• 30+ years of Software Craftsmanship
• 10 years as VP/Head of Engineering
• 12 years in startups & scale-ups
• 8 years as Mobile/Cloud Freelance Expert
• 20+ years Hiring, Managing and Mentoring dozens of technical people
• Proud of having put software in the hands of millions.
VP Engineering
Managing:
• The Development, QA and Devops teams (20 to 40 people)
• Talent acquisition, development and organization
• The Engineering Roadmap in partnership with the product team
• The Software factory
• The Hosting platform
• Software Architecture
- Rebuilt the software factory around Gitlab/Gitlab-CI/Kubernetes/Ansible
- Migrated from a « bare metal » monolith architecture to an asynchronous (event sourced) micro-services-based architecture hosted on a public cloud (OVH managed Kubernetes)
- Developed the HiSqool Mobile Device Management (MdM) solution for the French Ile-de-France region (Paris Area) allowing the real-time management of 500K+ devices (Windows based laptops, Android tablets)
- Developped an inventory tracking web-based solution (React, GraphQL) for the devices.
- 📈 the team from 1 Feature team & 1 QA Team to 3 Feature Teams, 1 QA Team & 1 Devops Team.
- While maintaining the solution and developing new software, managed the needed technology transitions: Angular ↣ React, Ruby ↣ Python/Typescript, Rails/Django/Flask ↣ FastAPI, MySQL ↣ PostgreSQL, REST ↣ GraphQL, Pull ↣ Reactive, Custom Auth ↣ OAuth/OIDC, Java ↣ Kotlin, Docker compose ↣ Kubernetes, ...
Mobile & Cloud Freelance Expert
• Technical leading, Mentoring and training
• Software Architecture & Technical specs writing (Mobile Application & Cloud)
• Mobile applications development and refactoring
• CI/CD and Application submission management
• Hiring interviews & Technical Assessement
• Subcontractors management
• Agile processes coaching
- Retro-documented, performed technical analysis and proposed architecture and processes evolution: TF1, Microsoft, Accor, ...
- Implemented mobile CI/CD and managed dozens of application submissions: Eurosport, MyTF1, Accor All, ...
- Handled the refactoring and modularization of All In One applications: MyTF1, Accor All.
- Internalized development teams while maintaining the development flow with subcontractors: TF1, Accor All.
- Developped & launched new Mobile Applications: Livescore (Eurosport), Eurosport Player for Android, WAT (TF1), TFou Max (TF1), Xbox Music (Microsoft), Jo&Joe (Accor)
- Eased the technology transitions: Java to Kotlin, Objective-C to Swift, Hybrid to Native, ...
- Improved dramatically application performance by optimizing application/backend dialog: Eurosport, MyTF1, Microsoft, Accor.
VP Engineering
• Product portfolio and lifecycle management
• Design, architecture and development of the embedded apps and technologies
• Professional services management (presales and client support)
• Talent acquisition and management
- Built the engineering team (12 people) with very low turn-over (2 people in 3.5 years)
- Designed & built the development, QA/Release & support environment & processes
- Developed & maintained a recognized level of technical credibility with clients & partners (Samsung, Nokia, Kyocera, ..)
- Shipped more than 100 millions phones worldwide with Realeyes3D's applications
- Actively participated in the 2nd round of financing (7,5M€ or 9M$)
- Successfully developped and launched the subscription based document scanning site www.qipit.com
- Participated in the development of 2 Patents
Development Manager - Mobility Applications
- Developed a multi platform (Windows Mobile, Symbian, Linux) off-board navigation SDK used in several Fleet Management applications (C++).
- Developed embedded off-board navigation applications deployed by Orange France, O2 Germany & Vodafone Italy (Windows Mobile, Symbian)
- Managed Web based LBS Call center applications for Telstra (Australia) & Vodafone Italy (J2EE, ActiveX)
- Developed and maintained a Navigation server including provisioning, AAA, logging and billing
- Built and Managed a team of talented embedded applications developers (6-12 people)
E-Business Project Manager
- Designed developed and managed the french subsidiary Intranet
- Developed several knowledge sharing intranet applications (ASP/SQL Server)
- Participated in pan-European workgroups defining the corporate extranet architecture and selecting Knowledge Management tools
- Managed and internal study to identify best Intranet/Extranet/Internet initiatives leading to the definition of the affiliate e-Business strategy
- Supported stakeholders in the development of their Websites projects (corporate website, community websites)
- Deployed a connected Salesforce Automation PC based application
Project Manager
• Team management (6-8 engineers)
• Client portfolio management (1.5 M€ / Year)
• Pre-sales support & Project management
• Websites development, deployment & Production management
- Successfully helped clients transition from “French Minitel” applications to internet while securing the existing revenue stream (www.leparisien.fr, www.liberation.fr, www.mieuxvivre.fr, www.cadresonline.com)