Fréderic Godin is an engineering director and machine learning leader with 11 years of experience specializing in NLP and speech processing, currently leading AI at Sinch from Antwerp. He has scaled ML teams and introduced MLOps, coding best practices, and data-driven cultures after Chatlayer’s acquisition, while bootstrapping Sinch’s Generative AI efforts. His background blends deep research—PhD work on deep learning, multilingual NLP and CV—with hands-on product engineering, including building Flemish speech recognition and real-time ASR servers. A repeat founder and technologist, he co-founded Belgium’s leading travel-deals site and continues to run its technical stack. He also has academic publications (NAACL, EMNLP collaborations) and co-supervises PhD work, reflecting a rare mix of research rigor and production delivery.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Ghent University
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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Fréderic Godin - Engineering Director AI at TravelUnlimited.be