Cédric Tabin is a seasoned CTO and co-founder with 16 years of experience designing and operating ERP systems for Swiss businesses, currently leading technical strategy and delivery at SAI ERP from Martigny. He combines hands-on engineering—ranging from Java EE core engines to DevOps and MFA implementations—with product and financial leadership to drive reliable, fast-moving development ecosystems. Notable technical achievements include leading Swissdec 5 integration and MediData electronic billing projects while systematically reducing technical debt and improving QA practices. An active contributor to open-source tooling, he has maintained C++ package integrations in microsoft/vcpkg and refactored tooling plugins for geany, reflecting attention to cross-platform build and compatibility challenges. Outside work he pursues paragliding and skiing, a hint at his appetite for calculated risk and hands-on problem solving.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at HES-SO Valais
Contributions summary:Cédric contributed significantly to the Geany plugins collection by refactoring and enhancing the PrettyPrinter plugin. Their work focused on improving the plugin's functionality, including adding support for DOCTYPE declarations and fixing bugs related to CDATA processing. The commits demonstrate a focus on code quality and compatibility, as well as updating the plugin's configuration options and ensuring it works correctly with the latest version of Geany.
Contributions:5 reviews, 7 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Cédric primarily contributed to the `microsoft/vcpkg` repository by updating and maintaining package definitions for the `libzippp` and `libzip` libraries. Their work involved modifying `portfile.cmake` files, updating references, and incorporating patches to integrate these libraries with the vcpkg package manager. The user's contributions ensured the proper versioning and build processes for external dependencies within the context of a C++ library manager. These updates involved various versions and refactoring to ensure compatibility.
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