Gery Debongnie
Lead Software Developer at Odoo
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolGery Debongnie is a Lead Software Developer at Odoo with 12 years of experience blending rigorous mathematical thinking and engineering to design robust web client architectures and complex UIs. He leads teams of 8–12 engineers, driving large refactors, performance optimizations, and feature designs such as the pivot and kanban views and the modular JavaScript client. Passionate about frontend technologies—from Vue and React to Elm and ClojureScript—he focuses on software architecture of UIs rather than aesthetics, and has documented core concepts of Odoo’s Owl framework on GitHub. Formerly an academic researcher with a PhD in mathematics, he brings uncommon theoretical rigor to practical product challenges and clear communication that bridges business needs and technical constraints.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Engineering at Université catholique de Louvain
English, French
Github Skills (8)
javascript10
frontend10
odo10
odoo10
documentation10
hook8
asset-catalog7
asset-management7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
odoo/documentation
May 2021 - Jan 2022
Odoo documentation sources
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:80 reviews, 65 commits, 28 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Gery primarily contributed to the Odoo documentation by adding and modifying pages related to the JavaScript framework, particularly focusing on the Owl component system, services, and registries. Their work involved creating new pages, reorganizing existing content, and documenting core concepts such as components, hooks, and the debug mode. The contributions demonstrate a focus on explaining the architecture and usage of the Odoo JavaScript framework.
pythonodooerpsolidworkssources
odoo/owl
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
OWL: A web framework for structured, dynamic and maintainable applications
Contributions:81 releases, 337 reviews, 1473 commits in 4 years
owlstructuredframeworkmaintainableweb-framework
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