Serge K. Keller
Updated February 2012
Web scientist ❦ Printer on electrons

I'm a scientific and technical journalist, a freelance writer and a webmaster. In other words: I'm a web scientist.

I used to be a biologist and a zoo keeper, and to this day I've kept a strong interest in natural sciences. And yes, I can truly say that Charlie is my Darwin!

I contribute to an amateur theatre association: by directing some plays, as an actor and as a technician. You can come and see us at the Théâtre de la Cité de Fribourg.

I live in Fribourg (Switzerland) a bilingual city, but grew up in a small village in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. If you wish to contact me, I can understand French, Italian, English and some German: your choice!

Timeline

Online communication specialist

  • dialog:umwelt GmbH
  • Nov 1, 2010 - Jan 31, 2012
  • Upcoming Swiss Nanotechnology Information Portal In collaboration with: the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, the Commission for Technology and Innovation CTI, the Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG, the Secretary of State education and research SER, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO and Swissmedic: Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products - creation of the portal and content publishing (Imperia CMS) - illustration and photography search on the subject, and rights clearance Campaign "Biodiversity is life: International Year of Biodiversity 2010" - www.biodiversite2010.ch The General Assembly of the United Nations has designated 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. www.biodiversite2010.ch is the official website of Switzerland dedicated to the campaign, conducted by the Swiss Biodiversity Forum and the Federal Office for the Environment. - content publishing (TYPO3) - French- and Italian-speaking authors search, community management and updates to the campaign's blog (blog in three languages) - photographs for the banner of the campaign's site; photography search for the siite's banner, and rights clearance - French and Italian translation of the campaign's site editorial content - internet and social media monitoring during the International Conference on Biodiversity in Nagoya (Japan) for the Swiss Federal Office of the Environment FOEN Communication agency dialog: umwelt - www.dialogumwelt.ch - creation and maintenance of the agency's website (WordPress); customization of the theme and various plugins used on the WordPress site; photographs for the background images of the site - creation of an online survey (Umweltkampagnen); data harvest and analysis - various French and italian text translations

Web publisher

  • Federal Office for the Environment FOEN: Communication Division
  • Jan 1, 2009 - Dec 31, 2011
  • * Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN http://www.bafu.admin.ch - Content Management / Webpublishing of the FOEN's quadrilingual website (Imperia CMS): maintenance and update in all its fields, especially the section "State of the Environment"; production of the online version of the magazine "environment"; publishing of FOEN's press releases and of its newsletters via the News Service Bund (NSB) * Content management of five Swiss parliamentary committees websites (TYPO3): Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety SECB http://www.efbs.admin.ch, Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology ECNH http://www.ekah.admin.ch, Swiss Federal Commission for the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage FCNC http://www.enhk.admin.ch, Swiss Federal Commission for Air Hygiene FCAH http:/ / www.ekl.admin.ch, Swiss Federal Noise Abatement Commission FNAC http://www.eklb.admin.ch - Development and maintenance of said sites, particularly those of the SECB http://www.efbs. admin.ch and ECNH http://www.ekah.admin.chh * Collaboration for the FOEN's project "National Umweltfenster NUF" - design and requirements definition and specifications for the presentation and usability of environmental data for a wide audience. * Creation (structure and concept) and production of the electronic version of the Enforcement Assistance on the movement of special wastes and other wastes subject to control in Switzerland OMW (Imperia CMS) * Preparation of the FOEN's electronic publications for export for long-term archiving with the Swiss National Library.

Cofounder

  • Atelier Mammouth
  • Sep 1, 2007 - Current
  • Communication services: - web development and services - graphic design - publication and desktop publishing - consulting and training - translation services

Online communication specialist

  • Publizack GmbH
  • Jan 1, 2009 - Nov 1, 2010
  • Copywriting of various animal presentations and translation of the website for the Swiss awareness campaign of animal protection zones in the context of winter sports: - www.respektiere-deine-grenzen.ch (Respektiere deine Grenzen) Translation, updates and blog curation of the Swiss website dedicated to the UN year of biodiversity 2010: - www.biodiversitaet2010.ch (Biodiversität 2010: Biodiversität ist Leben)

Invited Expert

  • W3C
  • May 1, 2008 - Current
  • Invited Expert to the W3C HTML Working Group

Theatre director

  • Théâtre de la Cité de Fribourg
  • Sep 1, 2006 - Current
  • Directed plays: 1. "Sur les planches", by Jean-Paul Alègre (theatre workshop): May 2007 2. "Lettres croisées", by Jean-Paul Alègre: February 2008 3. "... Comme en 14!", by Dany Laurent: November 2009 4. "Les femmes à Guy", by Guy Foissy (choosen pieces): June 2010 5. "La Serva Amorosa", by Carlo Goldoni: January/February 2012

Founder

  • Publipress
  • Oct 1, 1998 - Current
  • Web hosting association (non-profit): - service and system administration - end-user support and training - web hosting services

Committee member | Press officer | Webmaster

  • Théâtre de la Cité de Fribourg
  • Jun 1, 2004 - Oct 31, 2009
  • The Théâtre de la Cité's committee work ensures smooth day-to-day activities for this non-profit association, and takes care of everyday's administration and maintenance of our infrastructures. - as a member of the Théâtre de la Cité's committee, I was responsible for communication, press and marketing (press relations, publicity, web site, communication) - I also (re)created and maintained the Théâtre de la Cité website up until 2009 (www.tcf.ch), while ensuring support and system maintenance for all services connected to it (e-mail, forums, extranet, etc.)

Web specialist

  • Federal Office for the Environment FOEN: Environmental Monitoring Section
  • Oct 1, 2008 - Dec 31, 2008
  • Publication of the Italian and English version of the "Environmental state" section of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN's website (Imperia CMS): - www.bafu.admin.ch/umwelt/ Update of the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety SECB website's content (TYPO3): - www.efbs.admin.ch Setup of a Microsoft SharePoint working environment for the Swiss Environmental Monitoring Network SEMN: - www.bafu.admin.ch/umweltbeobachtung

Web specialist

  • Federal Office for the Environment FOEN: Communication Division
  • Nov 1, 2007 - Jan 31, 2008
  • Migration of two Swiss Federal Committee's websites: - www.ekah.admin.ch (Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology ECNH) - www.efbs.admin.ch (Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety SECB) * the migration has been done manually, from an older version of their CMS (Imperia CMS) to a new TYPO3 installation.

Desktop publisher

  • University of Fribourg: Student Advice and Information Service
  • Nov 1, 2006 - Dec 31, 2006
  • Layout of the University of Fribourg's "Bachelor Program" information book (2007/2008 edition)

Web specialist

  • Federal Office for the Environment FOEN: Communication Division
  • Aug 1, 2006 - Oct 31, 2006
  • Migration of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN website: - www.bafu.admin.ch * the migration has been done manually, from an older version of Imperia CMS to a new, modern installation.

Web specialist | Communication and information specialist

  • Swiss Federal Chancellery
  • Jan 1, 2006 - Mar 31, 2006
  • Migration of the Swiss Federal Administration's main websites: - www.admin.ch (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) - www.bk.admin.ch (Federal Chancellery) - www.bundesrat.admin.ch (Swiss Federal Council) * the migration has been done manually, from static web pages (up until then maintained through a mixture of Dreamweaver, Frontpage and a variety of other software) to a centralized CMS (Imperia CMS) * during the migration, said websites have also been adapted towards modern accessibility and usability standards and to the new corporate design of the Swiss Federal Administration (CD-Bund).

Desktop publisher

  • University of Fribourg: Student Advice and Information Service
  • Apr 1, 2005 - Jul 31, 2005
  • Layout of the University of Fribourg's "Program Courses" information book (2005/2006 edition)

Editor

  • ToutLeContenu.com
  • Jan 1, 2002 - Jan 31, 2003
  • Editor and journalist for the "IT Feed" and "Technology" columns

Journalist

  • Computer News
  • Jan 1, 1999 - Dec 31, 2000
  • Free-lance journalist for the "Swiss IT" monthly column and various special features.

Editor-in-chief

  • University of Fribourg: Spectrum (AGEF)
  • Sep 1, 1998 - Jun 30, 2001
  • Editor-in-chief of "Spectrum" (the university students newspaper and official organ of the student association AGEF)

Scientific assistant

  • University of Neuchâtel: Institute of Biology (Faculty of Science)
  • Oct 1, 1994 - Jun 30, 1996
  • Scientific assistant in: - Anatomy of Vertebrates - Eco-ethology of Vertebrates - Propedeutical medicine (1st year students)

Zookeeper

  • Zoo Basel
  • Jan 1, 1988 - Dec 31, 1994
  • Zookeeper and animal warden for various animals and zoo services

Web publisher

  • Swiss Youth Hostels
  • Feb 27, 2012 - Current
Education
'02
Université de Fribourg / Universität Freiburg
Journalism and Communication sciences
Editor-in-chief of "Spectrum" (students' newspaper and official organ)

Support / training / hardware sales for micromus (IT services for students)

Radio host / radio editor for Unimix (students' radio)
'98
Université de Neuchâtel
Natural sciences: Biology (Vertebrate ecology and Eco-ethology)
Scientific assistant in:
- Anatomy of Vertebrates
- Eco-ethology of Vertebrates
- Propedeutical medicine (1st year students)

Actor for the Théâtre Universitaire Neuchâtelois (TUN)

Actor for the Théâtre du Grenier