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Before building software for companies, I ran companies that depended on their tools.

My background combines entrepreneurship, management, product and software engineering. Today, I use that experience to help teams design digital products that are simpler, more robust and more useful.

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From business to software

  1. BUSINESScustomers · team · margins · operations
  2. PRODUCTproblem · UX · value · metrics
  3. SOFTWAREreliable · fast · built to evolve

Chapter 1

Entrepreneur before developer

Before writing software, I learned to run businesses: customers, teams, inventory, margins, operations.

What remains from those years: a sense of responsibility, service, customer relationships and decision-making under constraints — none of which is learned in a code editor.

Chapter 2

42 and software

The switch to engineering happened through the 42 school: learning by working with peers, autonomy, problem-solving by practice.

What that school really teaches: understanding a complete system rather than applying a recipe.

Chapter 3

Building products end to end

LiBlul, CryptoInvestYL, then freelance engagements: I designed and ran complete products — from the first idea to a service real people use every day.

What sets me apart: I don’t stop at the screen. I take care of everything that makes a product work — and keep working.

Chapter 4

Making products work at scale

Since 2023, I have worked at Infomaniak, a leading Swiss hosting and cloud company, on online products used every day by a large audience: website hosting, media broadcasting, collaboration tools.

My role: understand the need, decide with product teams and ship changes that stay reliable for existing customers. What those years taught me: the discipline of a product that cannot break on a Friday evening, working with people whose job is not software, and a taste for documented decisions.

Chapter 5

Today

Software & AI consultant, available for targeted engagements: clarify a need, design a product, modernise an existing tool, or automate what wastes your time.

Based in the canton of Vaud, comfortable remote or on-site.

Working principles

  • Understand before building
  • Prefer simplicity
  • Challenge the need
  • Keep a business perspective
  • Document important decisions
  • Measure what matters
  • Build to last
  • Communicate directly

Curious about how I work?

Have a look at my case studies, or let’s talk directly about your context.

Limited availabilityNext opening ·Q4 2026