Francis Pouatcha
Co-Founder And Technical Lead at adorsys GmbH & Co. KG
Alpharetta, Georgia, Cameroon
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Top SchoolFrancis Pouatcha is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and technical lead with 25 years of experience building secure, high‑automation data processing systems for banks, governments and enterprises. As co‑founder and board member of adorsys across Europe, the USA and Africa, he blends hands‑on engineering with strategic product leadership, having previously led the design and delivery of easyCredit, one of the world’s most automated loan‑processing platforms. Trained in management information systems (MBA) and with deep Java/JEE roots, Francis now focuses on open banking, EU digital identity initiatives and AI‑augmented productivity for digital transformation in Africa. He is also an active contributor to Keycloak, implementing advanced OpenID for Verifiable Credentials features, showing a rare combination of applied standards expertise and practical security engineering.
14 years of coding experience
DEUG, Business Administration and Management, General, DEUG, DEUG, Business Administration and Management, General, DEUG at Universite de Yaounde (Cameroon)Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management Information Systems, General, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management Information Systems, General at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergBacalaureat, Business Administration and Management, General, Bacalaureat, Business Administration and Management, General at Lycee Technique de Douala
German, French, English
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Github Skills (11)
keycloak10
javas10
java10
jwt10
cryptography9
jsonwebtoken9
web-token9
openidc8
oid8
openid-connect8
testing8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
keycloak/keycloak
Jul 2020 - Mar 2025
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:157 reviews, 13 PRs, 186 comments in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Francis primarily focused on implementing and improving features related to OpenID for Verifiable Credentials (OID4VC) within the Keycloak project. They implemented support for SD-JWT-VC and JWT VC Issuer Metadata, and also addressed the correct media type for SD-JWT-VC. Additionally, the user made several enhancements to the Verifiable Credential Signing Service, including adding support for RSA encryption key imports and the integration of iat and nbf claims to VCs, demonstrating a deep understanding of OID4VC standards. They also made changes to tests and test suites to validate these improvements.
oidcauthorizationidentity-and-access-managementaccess-managementsecurity
adorsys/keycloak-oracle
Oct 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:3 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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