Laurent Ellerbach
Principal Software Engineer Manager At Microsoft & Representative Board Of Director At Microsoft Fra
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region France
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Top SchoolLaurent Ellerbach is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft with over 25 years at the company, leading cross-regional engineering teams that modernize Automotive, Manufacturing and Services industries using Azure, IoT, AI/ML, containers and edge-cloud architectures. He combines deep technical contributions—most notably to the popular dotnet/iot and nanoFramework projects—with strategic leadership as a Representative on Microsoft France’s Board, driving industry partnerships and IP co-creation. A hands-on manager who still “codes with” large customers, he specializes in transforming factories into Manufacturing 4.0 and tailoring cloud-edge solutions for complex, regulated sectors. Trained as an engineer and marketer, he blends technical rigor with go-to-market savvy and people development, and even uses his own home as a lab to prototype ideas. As a certified Lego® Serious Play® facilitator, he applies creative, play-based methods to solve complex problems and accelerate team innovation.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Master, General Ingineering, Mecanical, Production, Design, Electronic, Electrotechnic, Computer Sciences, Master, General Ingineering, Mecanical, Production, Design, Electronic, Electrotechnic, Computer Sciences at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et MétiersMaster, Marketing and Communication, Master, Marketing and Communication at ESCP Business School42 quebecBac E, Technology and Sciences, Bac E, Technology and Sciences at Lycée Jules Ferry
English, German, French, Czech, Russian
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Github Skills (32)
nanoframework10
firmware10
spi10
microcontroller10
azure-iothub10
iot10
sys10
dotnet-core10
esp3210
embedded10
csharp10
sensor10
iot-devkit10
c-language9
mqttnet9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/iot
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
This repo includes .NET Core implementations for various IoT boards, chips, displays and PCBs.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:840 reviews, 87 commits, 164 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Laurent primarily contributes to the `.NET Core implementations for various IoT boards, chips, displays and PCBs.` repository by developing drivers for a variety of hardware sensors and devices used in IoT applications. They added support for new sensors like the DHTxx, BME280, TCS3472x, VL53L0X, and MFRC522, and integrated them into the system. The user also focused on improving existing drivers by fixing issues and providing better documentation to improve usability.
implementationsdotnetdisplaysi2ciot-framework
nanoframework/Samples
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
🍬 Code samples from the nanoFramework team used in testing, proof of concepts and other explorational endeavours
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:77 reviews, 30 commits, 52 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Laurent contributed several code samples demonstrating the use of the nanoFramework for embedded systems. These samples included examples for logging, SPI communication, Azure IoT integration with AMQP and MQTT protocols, and interactions with hardware components like BMP280 sensors and PWM control. Additionally, the user fixed platform detection issues and adjusted existing samples to align with the project's networking helper and Bluetooth functionalities.
dotnetstm32testingnanoframeworkcsharp
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