Technical Specification Group GERAN	TSG GERAN#2(00)xxx
Meeting #2, Norrtälje, 6-10 November 2000	

Source:	Alcatel 
Title:	Candidature for vice chairmanship of GERAN WG2
Document for:	Information
Agenda Item:	

	Alcatel is delighted in providing BRUNO LANDAIS as a candidate for the position of chair for the TSG GERAN WG2. As you may see from the attached CV he has been participating in the field of expertise of data protocols for many years in SMG. In addition Alcatel will provide him full support to ensure good progress in the group.
	Alcatel is fully committed to support Bruno in his task as chairman. 

				Francois Courau
				Head of Alcatel delegation in 3GPP

	Curriculum vitae of Bruno LANDAIS

Bruno Landais received the engineer degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne  in 1992 in France. He joined the Alcatel group in 1993, where he was involved in the design of the Alcatel E10 branch exchanges as a software developer and system engineer.  

In 1996, Bruno Landais joined the Mobile Communication Division within Alcatel where he has been working since then. He has been especially involved in GSM and GPRS BSS system activities, with project management responsibilities. 

Since 1998, he has been involved in the GSM standardization work (successively within ETSI SMG2 and 3GPP TSG GERAN WG2), with particular focus on the standardization of GPRS R97/R99. 

Bruno Landais is currently the TSG GERAN WG2 lead representative for Alcatel. He is now candidate to chair this group.