About me

My name is Benjamin Piouffle, I'm a fullstack developer who graduated from the French engineering school Epitech. I also studied for one year at the California State University of Long Beach (USA).

I am currently working full-time as a CTO for the Open Finance Consortium, a nonprofit developing Open Collective, an open-source platform that helps communities achieve financial sustainability.

I am also the founder of CaptainFact, a French nonprofit organization developing open-source and collaborative, real-time fact-checking tools for citizens, media organizations, and educational institutions.

I am not available for hire.

Education

2017

UDN: MOOC about organic governance (holocracy, self-sovereignty...)
edX: MOOC about media literacy, by Arizona State University

October 2011 – August 2016

Epitech (France)

First year: C, UNIX systems, security, SQL
Second year: C++, Web security, network
Third year: Advanced C++, Java, business science
Fifth year: Artificial intelligence, evolution programming, personal projects

October 2014 – June 2015

California State University of Long Beach (USA)

First semester: English
Second semester: Security, Java, Operating Systems, Web Design

Skills

Favorite Technologies

Software programming

NodeJS
C#

Operating systems / Platforms

Databases & query languages

Web programming

Tools

Languages

French (native)
English (fluent)
Italian (basic)

Others

Project Management
Agile / Scrum
Holacracy
Remote work

Work Experience

November 2018 - Present

Open Collective – Fullstack Developer

Main technologies: NodeJS, GraphQL, Apollo, React

January 2017 - Present

CaptainFact – Fullstack Developer

Main technologies: Elixir, Phoenix, Absinthe, GraphQL, Apollo, React, Redux, WebExtension

September 2015 – September 2016

Factset – Fullstack Developer

Main technologies: C++, C#, Python

September 2013 – June 2014

Numvision – Java / J2EE Developer

Numvision is a company located in the south of France that provides files backup and synchronisation solutions for companies. My work mainly consisted of improving the main company's product "Numsync", creating a REST API and automatizing the build of mobile applications.

Main technologies: Java / J2EE, REST API, Android and IOS builds

July 2012 – December 2012

E­Frogg – Web Developer Internship

Internship at E­Frogg, a web agency. Development of a SEO analysis tool and work on various websites.

Main technologies: HTML, Javascript, JQuery, PHP, MySQL

Projects

CaptainFact.io




Internet is filled with rich and abundant data. Information travels fast and we don't have the time to check that everything we see and hear is correct.
CaptainFact is a social platform that allows people to debate and help each other to verify that data by sourcing it, voting and chatting about facts.

Technologies: Elixir, Phoenix, GraphQL, React, Redux, WebExtension

Et si demain...




Et si demain... is a citizen debate platform designed to facilitate discussions about New Caledonia's 2018 independence referendum. The platform features short videos (under 30 seconds) where speakers present individual arguments, ideas, or questions. A team of journalists verifies and sources the citizens' contributions, ensuring all arguments are fact-based.

The project was conceived during Noumea's first Hackathon by a team consisting of two journalists, a motion designer, and myself as the developer. It has since evolved to involve two news organizations and launched to the public in January 2018.

Technologies: React, GatsbyJS, GraphQL

Democracy Watcher


This project aims to provide a set of tools to monitor a democratic entity. This entity can be a country, a city council or your organization. You can get a preview of the front-end with fake data on this link.

Technologies: ES6, React

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