David Balland
Co-Founder at ALGOSUP
Vierzon, Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Top SchoolDavid Balland is a co-founder and technology leader with 11+ years building products at the intersection of web development, hardware security and cryptocurrencies, best known for launching Ledger in 2014 and the earlier Chronocoin service that delivered bitcoins on hardware wallets. He blends hands-on engineering and operational leadership—having served roles from developer and Head of Production to VP Operations and Site Director—while scaling teams across France, the US and Hong Kong. His background includes CTO experience for an early French webradio and building bespoke LIMS and automation tools for the cosmetics industry, highlighting a knack for practical systems that solve real business workflows. As an active angel investor and founder of multiple ventures (Le Centre, Oslab, Ocel), he backs deep-tech and consumer-facing startups from robotics to bio and digital heritage. Based in Vierzon, he favors pragmatic, product-focused engineering and admits to enjoying projects others might overlook, a sign of deliberate curiosity and long-term conviction.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Brevet de Technicien Supérieur, Informatique de Gestion, Brevet de Technicien Supérieur, Informatique de Gestion at Lycée Marguerite Bahuet (Brive la Gaillarde)Baccalauréat, Scientifique (spécialité SVT), Baccalauréat, Scientifique (spécialité SVT) at Lycée Jacques Coeur (Bourges)Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at SUPINFO
French, English, German
Github Skills (36)
wallet8
ledger8
chrome8
philips-hue7
react7
k8s6
nodejs5
k3d5
kubelet5
nano5
kubernetes5
javascript4
cryptocurrency4
home-assistant-integration4
jekyll4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Morveus/disseminate
Jun 2023 - Dec 2024
Contributions:220 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
EricLarch/insight-api
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
apiwalletsblockchainwalletcryptocurrency
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