Laurent Alebarde
Founder & CEO at XXX
Greater Toulouse Metropolitan Area France
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Top SchoolLaurent Alebarde is a founder and CEO with 12+ years building SaaS for developers and a deep engineering background spanning industrial software, electronics design, algorithms and project management. Trained at a Grande École with PhD-level specialization in signal processing and computer science, he transitioned from hands-on design and industrial software projects into product leadership and startup founding. He is an active open-source contributor to ZeroMQ, authoring several proxy and security-related enhancements that improved messaging flexibility and authentication (CURVE/PLAIN) in a widely used C++ core library. Now preparing an e-learning venture targeting both professionals and the public, he combines technical rigor with practical sales and fundraising experience and welcomes angel support. Notably, his work blends low-level protocol improvements with product-focused SaaS delivery—an unusual mix that helps bridge secure distributed systems and developer-facing services.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Equivalent to Ph-D, Engineering, Computer Science, Signal Processing, Equivalent to Ph-D, Engineering, Computer Science, Signal Processing at Grande Ecole d'Ingénieur
English, French
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Github Skills (10)
c-language10
zeromq10
cprogramming-language10
messaging10
networking10
security10
concurrency9
mq7
qt6
qtcreator6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
zeromq/libzmq
Sep 2013 - Feb 2014
ZeroMQ core engine in C++, implements ZMTP/3.1
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Laurent primarily focused on enhancing the security features of the ZeroMQ library, specifically concerning the CURVE and PLAIN authentication mechanisms. Their contributions include code modifications to implement symmetric curve keys, refactoring test cases to utilize zmq_z85_encode, and adjustments to incorporate explicit node type setting for PLAIN. Furthermore, the user added proxy control flow and implemented a proxy hook for modifying messages, including proxy chaining capabilities.
concurrencyzeromqnetworkingstreampushpull
lalebarde/ABaDooRand
Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
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