Experience

CFI, agence française de développement médias

• France
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Directeur Méditerranée-Asie

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Internews Europe

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Paris office and Freedom of Expression Programme

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2022

• Project Director

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2018



LaurentG

• Paris Area, France

• Independent contractor

  • Oct 2011 - Jul 2016

  • Project management and training; • Elaboration of reports, research and memos; • Project design, proposal writing and fundraising; experience with the following grant-making organizations: EC (EIDHR, EuropeAid, DG Connect), US (DoS-DRL, USAID), Sida, DFID, Swiss DDC, Dutch MoFA, Prince Claus Fund, Open Society Foundations, Dutch Postcode Lottery. Fields: Online Freedom of Expression; Media Development; Internet security, privacy and censorship circumvention for CSOs; Free Software and education. Current and past missions for: Internews (USA), Free Press Unlimited (NL), UPENN's Annenberg School for Communication (USA), CFI Coopération Médias (FR), Internews Europe (UK), FLOSS Manuals Foundation (NL), Google (USA), Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (FR), Radio Zamaneh (NL), Center for Media and Communication Studies at CEU (HU). Target Regions: MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Worldwide. Show less



Internews Europe

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • Sep 2008 - Oct 2011

  I managed a 3-year project with over $2mil. of budget to foster Freedom of Expression and information on the Internet. I supervised 2 full time staff at the Paris headquarters, and 40 remote part time staff (consultants, technical experts, translators, trainers) based in the target regions.To meet with partners and train the civic actors, bloggers and human rights defenders, I traveled extensively in the target regions (the Middle-East, South-East Asia, Europe, North America) The activities I coordinated included:• Promotion of circumvention tools and training to digital security tools and methods;• Elaboration of user manuals and localization of free software (into Persian, Arabic, Burmese, Mandarin, Vietnamese...);• Design and implementation of promotion and awareness raising on Freedom of Expression and information on the Internet : online marketing, viral marketing, social media, online awareness-raising cartoons (in Persian and Burmese) Show less

• Online Systems Manager / Trainer

  • Mar 2006 - Aug 2008

  Technical expert, trainer and technical project manager on a program to train citizen journalists in the Middle East.The activities of the program included:• Training of journalists and bloggers on Content Management Systems (CMSs): SPIP,Wordpress, Drupal, MediaWiki ;• Technical support for the development of online publications ;• Localization and promotion of software supporting online Freedom of Expression (Psiphon, Tor) ;• Development and dissemination of an off-line Wikipedia platform in local languages.Based in Paris, with several field trips to train the beneficiaries and meet the partners. Show less



Attoma - Assist Digital France

• France
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2002 - Feb 2006

  Project Manager at Attoma, design practice specialized in service design and user experience design. Under the supervision of the Design Director and founder, I undertook the following jobs: • Design and production of Web sites, intranets, and human-computer interfaces (automatic vending machines, information terminals for museums); • Technical project management; • Ergonomics and usability studies (user test, wording...) ; • Supervision of external suppliers (graphic designers, layout designers, developers) ; Show less



LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201

• France
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tutor in computer science

  • Sep 2000 - Apr 2001

  One-to-one mentoring for the students using the free access computer rooms of the UVHC. One-to-one mentoring for the students using the free access computer rooms of the UVHC.