Isabelle De Robert
Expansion Lead at Transit
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolIsabelle De Robert is an engineer-turned-open-infrastructure leader with over a decade of experience building collaborative technology ecosystems that serve the public interest. Currently Regional Director, Europe at MobilityData and a board member at La Fabrique des Mobilités, she combines product strategy, systems thinking, and hands-on execution to scale open data standards and tools used by thousands worldwide. Her work has driven major releases (GTFS Flex, GBFS updates) and a validation tool processing data from 10,000+ transit agencies, translating technical outputs into measurable public value. Comfortable convening diverse stakeholders across policy, industry, and community, she pairs operational rigor—demonstrated by measurable staff engagement and impact-driven OKRs—with creative pragmatism. Based in Barcelona, she brings a rare mix of industrial engineering discipline, data science craftsmanship, and a track record of turning complex transit data problems into accessible, privacy-conscious solutions.
6 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat Français (équivalent DEC sciences) Division scientifique, Baccalauréat Français (équivalent DEC sciences) Division scientifique at Collège international Marie de FranceBachelor's degree Industrial Engineering, Bachelor's degree Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique MontréalData Science bootcamp (12 weeks - Sept-Dec 2020) Data Science, Data Science bootcamp (12 weeks - Sept-Dec 2020) Data Science at Lighthouse Labs
French, English
Github Skills (38)
data-analysis10
docker10
public-transportation10
python10
jar10
data-science10
feed10
statistics10
machine-learning10
transit-data10
validation10
java10
datasets10
transit10
open-data10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
MobilityData/gbfs-validator
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
The canonical GBFS validator. Maintained by the GBFS community, facilitated by MobilityData.
Contributions:4 releases, 11 reviews, 57 commits in 11 months
gbfsvalidationbikesharingbikevalidator
MobilityData/GTFS-books
Mar 2022 - Mar 2022
Comprehensive guides to GTFS and GTFS Realtime
Contributions:15 commits in 1 day
gtfsgtfs-realtimetransitbustransit-data
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