Sébastien Armand

Front & Back End Software Engineer

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CRM Factory | Freelance Developer
July 2012 - Now

  • Develop highly dynamic and customizable web applications for various clients.
    • Transparo (3 people, 5 months): Dynamic javascript application for comparing insurance prices. The app can be embedded in any website and includes 6 different configurations and workflows for various insurance types.
    • Fairgarage (2 people, 3 weeks): Conceive and build multiple landing pages in order to attract more customers and improve usage metrics.
    • Timebooker (5 people, current): internal project for booking and tracking employee time per project. Built as a website and a mobile app.
  • Personally set up a bi-weekly cycle of internal conference and trainings for the development team that we call the Tech Talks.

Skills involved

Use of many modern frontend technologies such as Backbone.js, Grunt, jasmine. Working with the SCRUM agile method.

mashup sports & social | CTO - Co-founder
April 2012 - April 2013

Fully create a sports oriented social network that lets users organize and take part in sport and social activities.
  • Concept creation, Design and UI implementation
  • Full implementation of the backend
  • Mashup is already used by many activity organizers and has hundreds of users who played thousands of games.
  • Only me and a designer involved for one year to create the full project
  • Startup Leadership Program fellow

Skills involved

Use of Symfony2 and MongoDB for the backend. Software design and architecture. Continuous integration and testing. Server management. Social and communication skills in meeting with inverstors and partners.

JCDecaux | Product Manager
April 2009 - July 2011

Build and deploy a highly flexible IT system for sales management in Asia. Recommendation Letter
  • Adopt standard methods and processes within the Chinese team
  • Ensure the delivered quality at all levels
  • Plan and manage full re-write of the existing system leading a 6 people team over 6 months
  • Train local team on new technologies (Chinese)
  • Ensure maintenance of the existing system in countries where it is already deployed
  • Configure and deploy the new system in other Asian countries within the group

Skills involved

Team management, self organization, challenge people’s needs, IT systems architecture, Symfony PHP framework with MySQL

Ecole Centrale de Lyon | Student
April 2009 - July 2011

The Ecole Centrale de Lyon is one of the top 10 engineering schools in France.

Third year specialization in Information Technology as well as Supply Chain Management.

Gap year in 2006 / 2007 split between two internships including my first opportunity to come to China.

Internships and study projects
  • 2008: (6 months), configure and prepare deployment of an ERP system for Dalkia (heating & cooling management company).
  • 2007: (6 months), participate in an initiative to standardize mobile operating systems for Orange. This initiative is now part of LiMo (Linux Mobile Foundation)
  • 2006: (5 months), Implementation and study on CRM (customer relationship management) softwares.
  • 2006: (2 months), network simulation and performance test for a new service discovery protocol for a research team, resulting in the publication of their research paper.
  • 2004: (18 months), study project on creating a portable cancer detection system for general practitioners.
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