François Vergès
Owner & Managing Director at SemFio Networks
Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolFrançois Vergès is a Canadian Wi‑Fi specialist and entrepreneur with eight years of professional experience building and operating wireless networks through his company SemFio Networks. He combines hands-on Wi‑Fi DevOps—automation, integration, design, deployment, troubleshooting—and training for IT teams, with a background in enterprise network security and high-availability infrastructure from roles at CGI and Ivanhoé Cambridge. As host of the Clear To Send podcast with 300+ episodes, he’s connected to major vendors (Cisco, Arista, Ekahau) and translates deep technical knowledge into practical guidance. He also teaches and authors technical materials, reflecting a passion for mentoring and knowledge transfer. Uncommonly for a founder, he blends formal engineering education (MSc in Networks & Telecom) with entrepreneurship training from Ivey, enabling both technical leadership and business-oriented delivery.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Entrepreneur 1.0, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneur 1.0, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Ivey Business School at Western UniversityMaster of Science, Network & Telecommunication, Master of Science, Network & Telecommunication at EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en InformatiqueCisco CCNA Security Certification Training, Network Security, Cisco CCNA Security Certification Training, Network Security at Cegep Ste-Foy
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Github Skills (4)
reporter9
python-scripts2
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Github contributions (5)
francoisverges/semfio-mist
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
Anything related to Mist Systems
Contributions:53 commits, 1 PR, 48 pushes in 8 months
mist
francoisverges/semfio-ekahau
Jun 2020 - May 2022
Scripts created to manipulate Ekahau project files in order to ease analysis and reporting
Contributions:16 commits, 3 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 11 months
reporteranalyzereportingin-order
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