Trainers

Programs will be led by experienced trainers from GlobalPlatform member organizations who have been carefully selected after demonstrating a detailed understanding of GlobalPlatform technology and its real-world application. Please see below details on GlobalPlatform's certified trainers:

Gil Bernabeu, GlobalPlatform Technical Director

Mr. Bernabeu is the Technical Advisor for the Standardization and Technology Department at Gemalto. In this role, he supports Gemalto's marketing and product groups in the field of multiple application infrastructure. Mr. Bernabeu was elected as GlobalPlatform's Technical Director in 2005. His main role is to drive forward the development of GlobalPlatform's smart card specifications and related technical initiatives. Mr. Bernabeu also acts as GlobalPlatform's central technical liaison point, coordinating the efforts of the organization's three technical committees - Card, Device and Systems - and the GlobalPlatform Task Forces. Mr. Bernabeu is an official GlobalPlatform trainer.

Jean-Philippe Amiel

Mr. Amiel is the Director of Nextendis and a Senior Consultant with both technology and domain expertise. He provides consultancy for a number of large companies in their deployment strategy for mobile services. Since 2005, Mr. Amiel has been monitoring the evolution of GlobalPlatform technology, bringing his expertise to large mobile network operator groups and public transport operators through the coordination of the Ulysse initiative, which is aimed at specifying the usage of transport ticketing on NFC phones.

Nextendis is a Consultant Member of GlobalPlatform and actively contributes to the work of the association's Mobile Task Force.

Mathieu Amiel

Mr. Amiel is an Associate Consultant of Monetech with on the field expertise. He is an expert consultant in smart card technology and is working on NFC deployments based on GlobalPlatform.

He contributed to the first NFC payment pilot in Europe and in the pre commercial launch of transport services in the French city of Nice. He is now contributing to larger NFC deployments with telecom operators leading projects including GlobalPlatform cards and OTA management.

Monetech is a Consultant Member of GlobalPlatform and actively contributes to the activities of the Mobile Task Force.

Henry Castellan

Mr. Castellan is the Associate Director and Co-founder of Monetech. He is a senior expert consultant in smart card technology related to the transport, banking and retail markets. Mr. Castellan has recently led major NFC projects in France, Europe and Japan and is involved in the first French NFC commercial pilot, Nice Ville du NFC Mobile. Mr. Castellan is a former technical trainer and has conducted training sessions on USIM cards, over-the-air (OTA) provisioning and GlobalPlatform's Card Specifications.

Monetech is a Consultant Member of GlobalPlatform and actively contributes to the activities of the Mobile Task Force.