Language and framework skills

The graphical representation illustrate my proficiency in a given field - bigger is better

I bootstrapped and worked on the base framework of one of the largest GWT app (>4^10⁶ code lines) for more than 5 years. I acquired a deep knowledge of this technology. Linked here is an article I wrote for the official GWT blog.

Hibernate

I implemented Hibernate in several projects, maintaining this dependency from the 3.1 to the 4.01 version.

Spring

Used several Spring modules (Spring-Security, Spring-beans, Spring-tx, Spring-mail, Spring-batch and Spring-REST). Also developed a projet using Spring ROO.

HTML5/CSS3

This résumé uses several HTML5/CSS3 features. The only JS on this page is HTML5Shiv (a MIT-licensed script to let IE8 render HTML5 elements). Also, there's a tiny code to flip display (see the button at the footer of the page).

JAVA/J2EE

I learned JAVA in 1999 and never ceased using it. I spent +100 hours giving JAVA courses to engineer teams and leaded regularly code reviews for 5 years.

NoSQL

Experience focused around AMAZON WEB SERVICES nosql data source "SimpleDb"

SQL/R-DBMS

I worked with popular systems (Oracle (8i to 11g), PostgreSQL, mySQL, ...) and light systems (in-memory, as HSqlDb and Derby)

Android

I developed several corporate (example : an agenda viewer, see the recent projects section) or production applications (example: a school presence checker)

Maven

I use regularly Apache Maven to manage the software lifecycle. I had to choose, evaluate, integrate required plugins for continuous integration and "one-click build".

Continuous integration

Apache Continuum, Hudson, Apache Archiva or Sonar were tools I used to set up different continuous integration platforms. This development practice is essential to work with agile methodologies.

BPM

I implemented several BPM processes on top of JBPM or Bonita Software, essentially to manage validation processes in public administrations.

Unit testing

Automated testing is essential to software quality and developement efficiency. I have a deep experience in this field, having written several hundreds unit tests.

UML

I used UML to communicate with other engineers and architects on large project. A methodology is essential to back up the use of this notation.

Agile methodologies

I experienced SCRUM, eXtreme Programming and Kanban as ways of organizing team development. Each project is different and, potentially, requires its own approach.

Javascript / Angular JS / Dataviz

I have 4 years experience as a JS engineer. I consider this language, despite its flaws, to be the next standard for connected apps, I dug deep into it.

Automated UI testing

The user interface, when complex which is the norm nowadays, is often the most difficult part to test and, at the same time, the less tested. I developed an automated system to test UI, on top of SELENIUM, which let testers executes scenarii with data variants.

JPA

I use JPA 2.0 since its approval by the Java expert group in late 2009. However, I only used Hibernate and Amazon Simple Db (through SimpleJPA) as JPA-providers.

Windows

I used all version of Windows since 1.0, as I had the luck of having a PC since 1984.

Linux

I began to use Unix-like systems during my computer science courses. I considered it was a professional only OS but changed my mind since Ubuntu reached a certain level of maturity.

C/C++

C was one of the first languages I tried to teach myself during my youth. After that, I used C++ on a professional basis from 1999 to 2004.

Recent development projects

(2017-) Angular / AngularJS / Java : I took a technical management role to build two new products. I lead a team of 20 people, both on-site and remote workers, on these two software projects. Both are game changer in the French public sector and rapidly gaining traction, one is oriented to an expert audience (generally max 50 to 100 users per site), the other to large populations of civil servants (12k+ per site). I take technical strategical decisions with my engineer team as well as product design decisions. Great emphasis on UX and customer service.
(2015-2017) AngularJS / J2EE ERP : As expert and technical architect, I help building a large application for the French public sector. It is an ERP that will handle HR and finance needs. I made the UI layer architecture around AngularJS to make a RIA implemententing the Google Material Design with the Angular Material kit. For this project, I head a team of 10 developers, 4 analysts and 1 tester in France, 8 developers in Morocco.
(2014-2015) Dashing node.js : I authored six dashboards for development teams and top executives. I had to develop widgets, style adaptations and specific jobs to wire these dashboards to several data sources (Oracle, Jenkins, Continuum, Archiva, CI, etc.). See : https://gist.github.com/andre-morassut
(2013) Advanced GWT grid widget : In a team of three persons, I co-authored a grid widget in GWT that let users customize their data with grouping, formulas to change cell appearance, optional columns, grouping functions (average, sum, etc.), etc. Customizations can be saved and recalled, with a credential system to eventually propagate them to other users. This widget is close to the possibilities of a spreadsheet and is used to display management data and operational dashboards.
(2007-2013) Web Architecture : Since 2007, I worked on the creation and maintenance of a Spring/Hibernate/GWT SOA and stateless architecture. This architecture is backed by various hibernate, spring and GWT extensions and propels, as of 2013, 9 business application for more than 2 millions LOC.
(2012-2013) UI Unit testing facility : One of the difficulties around automatic UI testing is data management : will a UI scenario create the data it needs as part of the scenario or will it work on predefined data ?
This testing facility combines Selenium with a meta language based on Excel that let users use template files to easily describe their test case. So, scenario actions (e.g. type, click, hover and so forth) are decorrelated from the data inputs and outpus (e.g. the type action will be run with various data to be typed). The facility then ensures that each test case will work on the data sets defined for the test round.
(2011) GWT GUI language : Before UIBinder was released, the need for a higher-level language was already strong in various developments projets around GWT. I authored a GWT rebinding extension letting users design their screens with an XML-based language. Our goals were slightly different than UIBinder : no java needed, non-developer users (i.e. business functionality designers). This language went popular inside the Berger-Levrault group and is now part of the usual design tools for more than fifty persons.
(2010-2011) Android agenda : This development was based on the Android 2.x series and aimed to create an agenda with a built-in information system close to the "Agenda-Conseil des Mairies" (English:"Town Hall's Counsellor Agenda") which is a physical agenda. This agenda was a product prototype aimed to city Mayors. It displays reminders and notifications about legal obligations (updated regularly to follow law modifications) for the Mayor and let it, amongst other functionalities, delegate these obligations to his team with a drag and drop operation. Note: France is know for the complexity of its law system, which creates a market for such advice-tools : the first paper edition of this agenda is more than a hundred years old.
(2012) Web Architecture : Online public services are growing and Berger-Levrault wanted to propose to public administrations a public website to let administrees pay their bills, see their children's meals and activities, receive collectity news, etc. The architecture to back this project was to combine good UI capabilities and browser compatibility with a very scalable capacity (e.g. Typically, more than 80% of users pay their bills on the same day). I proposed and prototyped a solution around JSF (part of J2EE), a noSQL data source (Amazon Web Services Simple BD) on a no-DAO, bean-oriented and REST model. The project is now in development stage with a five developers team.
(2007) Java payroll engine : For payroll engines, performance and customization ease are paramount. This development made use of Javassist to translate payroll rules as classes and therefore generates the specific program to compute a particular payroll before executing it.

Timeline

1987 ~ 1998	1999 ~ 2001	2002	2004	2007	2011	2014	2015	2017
First steps (homebrew games mostly)	Diploma in Computer science Engineering (DESS) - Toulouse University. (Links in French)
		Worked professionally for the now defunct Neurosys (subsidiary of the also defunct Sumotori Networks)
			Work for Berger-Levrault ...				Work for Inetum (ex-GFI) ...
			Fullstack Software Developer	Senior fullstack engineer	Senior Research And Development Software Engineer		Senior Fullstack Developer	Technical architect / manager
						Teacher (University of Montpellier)

Core principles

Customer-oriented
Leadership by example
Craftmanship, pragmatism and humility
Continuous learning
Multidisciplinary approach

Latest position's topics

Technical team management
Project management and reporting
UI/UX Design and programming
Software quality management

Main missions over the last years

Project management

Reporting / forecast
Coaching
Product design
Production process improvement
Business development

R&D

Design / code
Application architecture
API Design
Engine design

R&D

Tech. scouting
Experiment
Proofs of concepts

Courses

Javascript
Java
GWT, Hibernate

How I perceive reality

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Myers-Briggs personality type "INTJ"

"INTJ" is an archetypal personality in the Myers-Briggs classification, which is based on C.Jung works and widely recognized for its accuracy.
The INTJs are referred to as the "System builders" for their deeply rational approach and freedom of thought. Socially, while they enjoy other people, the solitude is essential to them. Click to get more info.}

Attitudes

Introversion + + + Extraversion

Perceiving function

Sensing + + + + + + + + + Intuition

Judging function

Thinking + + + Feeling

Dominant/Auxiliary Function

Judging + + Perception

General facts

Age

Nationalities

Experience

Foreign languages

Fluent, regular practice

French
Brazilian Portuguese
English

Beginner to Intermediate

Spanish
Italian
Norwegian (Bokmål)

The facts behind this résumé

How ?

You'll find here the explanation of how I wanted to code this résumé, as well as some hightlights about its functionalities.

Philosophy

All the source of this résumé has been hand coded : the "how" I wanted to implement is the use of plain HTML and CSS, with no external library, to show that a fair amount of functionalities can be accessed without needing additional scripts. Also, I tried to ensure that semantics and presentation were separated : this provided me the possibility of conceiving different presentations for different format factors and medias. Just try to resize your window when viewing this résumé to see what I mean.

Focus

In this résumé, I included some technical points I wanted to detail for those interested :

Flexible layout : Each part of this résumé is not fixed on a predefined grid and flow according to the format factor of the user agent displaying it. Try to zoom or unzoom to see the flow !
Responsive design : Different layout are used for different screen sizes. Try extreme resize of this resume to see its differents adaptative designs.
HTML5 compliance
CSS printing : if you try a print preview of this résumé, you'll see that it is optmized for a standard page size and low ink consumption.
Interactivity : Some additional informations can be accessed by hovering elements of this résumé. Also, inside links are featured.

This implementation could be improved, there a some of the ideas that could be coded :

Better accessibility : semantics and presentation are well separated but it could go further by using WAI-ARIA recommendations.
Rate mechanism : why not increase interactivity by letting user rate, and eventually comment, this résumé. This feedback could be stored in the cloud and retrieved later via web services, as an example.
Dynamic theme : I coded this résumé with simple black on white scheme but alternative color schemes could be provided.

In fact, a résumé is a subject that can lead to experiments without end, including many technologies.

Why ?

First of all, the main reason that motivated me in making this web résumé is the fact that, during the five years I was committed to engineer recruitment, all of the résumés I received were more or less the same. This document is meant to display factual data to let the recruiter know better about a candidate. And because a résumé is not associated with an unique formal presentation, this document can be used to demonstrate a certain creativity, details that will make the candidate stand out of the crowd. Thinking about this, I realized that a software developer - specifically with web skills - should develop its résumé.That's why I began writing the code that ended as the résumé you are reading :)

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