Louis Gelinas is a product-driven founder and former Army operations leader with eight years of experience building software that operationalizes complex workflows; he currently co-founded and leads product at RIVET Work, which helps construction firms forecast, schedule, and dispatch skilled labor. He blends hands-on development—still writing code—with strategic product leadership to turn messy field logistics into cohesive, data-driven platforms. His background in West Point, frontline infantry command, and large-scale brigade operations gives him uncommon expertise in coordinating distributed teams and prioritizing mission-critical readiness. Louis has also led cross-functional engineering teams and delivered healthcare telemedicine onboarding and GraphQL-to-AWS migrations, showing a knack for pragmatic technical execution across industries. Based in Detroit, he pairs military discipline with startup grit to help American businesses meet new operational challenges.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Dual Bachelor of Science (B.S.) International History // Foreign Language (Chinese), Dual Bachelor of Science (B.S.) International History // Foreign Language (Chinese) at United States Military Academy at West Point
Web Development & Computer Science, Web Development & Computer Science at BloomTech
Chinese Language and Culture, Chinese Language and Culture at Peking University
GraphQL API for the Community Calendar platform. An Apollo server answers GraphQL queries for local events from several datasources; datasources include a database managed by the Prisma ORM and several external APIs.
Contributions:1 release, 59 commits, 25 PRs in 8 months
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Louis Gelinas - Co-Founder, Director Of Product at RIVET Work