Eric Jacob
Project Professional at Helping Partners and Friends
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Jacob is a seasoned project and transformation leader with over 15 years delivering large-scale business and IT programs across Canada, the USA and France, including five post-merger integrations and enterprise ERP/CRM rollouts. He combines executive-level strategy with hands-on delivery, managing multicultural teams and capital programs up to $35M to drive cost savings, accelerated growth and shareholder value. Bilingual in French and English, Eric’s background spans finance, supply chain and information systems—from financial controller in aeronautics to IT leadership at Diageo and Pernod Ricard—giving him a rare blend of commercial, operational and technical perspective. Recently active in backend and DevOps contributions to the popular Pants build system, he brings practical automation instincts (his GitHub motto: “Automate everything”) to streamline development and CI/CD workflows. Known for aligning people, process and technology, he excels at turning complex cross-functional challenges into measurable business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) at IFAGMaster's degree, Master's degree at INIG, Institut National d'Informatique de Gestion
French, English
Github Skills (12)
build-system10
pytest10
python10
ruff10
cicd9
automation9
automations9
configuration-management9
devops8
dockers7
docker7
rust5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pantsbuild/pants
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
The Pants Build System
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:9 reviews, 2 commits, 5 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the Python backend of the Pants build system. They implemented and modified pytest configurations, addressing file path issues and supporting report generation features. They also worked on integrating additional testing features and configurations into the system. Furthermore, the user was involved in setting up a development container, demonstrating DevOps skills in environment setup, dependency management, and CI/CD improvements.
pythonprotobufaws-lambdapantsshell
erjac77/ansible-role-gogs
Dec 2016 - Nov 2019
Ansible role to install Gogs on various platforms
Contributions:36 commits, 5 PRs, 31 pushes in 2 years 11 months
ansibleplatformsgalaxyansible-rolesudo
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