Eric Fanane
Automation Engineer · Educator · Founder of CrossTechPath
Stockholm, Sweden — Serving clients and students across Europe and Africa
Two Worlds. One Mission.
I began my career standing in front of a classroom in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso — teaching electronics, physics, and technical mathematics to some of the most motivated students I have ever met. Brilliant young people. Hungry to build things. Ready to work.
They faced one wall that intelligence alone could not remove: the cost of professional tools.
A Siemens PLC starter kit costs more than six months of an engineer’s salary in West Africa. Industrial training courses in Europe cost €1,500 per week. The knowledge they needed to build Africa’s factories and infrastructure was locked behind a price barrier that had nothing to do with their ability.
That problem has never left me.
After moving to Sweden and building a career as a professional automation engineer — programming Siemens S7 PLCs, commissioning SCADA systems, working on real industrial projects across Europe — I came back to that same question with a different set of tools.
CrossTechPath is my answer.
It is built on a simple belief: geography should not determine access to technical excellence. The same industrial standards that power factories in Germany and Sweden can power factories in Côte d’Ivoire, Sénégal, and Burkina Faso — if the right education exists, at the right price, in the right language.
That is what we build here.
Qualifications
🎓 Engineering — Automation & Control Systems Stockholms Tekniska Institut (STI), Sweden Industrial control systems, mathematical frameworks for automation, advanced process engineering
🌡️ Engineering — Heat Power Plant & Thermodynamics Stockholms Tekniska Institut (STI), Sweden Thermal energy systems, fluid mechanics, power generation engineering
📐 Advanced Electronics Engineering Institut Polytechnique INP-HB, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire West Africa’s premier Grande École — analog and digital electronics, circuit theory
🏫 Postgraduate Teaching Certification (CAET) ENS Koudougou, Burkina Faso Professional teacher certification — technical sciences and laboratory instruction
What I Bring to Every Project and Program
As an Engineer Over a decade of hands-on experience programming Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500 PLCs, designing SCADA architectures, commissioning industrial control panels, and deploying OPC-UA communication systems. Trained to Swedish industrial standards. Fluent in IEC 61131-3 — the universal language of industrial automation used by every major manufacturer worldwide.
As an Educator More than five years as Senior Lecturer and Department Lead at the Lycée Technique de Ouagadougou — directing the Terminale F2 curriculum, leading electronics labs from schematic design to physical prototyping, and preparing students for national technical examinations. Certified to teach. Trained to explain complexity in ways that build genuine, lasting competence.
The combination is rare. Most engineers cannot teach. Most teachers cannot commission an industrial installation. At CrossTechPath, both capabilities sit in the same room — and that is exactly what Africa’s industrial development needs.
Professional Automation Under 250 €
In 2026 I published the technical reference that CrossTechPath was built to support.
Professional Automation Under 250 € is a complete vocational guide to industrial PLC programming using a Raspberry Pi, an industrial I/O HAT, and CODESYS V3 — the same IEC 61131-3 standard used by Siemens, Schneider Electric, ABB, and Beckhoff.
It is available in English, French, and Swedish.
It is not a hobbyist tutorial. It is a professional reference written for engineering students, vocational educators, and working technicians who need real industrial knowledge without a €5,000 hardware budget.
Working Languages
| Language | Level |
|---|---|
| French | Native |
| English | Professional — full working proficiency |
| Swedish | Professional — full working proficiency |
| Mooré, Dioula, Bissa | Native — West African community languages |
CrossTechPath delivers training and consulting in English and French. All course materials are available in both languages, with Swedish editions for the Nordic market.
Ready to Work Together?
Whether you are a student looking to start your automation career, an institution seeking a curriculum partner, or a company modernising its operations — CrossTechPath was built for exactly this.