Background

Denis Dréano

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Mathematics and Computer Science teacher (Swiss Matura, secondary II) · IB tutor · denis@dreano.ch · Fribourg, Switzerland

Education

Diploma in Secondary Education (Mathematics, Computer Science) — 2025–2026 HEP Vaud, Lausanne

PhD in Applied Mathematics — 2011–2017 KAUST, Saudi Arabia

  • Thesis: Predictive modelling of the Red Sea chlorophyll with statistical and deterministic models

Master in Applied Mathematics — 2011 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (formerly ENS Cachan), Paris

  • Machine learning, statistical learning, artificial intelligence

Engineering Diploma — 2011 IMT Atlantique (formerly Télécom Bretagne), France

  • Signal processing, software engineering, networks

Certification

Certified secondary teacher (HEP Vaud, 2026) — Mathematics and Computer Science.

Teaching experience

Collège du Sud, Bulle — 2026–present Computer Science, 1GY and 2ECG.

Gymnase du Bugnon, Lausanne — 2025–2026 Mathematics (3rd year, 2 periods/week) and Computer Science (elective and 1st year, 3 periods/week). Designed and taught two original elective sequences:

  • Web development (24 lessons) — HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Canvas, individual GitHub Pages project
  • Artificial intelligence (15 lessons) — history of AI, training and fine-tuning language models locally, mathematical foundations, societal impact

Gymnasium Lerbermatt, Bern — Spring 2026 40 periods of substitute teaching, Computer Science, 1st–2nd year (in German).

Kantonsschule Alpenquai, Lucerne — Winter 2026 16 periods of substitute teaching, Mathematics, 1st–4th year (in German and English).

Professional experience

Model & Data Architecture Lead, Swiss Re, Zurich — 2023–2025 Led interdisciplinary data engineering and analytics projects; trained around fifty colleagues in data analysis and programming; presented at the Casualty Actuarial Society Spring Meeting, Atlanta, 2024.

Cyber Insurance Actuary, Swiss Re, Zurich — 2018–2023 Cyber risk modelling for SMEs and large international companies; advanced statistical models in R; collaboration with US insurance regulators.

Reinsurance Underwriter, Swiss Re, Paris — 2017–2018 Data analysis and pricing (Python, R); natural catastrophe risk modelling with meteorologists and physicists.

Doctoral Researcher, KAUST, Saudi Arabia — 2011–2017 Statistical algorithms for satellite data analysis; 7 papers, 5 international conferences; taught a master’s course in geoscience data analysis (2014).

Software Developer, Alcatel-Lucent, France — 2008–2010

Languages

  • French — native
  • German — C2 (Goethe-Zertifikat, 2026)
  • English — C2

Skills

  • Scientific programming — Python, R, Matlab, Jupyter
  • Web development — HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • Tools & OS — VS Code, Windows, macOS, Unix/Linux