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# TOEIC Certification

**Organization:** ETS Global  
**Period:** 2024-03  
**Type:** certification

## Overview

TOEIC English proficiency certification from ETS Global (March 2024) with a score of 750/990, placing at B1 level (CEFR). Validates ability to work and communicate in international professional settings.

- Score of 750/990 - B1 independent user level
- English used daily: code reviews, docs, international teams
- Supports all technical roles from dev to Engineering Manager

## Competencies (3)

- **Professional listening comprehension** (confidence 4/5) _(technical)_: Understanding spoken English in professional contexts: meetings, presentations, phone calls and technical conferences.
- **International Collaboration** (confidence 2/5) _(soft)_: Intercultural management, international HR communication and ability to work with teams distributed across countries and cultures.
- **Open source participation** (confidence 3/5) _(technical)_: Contributing to open source projects on GitHub, writing issues and pull requests in English, and engaging with international communities.

**About Certification:** The TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) is the **global standard** for assessing professional English skills. Administered by **ETS Global**, it is recognized by over **14,000 organizations** in more than **160 countries**. A score of **750/990** places the candidate at the **B1 level of the CEFR** (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), corresponding to an independent user able to understand and produce texts on varied subjects in professional contexts.

## Score Breakdown

#### Listening

#### Score

390

#### Max

495

**Label:** Listening

**Description:** Ability to understand spoken English in various professional settings: meetings, presentations, phone calls, conferences.

#### Reading

#### Score

360

#### Max

495

**Label:** Reading

**Description:** Ability to understand complex professional documents: technical reports, business correspondence, functional specifications.

**Why It Matters:** In a tech industry that is global by nature, English proficiency is not just an asset - it is a **daily working tool**. My entire career has been built around environments where English is pervasive: technical documentation, code reviews, interactions with **distributed teams**, product specifications, technology watch.

## Career Impact

**Title:** English at the core of my career

#### Items

**Context:** Engineering Manager at Pichet

**Detail:** Managing multicultural technical teams, leading integration projects with international solutions (TIBCO, Akeneo PIM, **Bynder DAM - headquartered in Amsterdam**), **contract negotiation and management entirely in English** with Bynder, writing technical documentation and specifications in English.

**Context:** Senior Software Engineer at Smile

**Detail:** Daily work with Magento Enterprise Edition documentation, international open source communities, debugging and analyzing English-language source code.

**Context:** Co-founder of AdsPower

**Detail:** Collaborating in a startup environment with international partners, technical documentation and Google Ads APIs entirely in English.

**Context:** Founder of ACCENSEO & Celiane

**Detail:** International technology watch, participation in global open source communities, managing English-speaking clients and partners.

## Daily Usage

### Daily English usage

- Reading and writing technical documentation (RFCs, ADRs, specs)
- Code reviews and pair programming with international developers
- Participation in open source communities (GitHub, Stack Overflow)
- Technology watch through English publications (blogs, conferences, podcasts)
- Written and oral communication in meetings with distributed teams
- Writing user stories, Jira tickets and product documentation in English

## Level Description

**Title:** B1 Level - Independent user

#### Capabilities

- Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics
- Communicate with a degree of spontaneity and fluency in exchanges with native speakers
- Express thoughts clearly and in detail on a wide range of professional subjects
- Develop a viewpoint on current topics by presenting the advantages and disadvantages
- Actively participate in technical meetings and discussions in English

**Related Skills Intro:** This certification formally validates a language skill used daily in my work as a software engineer and technical manager.

**Issuer Presentation:** ETS Global is the international subsidiary of ETS (Educational Testing Service), founded in 1947 in the United States. The organization develops and administers the world's most recognized standardized tests, including TOEIC and TOEFL. Present in over 160 countries, ETS assesses more than 50 million candidates each year.

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