Rider's Résumé

Bio data

• Name: Frederic Journoud

• Date of Birth: 10 April 1967

• Place of Birth: Paris, France

• Citizenship: French

• Current residence: Los Angeles, California (since 1997)

• Current occupation: Account Executive in a Globalization services firm

Travel experience

• 1967-1976: Raised in Central Africa (Congo, Gabon)

• 1983-1986: West Africa in Togo, Ivory Coast, Benin (several trips, 1 month each)

• 1987: Southern Europe (Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy) by rail (6 weeks) 

• 1989: Middle East in Turkey and Israel (6 weeks)

• 1991: Paris to Morocco expedition by moped, small 50cc engine motorcycles (7 weeks)

• 1992: Spain and Portugal backpacking (5 weeks, solo)

• 1992: Turkey and Italy (2 weeks, solo)

• 1993: West Africa in Togo (3 weeks)

• 1994: United States by car, San Francisco to New York (2 weeks, solo)

• 1997: West Indies and Venezuela backpacking (1 month, solo)

• 1997-2002: 40,000 miles of solo motorcycling throughout the U.S. Southwest

• 1999: Along the Colorado river by motorcycle, USA and Mexico (2 weeks, solo)

• 2000: Chile backpacking (3 weeks)

• 2000: Down the Baja California by motorcycle, Mexico (3 weeks, solo)

• 2002: Brazil backpacking (1 month)

Philanthropic activities

• 1991-1995: Founder and president of the non-profit association Flu'Expo (Paris, France) promoting cultural events and access to information technologies to underprivileged environments and families. 

Languages

• French: native

• English, Spanish: fluent

• Portuguese: basics

• Russian: in progress...

Education & Professional Experience

• B.S. in Computer Sciences (Paris)

• Master in Business (Paris)

• Worked successively as Programming Engineer, Multimedia Project Manager and Business Development Manager in France and the United States

• Former Scientific Officer in the French Navy (Submarine forces)

Special interests

• Motorcycles, Travel (!)

• Graphic Arts, World Music

• Rugby (retired), World sports

• History, Geography

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