Michael GIRARD

Founder and manager of 3DTech : • Independent design office working on different projects in boat building, doing project management and producing 3D and 2D drawings. Recent projects include designing power boats, as well as designing and machining of race outrigger canoes, helping the companies to grow by developing faster ways to build the boats. Designing of Holopuni sailing canoes along with advising and coordinating the build, CE Marking and ISO certifications for boats • Custom composite builder, working on custom parts in carbon, • CNC machine maintenance and programming for local industry, • Custom 3D design and 3D printing

Optimisation and technical team coordination for the Vendée Globe 2024 !

Préparation de trimaran Use it again, ancien trimaran de Ellec Mc Arthur de 75 pieds, courant en catégorie Ultim pour la route du rhum 2022. Gestion d'équipe, des fournisseurs, des plannings.

Composite technician on different projects at CBC : • TP52 Sled building and assembling • F50 assembling : - writing of assembly procedures for the new F50s for the SailGP tour - follow up of the assembly of the new boats - shorecrew during the Sydney SailGP event • F50s improvement: - 3D printing design engineer, designing parts and setting up 3D printing mainly made of Carbon reinforced PETG material - prost processing of the 3D printed parts - R&D on new design and prototyping parts - maintenance and improvement of state of the art 3D printers

Composite development engineer on the production line of the RocketLab main parts. - process development - building and follow up of the production

Boat builder in the shore crew of Groupama Team for the 35th America's cup in Bermuda.

Composite technician on the building of the new AC50 boats of Oracle Team USA and Softbank Team Japan. • Hulls and decks laminating in prepreg and honeycomb materials, and assembling of these two parts • Bulkheads fitting and wet laminating • Assembling of boats • Wing sails and flaps building and assembling

Composites technician in Core Builders Composites/Oracle Racing working on the building of their new Americas cup boat.

Six months end-of-study internship as project manager assistant in the engineering department. The European leader in high performance composite boat building company Multiplast in France obtained contracts for building two IMOCAs 60'' for the 2016 Vendée Globe race. As the project manager assistant, I am working on different aspects of the project: • 2D and 3D tools and part drawing on AutoCAD and Rhinoceros •Writing of procedures for assembly of some parts of the boats for the workshop • Cost estimate based on drawing • Material testing and research on material used for the building of boats • Quality inspection of mold when received based on drawing • Communication between the workshop, the engineering department, and the architect of boats • Helping my tutor on project management aspects http://www.multiplast.eu/en/

Master thesis research project at the LTU for the company ABB Composite Sweden about the Influence of curing cycle on epoxy resin for electrical installations.

Set up and testing of a custom software for management of the company assets in Tahiti, such as cars, generators, pumps and hand tools. Writing of procedure forms to use and upkeep these equipments and engines of equipments. http://www.cegelec.fr/

Worker in several departments of the boat building and repair company Technimarine based in Tahiti, French Polynesia • mechanics department: engine maintenance, propeller and propeller shaft changing • composite department: manufacturing of two rubbers for a catamaran • painting department: cleaning and painting of hulls of fishing boats http://www.technimarine.pf/

One month of internship in two boat building companies in New-Zealand: • Blair Boat in Kerikeri, upkeep of various sail ships, installation of new engines in a catamaran, installation of a new fuel tank and wood work on a 40” single hulled boat, laying of a teak deck on another single hulled boat. • CatSpec in Warkworth, manufacturing of composite beams made in sandwich structures of glass fibers skins and foam core with uni-directional carbon fibers reinforcement in corners of the beams by a wet lay-up process under vacuum for a 46 foot sport catamaran.

Co-Instructor of sail in different categories of sail boat and windsurf with children and upkeep of material during the Saga Moorea 2009. This event is organised each years during school break in French Polynesia, and aims to introduce underprivileged children to sail sports such as dinghy boat like Optimists, catamaran such as Hobie Cat, or windsurf or even small schooners.

Person in charge of renting windsurfs and canoes in a Windsurf school in Tahiti, supervising of users, and upkeep of material.