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Hervé Foucher |
Personal background
I am 32 and live in Rubelles, 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Paris, with my wife and 2 children.
You probably don't know Rubelles. This is a tiny city in the département of Seine-et-Marne. But you may know the castle of Vaux-Le-Vicomte which is next to it.
In 1995, I got a D.U.T. (academic diploma in technology) in Physics at
Saint-Denis. I was interested by computer sciences for a long time
and therefore I continued my studies at EFREI,
an engineering school. At that time, I started learning HTML and web technologies.
In 1996, I designed the first web site
about the Soccer World Cup France 98. The GIP Stade de France
asked me to build their web site about the building of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis (now closed)
In 1998, I was a graduate of EFREI. My friend Lionel Bernardi and
I founded the HELIO non-profit
organization. It aimed at developing web-based
projects on our leisure time. "HELIO" simply means HErvé
and LIOnel!
In 1998, I joined Dassault Systèmes, the world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions.
I still work for the company.
The French Tutorial
In 1999, I started working on the French Tutorial because... I wanted to learn
Italian and I didn't find any good ressource on the net (it
might have changed since). I asked myself: "By the way, is there a
French Tutorial on line?". I found some but I thought I could do a better job.
So, I started it from scratch. A lot of people came
on the site very quickly, asking for more! Each month I tried
to release something. I added sound support.
In 2002, I decided to create 3 different versions of the tutorial: the Standard Edition,
free of charge, the Personal Edition, available for download and the Deluxe Edition,
restricted to donors. The Website layout was completely rebuilt and it came to the light
in August 2003.
In 2005, The French Tutorial became a sole proprietorship business.

How is my name pronounced?
I know my name is hard to pronounce for foreigners: try this...
Hervé: [air][vey]
Foucher: [foo][chey]
To hear my name, visit this page.
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