Raoul ROLAND
Senior Expert Railway Safety Alstom Transport
I am a RAMS/System Assurance Expert with a strong technical knowledge of complex and integrated railway transport systems.
I define, deploy and follow up the RAMS process during the complete life cycle at system level.
I am at ease both in a french and english speaking environments, as the dedicated point of contact to deal with the Engineer, the Employer, the ISA or the Railway Authorities for all RAMS matters on the behalf of the Contractor.
My various experiences allowed me to go through each steps of the life cycle from the prelim design to the start of the revenue service.
44 contactsSince 2004 : Safety co-ordinator for the Lausanne m2 project in Switzerland.
• Management and co-ordination of Safety activities at system level on a driverless metro project integrated in the project team of the customer.
• Mission includes definition and application of system level Safety process, co-ordination with contractors, co-ordination with the safety authority (Federal Office of Transport).
• Position based in Lausanne.
2001-2004 : System Assurance Manager (SAM) for the Circle Line project in Singapore.
• Management and co-ordination of RAMS activities on a system wide driverless metro contract (turnkey contract C830).
• Mission includes definition and application of system level RAMS process, internal co-ordination within the consortium, co-ordination with external contractors, point of contact for the customer Land Transport Authority (LTA).
• Position based in Singapore.
1998 - 200110/2000-07/2001 : Consultant for Alstom Transport, System business
• Analysis of the system validation process on the North East Line project.
08/1998-10/2000 : Consultant for RATP, Electric department
• Safety assessor in regard to the EN50128 standard of the OCC on Paris metro line 4.
• Audit and control of the contractor for the safety critical software on the project SACEM Mexico Line B.
• Verification manager for the qualification of the KCVP software on the Paris RER line B.
• OVKIS Project manager : Software tool for the validation of safety critical data on SACEM projects. Planning, design, validation of the tool developed in C++.
1995 - 199810/1997-06/1998 : Consultant for SCHLUMBERGER, Smartcards division.
• Design and validation of a VISA smartcard simulator,
• Design of a validation tool for bank application smartcards.
01/1997-09/1997 : Consultant for RATP, Electric department
• Software validation for on board software of “SACEM Simplifié” project on Paris RER line A.
1995-1996 : Consultant for THALES (ex THOMSON CSF), Radar and Counter-measures division.
• Analysis of airborne data recorded by a radar detector during flight tests,
• Design of an analysis tool for the operational data recorded in flight.