Alexandre Passant

Alexandre Passant has a diverse and extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Alexandre started their career as a Software Developer at Nortel Networks in 1999 and then worked as a Web Engineer at Makina Corpus from 2001 to 2003. Alexandre then joined Electricité De France R&D as a Social Semantic Web Researcher from 2005 to 2008. During this time, they designed and built the company's first Enterprise 3.0 platform.

In 2008, Alexandre joined DERI as a Postdoctoral Researcher, where they researched Social Semantic Web technologies and delivered projects and initiatives with various institutions. Alexandre later became the Research Unit Leader at DERI, where they managed a team of 15 and successfully executed projects with funding from public and private bodies.

From 2009 to 2012, Alexandre worked as an Adjunct Lecturer at NUI Galway, teaching and supervising students in the field of Emerging Web Media. In 2011, they co-founded Music and Data Geeks, a music-tech start-up focusing on music discovery. Alexandre played a key role in defining the business strategy, managing a team of 5, and securing partnerships with music industry leaders.

Alexandre then co-founded YapMe in 2014, where they served as the Co-founder and CTO. Alexandre defined the technology stack and roadmap for the platform, managed iOS development, and built the full back-end and API architecture using Google Cloud stack.

In 2017, Alexandre joined Intercom as a Product Engineer. The details of their role and responsibilities in this company are not provided in the given information.

Alexandre Passant's education history begins in 1998 when they enrolled at Université Paris Dauphine - PSL to pursue an Engineering Degree in Computer Science, which they completed in 2001. Alexandre then continued their studies at the same institution and obtained an M.Eng. degree in Computer Science in 2002. Alexandre went on to further advance their education by pursuing a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science at Université Paris Dauphine - PSL, which they completed in 2004. Finally, they attended Université Paris-Sorbonne from 2005 to 2009, where they earned a Ph.D. in the field of Computer Science.