1. Profile
Results-oriented, bilingual Engineer and Chief Technical Officer, 20 years experience in Web
Programming and Innovative Research and Development business initiatives lead.
After initial academic training in Engineering, Laurent Barbier continuously acquired new web tech
and coding skills and languages, allowing to master new technology solutions while relying on a
solid methodology management background.
He is experienced in startup creation in Quebec, participating to several businesses creation in the
information industry. In 1995, he created Panteor Softwares Inc. with partners, developing innovative
solutions for automated translation and semantic knowledge intelligence.
In additional to expert technical and web skills, Laurent managed clients’ relationships and product
development projects in direct relationships with his clients, developing communication
effectiveness and shared project management. Recognized as an expert, Laurent is also easily
integrated in a business context, managing teams to excel at meeting deadlines, budget constraints
and anticipating clients expectations. As an entrepreneur, he developed a solid experience in
business building and management, fully integrating startup requirements to succeed.
Moving ahead, Laurent led the design and implementation of end-to-end knowledge management
solutions and eco-systems. He’s able to manage complex solutions, without compromising with the
real-check sense prioritizing actionable deliverables.
In changing environment under pressure, he managed web development teams and projects for
TVA Interactive, transferring required skills and competencies allowing operational teams to operate
in a talented and effective way.
In 2015, Laurent joins bizcocity.com as Chief Technical Officer, with Jack Ahmed CEO. Together, they
led bizcocity.com from an idea to a startup. Since then, the 2 co-founders nurtured their
collaboration, shaping bizcocity.com innovative proposal.
Qualification highlights include:
• Web and mobile Project
Development
• Data Intelligence Innovation
Management
• Technical Strategy and
Partners Selection
• Product development
• Experience at working with
upper management
• Managing cross-functional
teams and work-streams
• Startup experience
• Canada and International
experience
• Innovation lead
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Laurent Barbier
514-246-4778 laurent@usineb.com 3-2050 rue Amyot Montréal (Québec) H1W 3M8
2. Experience
Senior Developer, Seedbox Technologies; Montreal, Qc - January - April 2016
Seedbox is a web technology company based in Montreal, Quebec. They specialize in building
web products and services for a large network of partners. Seedbox is focused on three key areas:
developing web sites, marketing and advertising tools.
As a senior developper I worked on the Advertisement delivery platform (www.adxpansion.com).
Expertise skills and competencies mastered
Go programming language, Amazon Web Service, Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR),
RabbitMQ, Redis, Heroku, PHP, Javascript, Logentries, SendGrid, MongoDB, JWT, highwinds,
swagger.io, Jenkins , Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Agile
CTO, bizcocity.com; Montreal, Qc — 2015-present
bizcocity.com is a comprehensive marketplace solution for connecting individuals and ideas for the
purpose of developing, growing and starting businesses and social ventures. As a virtual incubator
for social projects and businesses, bizcocity.com is the place where creatives meet individuals and
investors with the skills, knowledge and resources to take their ideas to the next level. Buyers and
sellers of businesses deeply value our marketplace, which has added emphasis on features for
brokers and other intermediaries who facilitate business connections and transactions.
• Co-Founder, Montréal, 2015
• Leads technology strategic choices and development planning.
• Determines the website, the mobile app and tablet app, and the data management
technology choices: develops bizcocity.com coding.
CTO, hugamy.com; Montreal, Qc — 2014-2015
Hugamy is a Montreal startup created in the Founder Institute Program in June 2014. Hugamy
enchants individuals’ communications with comic strips. They become the storyteller of their daily
life, share their emotions and experience, either alone or with co-authors, using a mobile app (in
development) and sharing them online.
• Co-Founder, Montréal, 2014
• Co-owns Hugamy strategy.
• Leads Hugamy technology strategic choices and development planning.
• Determines the website, the mobile app and tablet app, and the data management
technology choices: develops Hugamy coding.
• Selects coding languages and resources required, ensuring the level of flexibility required to
support Hugamy current ant future evolution, guarantees the required performance level
while keeping costs and budget under control.
• Brings in technology and development expertise, documenting Hugamy Tech Spec, keep
track of alternative choices and tech evolutions in market remaining in direct relation with
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3. the web and data developers community. Identifies Hugamy internal solutions and
technology partnership opportunities in specific areas.
Consultant and Senior Developer Analyst, TVA Interactif; Montreal, Qc — 2011-2013
Accomplishments:
• Train the TVA developers’ team to Drupal 7 Open Source CMS and associated skills (security
good practices, hosting requirements, coding ergonomy, integration within technology
stack).
• Led and helped the team to deliver the first website in Drupal 7 (Mlle.ca) while respecting
timing and budget commitments.
• Contributed directly to the production of TVA other projects: prise2.tv,
lequebecunehistoiredefamille.com, revised tvasports.ca and canal argent, 7jours.ca,
clindoeil.ca, casatv.ca.
• Participated to the definition and implementation of new working methodologies such as
Agile, coding Q&A and revision, tech documentation, User Acceptance Testing and
Functional Testing processes and planning, bugs management.
Expertise skills and competencies mastered:
1. Technical Capabilities:
Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP, JS, HTML, XML, Varnish, Memcache, Drupal, Web services (XML-RPC,
REST), Netbeans, Eclipse, SVN, Git, JIRA, API (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google +), Janrain, Linux
(Ubuntu et Centos), CSS, HTML5, “responsive design”, API BrightCove, Apache Solr, Google search
appliance, mass mailing (MessageStudio) Lucene.
2. Managerial and Human Relations:
Demonstrates communication effectiveness, eager to use pedagogy to transfer expertise, ability to
work in very demanding context and under pressure, capacity to keep a high listening capability
despite contextual instable context, positive mindset, inspires motivation and reassurance, uses the
required diplomacy requirements, especially in political context.
3. Lead Methodologies:
Agile, Kanban
New projects’ technical analyze and assessment, business and technical needs analyze, ability to
coordinate and manage several simultaneous projects in order to optimize development timings
and resources (such as coding or coding pieces usage).
Conducted clients and admin in charge of new content generation dedicated training.
Showcased key projects under progress to clients and investors, at the end of each development
sprint, hence validating the client’s expectation and bringing on board his team along deliverables,
ensuring a qualitative delivery and higher adoption when conducting the hand over.
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4.
Co- Founder and CEO, Groupe Infiny Ltd; Montreal, Qc — 2006-2013
CEO
Key Responsibilities:
Management, accounting, finance, business development lead.
Project lead and developer analyst
Accomplishments:
Delivered popessa.ca, www.condomontrealbank.com, www.bori.com, www.jeromecharlebois.com,
restolafleur.com, cqf.ca
eCommerce : lamontagnesecrete.com, dllpresse.com
Expertise skills and competencies mastered:
Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP, XML, XSLT, Drupal 6 et 7, Übercart, moneris, Canada Post API, HTML,
CSS, JS, Prestashop, WordPress, Joomla, Symfony, Magento (analysis scope), web hosting
management, servers security, mass mailing.
Executive Producer
Accomplishments:
Video projects : TV advertising production, short films production, pop vox, documentary films,
training video, social reports, surveys production.
Key-accounts : Coca-Cola, Lafleur restaurants, TVA, CSS Jeanne Mance, Jérôme Charlebois
artist, Hélène Florent actress.
Education
Year Graduate University
1993-94 Diplôme d'Etudes Appliquées en
Mécanique
Matériaux et Structures
(Physics and Mechanical Engineering.
PhD Preparatory Year)
Metz University (France)
1986-91 Industrial Engineer Graduate
(Engineer Master Degree equivalent)
ENIM – Ecole Nationale
d’Ingénieurs de Metz
(France)
1985 Sciences and Technology baccalauréat
(equivalent to CEGEP graduation)
Longwy (France)
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