Frédéric Culot
Information System Auditor
Luxembourg
Summary
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Top SchoolFrédéric Culot is an Information System Auditor and seasoned software engineer with 15+ years of experience delivering reliable, high-availability systems and managing cross-functional teams. He blends deep hands-on C/C++ and UNIX/Linux expertise with practical skills in Python, Perl, shell scripting, and database work (Oracle/sqlite), and has driven CI/CD, cloud migrations, and SCM modernizations in enterprise environments. At POST Luxembourg he has combined roles from service management and product ownership to IS audit, consistently focusing on quality, efficiency and regulatory compliance (ISO, CSSF). A long-time FreeBSD contributor and author of popular open-source tools like calcurse and improvements to the FreeBSD pkg tool, he quietly influences infrastructure used by many. He completed an MBA with distinction while working, underscoring strong business acumen and an ability to communicate technical recommendations to executive committees. Colleagues describe him as autonomous, well-liked and repeatedly valued for turning complex technical challenges into auditable, maintainable solutions.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Distinction, Postgraduate Certificate in Innovation and Knowledge Management, Merit, Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration, Merit, PhD, Computer modeling applied to Physics, MBA, Distinction, Postgraduate Certificate in Innovation and Knowledge Management, Merit, Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration, Merit, PhD, Computer modeling applied to Physics at The Open University
The Open University
The Open University
French, English, Luxembourgish
Github Skills (6)
c1710
c1110
package-management10
freebsd10
system-administration9
bash8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
freebsd/pkg
Feb 2012 - Feb 2012
Package management tool for FreeBSD. Help at #pkg on Libera Chat or pkg@FreeBSD.org
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Administrator
Back-end Developer & System AdministratorContributions:14 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Frédéric made several contributions to the `pkg` package management tool, primarily focused on improving its reliability and functionality. The commits involve fixing potential issues like restoring an empty database and adding syslog logging for key events. Furthermore, the user addressed aspects of the port management integration within `pkg`, including enhancements for `pkgng` compatibility and code refactoring for better maintainability. This user also made improvements related to temporary file handling to avoid memory allocation overhead and fixed potential errors during repository updates.
pkgchatpackage-managerlinuxfreebsd
culot/aton
May 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:18 PRs, 103 pushes, 19 branches in 6 months
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