Florent Georges
Senior Principal Consultant at H2O Consulting
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolFlorent Georges is a Senior Principal Consultant and founder with 16+ years designing data-centric architectures that blend XML, NoSQL and Semantic Technologies for enterprises across finance, publishing and government. He specializes in MarkLogic, XQuery/XSLT and RDF/SPARQL, helping teams build scalable central data hubs and inference-driven platforms while advising on architecture, governance and data modeling. A long-time W3C invited expert and chair of the EXPath community group, he has influenced XSLT/XQuery standards and maintains XSpec, bringing rare standards-level insight to commercial projects. His background ranges from building XML pipelines and document generation to leading MarkLogic-based trade stores and regulatory reporting, and he contributed backend fixes to the popular eXist-db project. Known for seeing interoperability limits early, he combines practical consultancy with deep protocol and specification knowledge to make complex data searchable, auditable and business-ready. Based in Brussels, he pairs hands-on development with strategic advisory work across Europe.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Saint Roch FerrieresSOA Architect Certification with Honours (special Top-Gun designation), SOA Architect Certification with Honours (special Top-Gun designation) at SOA Architect WorkshopComputer Science, Computer Science at Université libre de BruxellesComputer Science with Honours (Magna Cum Laude), Computer Science with Honours (Magna Cum Laude) at Institut Paul Lambin
English, French
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Github Skills (16)
xml10
javas10
java10
repository-pattern9
xml-database9
xquery9
repo-management9
application-server9
management9
git-repository9
xslt8
marklogic6
xsd6
saxon6
xpath6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
eXist-db/exist
Feb 2011 - Nov 2012
eXist Native XML Database and Application Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Florent primarily contributed to the eXist-db project by adapting the code to the latest EXPath packaging release. They modified Java code related to the eXist repository, specifically focusing on module loading and handling. The user also upgraded and adapted the EXPath HTTP Client library, including fixes and improvements to handle request bodies, content types, and element ordering. Furthermore, they added CXAN support to the admin interface.
nosqlxml-databasexmlxprocxquery
fgeorges/cxan
Oct 2013 - Dec 2015
Contributions:139 commits, 14 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
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