Cindy Potvin
Independent Consultant - Software For Hardware Products at Cindy Potvin Technologies
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolCindy Potvin is an independent consultant with 12 years of experience building web and mobile applications for hardware and IoT products, combining electrical engineering training with pragmatic software craftsmanship. She routinely ships React/TypeScript frontends, native Android (Kotlin) apps with offline Realm support, and automated tests (React Testing Library, Playwright) to improve reliability for commercial platforms. Her work ranges from refining founders’ Next.js prototypes to full-stack responsibilities that span firmware, custom PCBs, and embedded Arduino controllers for real-world automation. Previously a tech lead at GIRO, she delivered transit driver apps for large operators like Translink and SNCF, demonstrating both team leadership and product focus. Outside engineering she’s a gardener, weaver and electronics enthusiast, a mix that reflects a hands-on, design-minded approach to hardware-software integration.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering Baccalaureate Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Baccalaureate Computer Science at École de technologie supérieureComputer Science Business Computing, Computer Science Business Computing at Cégep de Saint-Félicien
French, English
Github Skills (27)
nteract10
desktop-application10
jupyter9
notebook9
ipython9
jupyter-notebook9
zeromq8
monorepo8
react8
zigbee8
data-science7
react-components7
python7
home-automation6
iot6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CindyPotvin/RowCounter
Jul 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push in 1 year 1 month
CindyPotvin/temperature-logger
Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
A temperature logger receiving weather information from ESP8266-based sensors.
Contributions:1 PR, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
temperature-loggersensorsloggeresp8266mqtt
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