Video streaming and videoconferencing consultant with 9+ years of experience in R&D, software development, and technical project management. I combine a strong academic background (PhD in Computer Science, Telecommunications Engineer) with diverse industrial experience at major companies (Ubisoft, leading global telcos), particularly in WebRTC and OTT solutions.
Currently R&D Manager at Quanteec, a start-up specializing in video streaming optimization, and Software Engineer at Topia, a US-based spatial communication platform.
Previously, I was Software Engineer at Ubisoft, leading technical matters on video streaming and videoconferencing, and Technical Project Manager at Witbe in the Telecom industry.
PhD in Computer Science from Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LaBRI, and MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from ENSEIRB-MATMECA, Bordeaux INP.
French citizen
and Canadian Permanent Resident
, now based in Lyon, France.
Canada, Mar 2024 – Aug 2025 | France, since Sep 2025
We enhance your streaming experience by making it faster, more reliable, and sustainable.
I develop and maintain video streaming and videoconferencing solutions for a spatial communication platform.
I was leading technical matters on video streaming and videoconferencing for an undisclosed innovative project.
I managed several technical projects for major English-speaking Canadian telco and media stakeholders.
Technologies: OTT, DRM, DASH, HLS, CDN, Python, REST API
I technically led several projects, such as:
Technologies: WebRTC, NodeJS, JavaScript, Docker, OAuth2
I worked on a privacy-preserving edge-assisted video content delivery system.
Technologies: C/C++, Python, Docker, SGX, Bash, Java, JavaScript, NodeJS
I taught various modules as part of my PhD:
Technologies: C, Python, Docker, Sockets, Bash, JavaScript, NodeJS, Go, Swagger, etc.
I optimized and implemented an image recognition algorithm in two mobile applications (Android and iOS) for a major Australian company.
Technologies: Java (Android), Swift (iOS), Android studio, Xcode, MATLAB, Python
High-QoE Privacy-Preserving Video Streaming
Software Engineering for Computer Science and Networks - 1st / 56.
PrivaTube is a practical video streaming system with strong privacy guarantees while providing unaltered quality of experience.
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PProx is an efficient and easily-deployable solution for privacy preservation in video streaming recommendation
engines.
MUSLIN is a live streaming solution supporting a high and fairly shared quality of experience while minimizing the
required infrastructure.
Full proficiency.
Native speaker.
Good speaker, with several years of study and many travels.
I often travel abroad to practice foreign languages. I have lived 4 months in Australia and over 4 years in English-speaking Canada.
I have been elected as the AFoDIB president, Bordeaux Computer Science PhD students association, two years in a row. We have been organizing social events, such as seminars, entertainments, coffee breaks, welcome day, and parties.
I have been elected PhD students representative at the Maths and Computer Science doctoral school.
I am a music producer (electro) and regularly mix (for up to 120 people). Besides, I have attended the academy for 9 years (guitar).
Table tennis (6 years in sports club), Laser Tag, Escape Game, climbing, ski, hiking, running.
I read technical and scientific news daily and monitor developments, especially in telecommunications.
I love travelling, discovering new people, landscapes and cultures.
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PProx
PProx: Efficient Privacy for Recommendation-as-a-Service. 22nd International Middleware Conference (Middleware '21).
MUSLIN
MUSLIN: A QoE-Aware CDN Resources Provisioning and Advertising System for Cost-Efficient Multi-Source Live
Streaming. International Journal of Network Management (IJNM '19).
MUSLIN: Achieving High, Fairly Shared QoE Through Multi-Source Live Streaming. Packet Video Workshop (PV '18).
MUSLIN demo: high QoE fair multi-source live streaming. ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys '18).
MUSLIN: A Multi-Source Live Streaming System