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I am currently working in Geneva at CERN. I am a Service Manager in the CERN Linux Support Team. I am also leading the AI Chatbot use case to enhance an AI Chatbot Proof of Concept developed in 2023. Concurrently, I am developing an IT-specific use case. I am liaising with corresponding IT Technical Delivery Groups to secure necessary resources and support for the project. Additionally, I am actively engaging with user communities to gather feedback and requirements for future iterations of the service. I am contributing my expertise to validate the service concept and drive its formal assessment, aiming to establish a robust foundation for a future generative AI service implementation at CERN.

I also have the following roles within the IT Department at CERN:

  • Engagement IT Technical Contact for the Theoretical Physics Department.
  • IT-CD liaison for Disaster Recovery Implementation.
  • Territorial Safety Officer (TSO) for the IT Department (Buildings 31 and 600)

    Until June 2022 I led the IT-CM-Linux & Configuration Support Section, which provided services such as:

  • CERN Linux Support service
  • CERN Public Interactive Logon service
  • CERN Configuration Management Infrastructure
  • CERN ElasticSearch services

    Until January 2016 I led the IT-PES-Platform Support Section, which took care of:

  • CERN batch service
  • CERN Public Interactive Logon service
  • CERN Agile Configuration Management Infrastructure
  • Various Grid Services for T0 such as: , , FTS, DBII, Argus, etc.

    Previously I worked in IT-DES-System Infrastructure Services Section, where I used to be responsible for:

  • The central SVN service
  • The central CVS service
  • Infrastructure for CERN twiki service
  • The Off Site Backup for service disaster recovery
  • The Central FlexLM license servers and the License Monitoring System
  • NAS Based Infrastructure for Data Base Services. Mentioned in a Wikipedia Article.

    At the end of last century, I provided Solaris Support and Solaris Security as well as computing support for PaRC Engineering Applications: FEA (Finite Element Analysis), Electro-magnetic field and CAD/CAM tools (such as ANSYS, Pro/Mechanica, Mafia, Maxwell, Pro/Engineer, EUCLID, etc). I helped coordinating hardware and software resources needs for the EDMS project and other projects in IT/DES.

    I have lived in the Geneva Region for several years. I was born in Logrosan/Caceres/Extremadura . For that I have to thank my parents. The first 22 years of my life I lived in Catalonia in the Valles Oriental. I studied computing at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. When I was a student I worked part-time as System Administrator at the Institut de Fisica D'Altes Energies.

    Currently I am not looking for a new job, but you may be interested on hiring me. If that's the case, you can check my CV in LinkedIn. Job offers are always considered.

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