Biographies of our technical team

Olivier BOUIRI: Engineer from the National School of Geomatics, Olivier BOUIRI both taught and managed important projects for the IGN, and was also expatriated several times (Jordan, Yemen). After taking care of the communication and development of the IGN's Géoportail he joined the company in 2009. Today based in Abu Dhabi, he coordinates the project management assistance for the creation of a 3D model of the city.

Gabriel JAFFRAIN: With a diploma in geography, environment, spatial analysis by remote sensing and ecology from the University of Rennes, Gabriel JAFFRAIN joined the company in 1995 as a photo interpreter. Today he is a project leader and works as a land occupation and environmental expert on numerous projects.
Experienced European expert for the CORINE Land Cover program, he is also a member of the Centre thématique Européen ETC-LUSI (Land Use and Spatial Information) technical team within the European Agency for the Environment and member of the Quality Ensurance team for the European projects GSELand and GLOBCOVER.

Camille PINET:  Agricultural engineering graduate of the Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique de Rennes, option spatial information processing, Camille PINET joined IGN France International in 1998 as an expert in environmental and GIS, then became a project manager. She worked on several European projects with forestry or environmental themes, specifically in Tunisia and Eastern Europe, and has coordinated large projects to generate data, including the revision of the topographic database of Great Britain or the mass production of high precision data on Sudan.

Cyril ROMIEU: State Geographic and Cartographic Engineer, with a diploma from the Observatory of Paris in Geodesy and Astronomy, Cyril ROMIEU has been around the world as a geodetic expert: first in Yemen, then Copenhagen, Hong Kong, London and Amsterdam and finally the Dominican Republic, all before settling down to teach geodesy during 3 years in France, at the National School of Geomatics.
He joined IGN France International in 2007 after one year in Tibet for the CNRS, and now works on several projects, notably in Sudan and in Qatar, where he is a project leader specialised in GPS and a geodetic expert.

Irina SIBISTIANU: Graduated from the University of Bucharest specialised in foreign languages and litterature, French-English section, Irina SIBISTIANU worked for 8 years at Eurotopo, IGN France International's Romanian subsidiary, where she was production coordinator and project leader.
She joined the company in Paris in the beginning of 2009, and now handles the monitoring and verification of data quality before delivery. She also works as a GIS expert on several projects.

Jean Charles PRUVOST: State Geographic and Cartographic Engineer with a Masters degree in Architecture of Geographic Information Systems, Jean-Charles PRUVOST worked first for IGN Conseil for GIS implementation for important French companies and administrations, such as the Réseau Ferré de France and the RATP.
He joined IGN France International at the beginning of 2009 as a GIS expert and project leader.
He currently works in French Polynesia, Namibia and Serbia.

Grégoire CEZARD: Engineering graduate from the 3IL school in Limoges and holding a masters degree in computer science, Grégoire CEZARD was IT manager in the Dominican Republic during one year before joining IGN France International in 2004 as a systems and network administrator.
He also works on the preparation and execution of different projects focusing on IT equipment (materials and software), particularly in Western Africa.

Laurent FALALA: Engineer in Geographic Information with a Master of Science in Remote Sensing from Paris 7 University, Laurent Falala first participated in the early 2000s in the development of IGN airborne digital cameras. He then worked on satellite images in the Space Mapping Department of the IGN. In September 2010, he joined IGN France International as a Project Manager and Photogrammetry and Spatial Imagery Expert.