Laurent Lec
Software Director at SoftBank Robotics Europe
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region France
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Top SchoolLaurent Lec is a software director with 11 years of hands-on and leadership experience building real-time and embedded systems, now leading an 80-person R&D organization at SoftBank Robotics Europe. He oversees embedded and SDK software for Pepper and NAO, shaping software strategy, release coordination across global teams, and internal/external roadmaps while reporting to executive leadership. A former developer who introduced Android to Pepper and drove CI/agile practices, he combines deep C/C++ and systems expertise with product- and market-driven decision-making. He has bridged hardware, cloud, and mobile stacks throughout his career and frequently represents the company at international conferences. Educated as valedictorian in real-time and embedded systems, he brings a rare mix of kernel-level experience and large-team operational leadership. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic technical design paired with disciplined delivery across multicultural programs.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Baccaulauréat (mention très bien / summa cum laude), Sciences, majoring in Mathematics, Baccaulauréat (mention très bien / summa cum laude), Sciences, majoring in Mathematics at Lycée Robespierre (Arras, France)Engineer's degree (valedictorian), Real-time and embedded systems, Engineer's degree (valedictorian), Real-time and embedded systems at EPITA: Ingénierie Informatique
Japanese, German, Italian, French, English
Github Skills (7)
meta9
prototyping8
modular7
java-bindings7
tooling7
java4
mqtt2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aldebaran/libqi-js
Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:12 commits in 9 months
aldebaran/libqicore
Sep 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:4 commits in 10 months
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