Jacques Lassalle arrived at ALMA project in September 2005 on duty at the OSF.  He previously was a mechanical engineer at the CNES (French space technical center -Toulouse - France), and moved as safety engineer at the European Space Center in French Guyana (South America) for 9 years. After another 7-year stay at CNES Toulouse as Safety Manager, he left for a while for South America new experience.