Fernando Lucas

• Multi-product offering, B2C, B2B, 'on-premises', SaaS, and SDKs. • Increasing the EBITA from 10% to 30% and reaching 60 M EUR yearly turnover within the Canon group.

→ C++, C#, Neural networks, Java, Windows, Linux, Mac, Mobile development, embedded systems • Leading all the software development activities in the company • Transformation of on-premises software into cloud technologies (containers, kubernetes, microservices) • Supporting the different products under the technological portfolio (OEM, B2B, B2C) • Establishing a scaled agile practice based on a CD/CI mindset with automated testing • Improving the predictability and efficiency of the R&D using project management practices • Driving the patenting strategy

→ DCS, Embedded, Realtime, Agile, Software Development LifeCycle, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration • Line management, recruitment and team development • Enforcing technical and regulatory norms • Introducing regression and coverage testing in the control systems context via a self­-developed tool written in python. This allowed to set up a continuous integration environment with nightly builds and automated tests. • Formalizing the control system states and the allowed user commands with Finite State Machines. They were represented using UML in a graphical way. Afterwards they were exported to XML, and parsed via custom algorithms for creating code in the WinCC OA and SMI++ languages. It was mathematically proven that the resulting implementation was ‘loop­free’ and without any other undesired behavior. • Design of the interlocks and the safety system sequence of actions for the machine and human protection (cooling, motors, electricity, UPS, …). • Member of the control systems leadership board and member of the cyber­security experts group • Search of alliances with other groups at CERN, external facilities, public bodies and private companies

→ C#, C++, Siemens WinCC OA, S7 PLC, Subversion, Oracle, SQL, UML, PHP, Perl, OPC, CAN, Profibus, I2C • Initiating the project from the scratch. Integration of environmental sensors, power supplies, cooling, etc • Formalization of operational requirements into Use Cases, UML, … • Creation of a new methodology that reduces the development efforts to 1/4 of usual time. The basis was the development of a set of master Excel templates to formalize all the physical interconnectivities among the equipment. Together with a custom tool written in C# and a set of heuristics, it was possible to dynamically reconfigure WinCC OA and create specific code 'on the­ fly'. • Design of software and hardware layers (C#, C++, Siemens WinCC OA, Python, CANbus, PLC, FPGA, …)