Philippe Guglielmetti

Personal data

Goals

Contribute to grow a small high-tech company with an entrepreneurial spirit.

• Identifiy customer needs.
• Manage innovation, from idea to product.
• Solve challenges attached to growth.

Skills

• Management of small R&D, multidisciplinary projects. Knowledge of management techniques, finances, marketing and industrial production techniques.
• Scientific research, ability to learn quickly . Excellent background in many scientific and technical fields.
• Top-level knowledge in  dynamics, process control, robotics, computer science, structural mechanics, mechatronics, and "electric discharge machining" (EDM).
• Excellent computer skills :  many programming languages, OS, Internet, many various application softwares.

Formation

Postgraduate master in "Management of Technology"

• 1998 EPFL + HEC Lausanne + University of Texas at Austin

PhD, Science

• 1988 - 1994 Institut d’Automatique EPFL Lausanne

Graduate, Computer Engineering

• 1983 - 1988 EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Bachelor

• 1978 - 1983 Collège de l’Abbaye St-Maurice

Professional Experience

1999 DynaBits, Satigny

Founder

• Start-up
• Partnership and funding
• Market study for high-tech products
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1994 - 1999 Charmilles Technologies, Meyrin

Process Control Engineer

• Re-engineering of the machines production "final check" division. Let to 2 days reduction of the throughput time, which spares close to 1M$/year.
• Benchmarking of the "final check" division in the three main production plants.
• Technical management of an advanced R&D project on a entirely new small EDM machine for micromachining. This project was led in collaboration with the "Microtechnics" Department  at EPFL, with swiss government support WZMO (CTI).
• "Internal consulting" on EDM process control, machine axis control. New control and geometry algorithms were developed and implemented.  Contribution to the choice of a new CNC system.
• Scientific collaboration on a R&D project on advanced friction modelling and compensation techniques.
• Introduction of modern software tools such as Matlab+Simulink, LabView. Development and implementation of specific applications based on these tools for performance quality control.
• Design, construction and application of a very stiff 3D force sensor with optical measurement for  internal purposes. This project introduced some advanced concepts in the company, such as flexible parallel structures, interferometry, finite elements analysis ...
• Support to customer service, some difficult problem solving at customers.
• Tutorials for continuous education of engineers.

1988 – 1994 Institut d’Automatique EPFL Lausanne

Assistant 

• Research project on dynamics of fast parallel robots, with application to the Delta robot. This project, funded by the Swiss National Fund, led to the PhD thesis.
• Software development for a laser measuring device. Contract from Gillèron Electronique SA, Morges
• Development and TI DSP implementation of an auto-tuning controller for a motor driver. Contract of Socapel SA, Penthaz (Now Atlas Copco)
• Coaching of numerous student projects on various topics.

Publications

• M. Kocher and Ph. Guglielmetti "Modelling and Simulation of an EDM Die-Sinking Machine", 1994, Proc. ISEM XI, Lausanne
• Ph. Guglielmetti, R. Longchamp, "A Closed Form Inverse Dynamics Model of the Delta Parallel Robot", IFAC Symposium on Robot Control, Capri, pp.51-56 (September 1994). 
• Ph. Guglielmetti "Model-Based Control of Fast Parallel Robots : a Global Approach in Operational Space", 1994, thèse no 1228, EPFL Lausanne
• Ph. Guglielmetti and R. Longchamp, "Task Space Control of the Delta Parallel Robot", IFAC/IMACS/IEEE/IUTAM Workshop on Motion Control for Intelligent Automation, Perugia, Italy, pp. 337-342 (October 1992). 
• Ph. Guglielmetti, R. Longchamp, "Real-Time Identification of a Robot Manipulator Using a Neural Network", IEEE Int. Workshop on Intelligent Motion Control, 20-22 August 1990, Istanbul, Turkey 

Internships and independent activities.

• Military activity by Swiss Armament Group, Bern in 1994, 1997 et 1998. Development of LabView tools in signal processing and device testing.
• Development of PC softwares for civil engineering in 1987. First (?) finite element software that used expanded memory of the PC-AT...
• Internship by Ciba Geigy Monthey, 1986. Development of experimental control setups for apprentices.
• Medical cabinet management software development for Philsoft, Epalinges, 1985
• Computing Teacher at Collège Champittet, Pully, 1984
• Salesman in microcomputer shops : TRS-80 by Miniper (Pully), then Commodore, Apple II and Mac by Computerlove (Martigny) , summers 1980-1983

Languages

• French  : mothertongue
• English : fluent
• German : basic (need practice...)
• Italian : basic

Licenses

• EDM Die-sinking operator (CT basic course)
• Cambridge First Certificate (English)
• Offshore sailing swiss license
• PADI Open Water (Diving license)

Informal activities

• Editor of the Microclub newsletter, a computer club born 25 years ago at EPFL
• Internet sites webmaster
• "Winter Sports & Orgias Chief" (orgia=party...) at Institut d'Automatique, EPFL
• Actor at CT company theatre show, 1996

Hobbies

• Travelling
• Sailing, Diving, Skiing
• Computers
• and much more!

References

• Léonard Gianadda, Fondation Gianadda, Martigny
• Roland Longchamp, Professor EPFL
• Bernard Bommeli, General Manager, Charmilles Technologies
• Pascal Couchepin, Cons. Fed, Martigny (yes! he knows me...)

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 October 24, 1999

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