Arnaud Assad
Code Alchemist (and Founder) at CPAN
Surat Thani Province, Thailand
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Top SchoolArnaud Assad is a seasoned founder and fractional Tech Lead with over three decades of hands-on experience reading and reshaping complex codebases across startups, large consultancies and academic institutions. He specializes in backend systems—Go, Perl, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Docker and Linux—and focuses on pragmatic fixes that address technical and, crucially, human causes of technical debt. Former CTO, project manager and consultant for Capgemini, Thales and EPFL, he helps remote-first teams get impact with 1–2 days/week engagements from his base in Thailand. Known as a long-time open source contributor and speaker since 2002, he pairs deep implementation skills with talent-spotting: he identifies which profiles finish, stabilize or solve problems and aligns people to the right phase. He delivers architecture reviews, short audits with concrete roadmaps and mentorship to tech leads, prioritizing async collaboration and measurable outcomes. His non-obvious edge: he treats debt as a communication and allocation problem first, not merely a coding one.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bac C, Mathematics, Bac C, Mathematics at Lycée du Parc des loges - EvryMaster degree, Computer Science & Math, Master degree, Computer Science & Math at Aix-Marseille University
French, English, German, chinese (我叫安德), Thai
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Github Skills (71)
javascript10
twitter10
async10
sqitch10
golang10
exasol10
prototypes10
vertica10
closures10
change-management10
blockchain-network10
database9
hugo9
corda9
blockchain9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
arhuman/arhuman
Jul 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
arhuman/Net-Whois-RIPE
Mar 2015 - Jul 2022
Net-Whois-RIPE CPAN's module
Contributions:4 releases, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 7 years 4 months
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