Edouard Vanbelle
Chief Technology Officer at Shadow
Lille, Hauts-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolEdouard Vanbelle is a seasoned technology leader and current CTO based in Lille with over a decade of experience designing and operating large-scale, resilient distributed systems. He has built and led engineering and SRE organizations at OVHcloud and Shadow, driving platform reliability, CI/CD, observability, and global infrastructure expansion while balancing time-to-market and risk. A pragmatic hacker and systems thinker, he moves comfortably from product vision to low-level kernel and networking optimizations (including custom load-balancing and container work) to deliver scalable, secure services. He emphasizes customer-centric UX, automation, simplicity and team growth, and has a track record of creating engineering practices that let other teams focus on their core value. His open-source contributions include security-focused OAuth and OpenID Connect improvements to the widely used Roundcube webmail project, underscoring attention to authentication and maintainability. Multicultural leadership and hands-on craftsmanship are hallmarks of his approach to building future-proof platforms.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Information Technology Ingénierie informatique, Master of Science Information Technology Ingénierie informatique at Institut supérieur d'électronique et du numérique
French, English, Italian
Github Skills (8)
security10
authentication10
php10
user-authentication10
oauth10
openid-connect10
guzzle9
webmail8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
roundcube/roundcubemail
Nov 2023 - Jun 2024
The Roundcube Webmail suite
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 reviews, 8 PRs, 49 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Edouard's commits primarily focus on enhancing the OAuth implementation within the Roundcube webmail suite. These changes involve adding support for various OAuth features, including OpenID Connect, PKCE, and nonce, and refactoring the login flow. The user also made code style corrections and refactored the codebase for better maintainability. The contributions center on improving security and expanding the authentication capabilities of the application.
mailsmtpwebmailemailthunderbird
EdouardVanbelle/host-tools
May 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:4 releases, 160 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 10 months
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