David Fagnan
V-P Supply Chain, Logistics & Customer Service at American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Fagnan is a supply chain and logistics executive with 14 years of progressive leadership across manufacturing, e-commerce and after-sales operations, currently serving as V-P Supply Chain, Logistics & Customer Service at American Biltrite in Sherbrooke. He blends material management and master planning expertise with data-driven decision making, having led global logistics and e-commerce optimization programs at BRP, Essity and MAAX BATH. Known for developing teams and pragmatic business strategy, David pairs operational rigor with a curiosity for new approaches—evident in his hands-on contribution to the open-source kafka-go client where he improved reader reliability and consumer group functionality. He holds an M.Sc in E-commerce management and a BAA in Information Systems Management, and consistently focuses on reducing risk and improving service through cross-functional collaboration.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BAA, Administration-Information system management, BAA, Administration-Information system management at Université de SherbrookeDEC, DEC at St-Lawrence CollegePetit Séminaire de Québec
French
Github Skills (12)
golang10
context-manager10
kafka10
customer10
context-api10
go10
kafka-node10
go-language10
kafkajs10
concurrency9
testing8
producer7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
segmentio/kafka-go
May 2017 - Oct 2017
Kafka library in Go
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 14 PRs, 43 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:David refactored the Kafka reader in Go, improving its functionality and reliability. They addressed race conditions and implemented context support for cancellation, ensuring more robust operation. Further enhancements included adding documentation and implementing new features related to consumer group functionality within the Kafka client. The code changes demonstrate a focus on improving the core functionality and error handling of the Kafka client library.
golanggolang-librarykafka-consumergoproducer
thehydroimpulse/gossiper
Apr 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:173 commits in 5 months
protocolrustgossip-protocolgossip
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