CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Thomas LE TEXIER

Born in Grande-Synthe, FRANCE, on April 3, 1980

French national

 

Education and qualifications

2008 Ph.D in Economics
 

University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, GREDEG - CNRS

 

Title: "The Role of User-driven Open Innovation on the Shaping of Industrial Activities:
The Cases of Open Source Software Development, File-sharing, and the US Department of Defense"

 

Under the supervision of Dominique TORRE, Professor at the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis

 

Defended on December 4, 2008, in Sophia Antipolis
With highest honours, Summa Cum Laude


2003 M.A. in Industrial Organization and Economic Dynamics
 

University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis
With honours, Magna Cum Laude
Dissertation: "Competition and Discrimination on the Internet"


2001 B.S. in Mathematics Applied to Social Science
 

University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis
With honours, Cum Laude


Positions

2009-... Research Fellow and Teaching Assistant
 

GREDEG - CNRS, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis

 

Research, teaching and supervising activities


2009-... Consultant (Economist)
 

Open Solutions SA/NV, Brussels (Belgium)

 

Delivery of reports providing practical aeronautics-related solutions.


2005-2009 Junior Research Fellow and Teaching Assistant
 

French Air Force Research Center, French Air Force Academy, Salon de Provence

 

Reports on the use of open source software development in the Defense sector.
Benchmarking, short-term and long-term technical and economic feasibility studies.
Teaching, supervising projects and dissertations, organizing events and other military activities.


2002-2009 Part Time Teacher
 

University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis

 

Teaching and supervising activities.


Languages

French

Mother tongue

English

Fluent

German

Advanced



Computing skills

 

Proficient in Microsoft Windows and Office/ Open Office

 

Skilled in Unix/Linux, Maple/Mathematica, MatLab, Web programming (html) and digital imaging

 

Knowledge of SAS



Other interests

 

Painting (Italian Renaissance and Impressionism)

 

Sports (football, judo, swimming)

 

Strategy-based games (chess, backgammon)