Francois Deschenes
Chief Technology Officer at TrueLoyal
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFrancois Deschenes is a seasoned technology executive and founder with over 25 years of hands-on software and product leadership, currently serving as CTO at TrueLoyal and co-founder/fractional CTO of meowbox. He combines deep engineering chops—from migrating terabytes of data and modernizing monoliths into microservices to backend contributions on open-source projects like pgsync—with strong product, security and go-to-market instincts that helped scale meowbox to $5M without external funding. At TINT he owned full product lifecycles, led SOC 2 efforts, managed remote engineering teams, and executed two M&A integrations while cutting costs by half. Known for mentoring engineers and advising founders, he blends practical execution with strategic vision and a lifelong coder’s curiosity that began on a VIC-20 at age seven.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Private Pilot License Aircraft Pilot (Private), Private Pilot License Aircraft Pilot (Private) at Pacific Flying Club
French, English
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sql
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closures
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postgresql
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curl
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regex
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oop
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Github Skills (48)
opensearch10
postgresql10
python10
mysql10
testing10
amazon-elasticsearch10
rspec10
ruby10
elasticsearchquery10
php10
aws-elasticsearch10
elasticsearch10
codeigniter10
elasticsearch-api10
multidimensional-arrays9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
toluaina/pgsync
Apr 2021 - May 2021
Postgres to Elasticsearch/OpenSearch sync
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 11 PRs, 6 comments in 26 days
Contributions summary:Francois primarily contributed to enhancing the backend functionality of the pgsync project, which focuses on syncing data between PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch. Their commits addressed issues related to data type handling in Elasticsearch mappings, adding support for various mapping parameters, and integrating features like routing. The user also improved the system's interaction with Redis and included support for schemas and tables with dashes.
elasticsearch-syncpythonsyncsqlchange-data-capture
typhoeus/typhoeus
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Typhoeus wraps libcurl in order to make fast and reliable requests.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Francois primarily focused on improving the test suite for the `typhoeus` repository. Their contributions involved adding and modifying specs, particularly concerning caching behavior. They addressed bugs and ensured the tests were compatible with different Ruby versions. The commits highlight a focus on enhancing the reliability and coverage of the existing tests.
libcurlwrapsphptyphoeusreliable
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