Antoine Martin

Antoine Martin

Senior Software Engineering Manager

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Summary

• 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.

Experience

Unowhy

03/2018 - 12/2021

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, ...

Eurosport, Microsoft, TF1, Accor & Others

08/2010 - 02/2018

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.

Realeyes3D

09/2003 - 07/2010

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

Webraska (now Masternaut)

12/2001 - 12/2003

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)

Pfizer

12/1999 - 12/2001

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

Atos Multimedia

12/1993 - 12/1999

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)

Education

Pierre and Marie Curie University

09/1991 - 08/1992

Master of Sciences Microelectronics

Honors

Pierre and Marie Curie University

09/1987 - 07/1991

Bachelor of Sciences Computer Science

Honors