/10

1999 - 2002: High School at E.E.T. N6 Chacabuco

Morn, Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina
Degree: Informatics Technician
Average: 9.51/10

COURSES

LANGUAGES

2013 Dvelopper avec Google Android (Valtech - Pars, Francia)

2013 Java Performance Tuning (Xebia Trainig - Pars, Francia)
2013 Digital Signal Processing (Universit de Lausanne Coursera.org)
2013 Image and Video Processing (Duke University - Coursera.org)
2013 Cryptography I (Stanford University - Coursera.org)
2011 Introduccin a PMI (Gemalto, Bs.As., Argentina)
2010 Introduccin a VHDL y FPGA (U.T.N., Bs.As., Argentina)

Spanish: Mother tongue

English: Upper Intermediate (Level 10 at Universidad de Buenos
Aires)
French: Upper Intermediate (DELF B2)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jan 2014 Present: GEMALTO, Buenos Aires, Argentina:

Card Development Group Manager

Manager of a young development team responsible for custom

development, trainings and consultation services related to Smart Card
products in Telecom business in Latin America region. Main topics are:
SIM/USIM standards, card homologation and configuration against LTE
platforms, handset and UICC-based NFC applications involving Secure
Elements, and Global Platform 2.2.
Involved in hiring process, career development, technical leading and presales support to commercial team and technical consultants, including
development of Proof of Concepts using Android and NFC technology.
Nov 2011 Dec 2013: TRUSTED LOGIC, Meudon, France:

R&D Engineer
Software engineer in Research & Development Platform team, responsible
for product and tools validation and development for Smart Card & Tokens
Business Unit.
Main assigments during my stay on this team were NFC Controller
validation, Smart Card management and validation tools development, and
general Telecom validation campaign design and improvement, including
technical leading on products including S@T and Celltick applications.
On top of my main assigments, I performed several support activities for
commercial team such as NFC demos and on-site Smart Card homologation
in customer premises.

Sep 2009 Oct 2011: GEMALTO, Buenos Aires, Argentina:

Technical Project Leader

Design of SIM-based applications for GSM/UMTS communication (JavaCard
applets, operating system customization, S@T services). Customer
requirements analysis and technical specification writing. Leadership and
support to development and validation engineers. Time estimation and task
assignment in projects from 1 to 6 months. Project management and
planning/follow-up. Quality control and development cycle follow-up. Project
configuration management in subversion repositories. Internal and external
training about company products and technologies.
Jul 2008 Aug 2009: GEMALTO, Buenos Aires, Argentina:

Qualifier

Validation and Integration Test Plan writing for SIM-based JavaCard applets
(client/server applications working on GSM and UMTS). Specification
analysis and inconsistencies report (using tools like JIRA). Server/SMS
center simulator and automatic validation campaign development (in Java,
VB and C++ environments) for JavaCard applets functional testing and SIM
card endurance testing.
Jul 2007 Jun 2008: GEMALTO, Buenos Aires, Argentina:

Technical Consultant
Design and homologation of SIM card electrical profiles for GSM networks.
JavaCard applets development for communication through SMS and USSD
channels. Technical specification writing. Technical and pre-sales support to
customers (mobile network operators) in Paraguay and Bolivia. Customer
training on company products and solutions.
Apr 2005 Jun 2007: MP EDICIONES S.A. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Editor-in-chief - POWER USERS magazine

Responsible for contents of the most successful computer hardware

magazine in Latin America.
Main tasks: Coordination of an external group of contributors. Contents
editing. Magazine topic selection and look-up for new contributors and deals
with hardware manufacturers. PC hardware and electronics articles writing
(reviews, microprocessor and chipset architecture, network, market
analysis).
Dec 2003 Mar 2005: MP EDICIONES S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina

Technology writer - USERS and POWER USERS magazine

Responsible for PC hardware and gaming sections.
Main taks: PC hardware and gaming articles writing (reviews,

microprocessor and chipset architecture, network, market analysis). Page

making on QuarkXpress and Adobe InDesign

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Since 2012, freelance Android and iOS developer, focused in

entertainment using web services and education.

Qualified for Argentina Math Olympic games in 2001 and 2002

Since 2010, active participation in long-distance running events:

marathon (42.195 km), Ultramarathon (100 km), Trail, Ultra Trail.
Part of staff in some international events such as Buenos Aires
Marathon

External contributor in several videogames magazines: Xtreme PC

(2001), Gamer+ (2003), Master Player (2006) and Irrompibles
(2007-2008)