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Effective as of October 2005, the GlobalPlatform Board of Directors has appointed Gil Bernabeu as the GlobalPlatform Technical Director for a two year term. Gil’s main role with GlobalPlatform will be to drive forward the development of GlobalPlatform smart card specifications and related technical initiatives. He will also act as the central liaison coordinating the efforts of GlobalPlatform's three technical committees (Card, Device and Systems) and their working groups, ensuring that all elements of smart card solutions developed are interoperable and that backward compatibility with previous releases is maintained. As Technical Advisor for the Standardization and Technology Department, Gil Bernabeu supports all Gemalto marketing and product groups on multi application infrastructure. Before this appointment, Gil was in charge of the road map management for the issuance software for Gemplus. In close relationship with the marketing group from the various business units, Gil monitored a strategic plan for issuance services addressing internal Gemplus requirements as well as external for in-house offers. Previously as senior manager in the Gemplus’ Financial and Security Services Business Unit, Gil was responsible for systems architecture and product development for the personalization and smart card management software product line. Gil joined Gemplus in 1999 and worked in engineering management and software development for the corporate personalization organization, supervising the software development activities of 15 Gemplus personalization centers worldwide. These centers handle orders from telco, healthcare and financial customers around the world. This corporate position gave him a wide experience of market requirements for personalization services. Prior to Gemplus, Gil worked for a software system integrator. Nine years of working in association with major industrial or manufacturing companies have provided him with a broad experience in early IT technology adoption, such as object-oriented design and distributed technology in a real production environment. For all technical questions related to one (or more) GlobalPlatform Specifications, please download the Technical Questions Form and email GlobalPlatform the completed form. | 