Edgar Bailby is a commercial leader with 11 years of experience who now manages Partner Account Management for France and ROW at Factorial, having progressed rapidly through roles from Partnership Manager to Team Lead. Based in Spain with a hospitality background from Hotelschool The Hague, he blends client-facing enterprise sales experience at Expedia with product and project development skills from running hotel projects. He also contributes to open-source software—working on projects like js_of_ocaml, Expo, and the Harmony blockchain—bringing hands-on backend and mobile native-module experience that complements his partner-management focus. Edgar’s technical contributions include improving a compiler-to-JavaScript toolchain, adding native localization modules for Expo, and enhancing blockchain wallet and staking features, signaling a rare cross-disciplinary fluency. He is skilled at bridging technical teams and commercial stakeholders, turning developer work into partner-facing value. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic operator who pairs relationship acumen with an uncommon appetite for contributing to open-source developer tooling.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
French Baccalaureate in Social and Economic Sciences, French Baccalaureate in Social and Economic Sciences at Lycée Français Jean Monnet, Bruxelles
Bachelor Business Administration in Hotel Management, Hospitality Administration/Management, Bachelor Business Administration in Hotel Management, Hospitality Administration/Management at Hotelschool The Hague
Contributions:227 commits, 487 PRs, 244 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Edgar contributed to the wallet functionality, enhancing it with features like colored output for balance flags during transactions. Furthermore, they focused on the internal structure of the Harmony blockchain project by exposing node metadata, chain ID, and determining if the current node is a leader. In addition, the user worked on the slashing mechanism and the implementation of staking transactions, including signing.
An open-source framework for making universal native apps with React. Expo runs on Android, iOS, and the web.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Contributions:31 commits, 113 comments, 21 issues in 5 months
Contributions summary:Edgar primarily contributed to the Expo framework by implementing and modifying native modules, specifically focusing on Android and iOS. Their work included adding better localization support, including creating modules and modifying existing ones. They also fixed a missing import and made versioning changes, indicating a focus on platform-specific code and integrating with native functionality.
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