Christophe De Troyer
Software Engineer
Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolChristophe De Troyer is a software engineer and founder with 13 years of experience who blends deep academic training—a PhD in computer science focused on programming language design and meta-programming—with hands-on product building at his startup Loomy, which delivers practical energy-saving insights. Based in Aalst, Belgium, he has strong backend expertise demonstrated by implementing the transport subsystem for the Anoma reference implementation, including TCP servers, connection management and protobuf integration. Comfortable working independently or in teams, he pairs extensive teaching experience and clear communication with a pragmatic, research-informed approach to system design. He also holds degrees in applied informatics and entrepreneurship, reflecting both technical depth and strong business sensibility.
13 years of coding experience
Postgraduate Degree, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Postgraduate Degree, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at HOGENTBachelor's Degree, Applied Informatics, Bachelor's Degree, Applied Informatics at Hogeschool GentMaster's Degree, Master of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Master's Degree, Master of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude at Vrije Universiteit BrusselToegepaste Informatica, Toegepaste Informatica at KTA Handelsschool Aalst
English, Dutch, French
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Github Skills (18)
erlang10
elixir10
ip10
distributed-systems10
tcp10
genserver10
protobuffer10
protobuf10
blockchain9
protocols9
cryptography8
scheme6
phoenix-framework6
docker6
java6
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
anoma/anoma
Oct 2024 - Apr 2025
Reference implementation of Anoma
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 106 PRs, 293 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Christophe implemented the transport subsystem for the Anoma project. This involved creating a TCP server, defining its state, and handling incoming and outgoing messages. The user also worked on establishing and managing client connections, including announcing node information and handling connection establishment. Furthermore, the user added protobuf definitions and updated dependencies.
cryptographyanomaconsensusprotocolp2p
m1dnight/vub-resto-scraper
Sep 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:40 commits, 6 PRs, 34 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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