Matthieu Delac
Executive Chair at SheCodes
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthieu Delac is an executive tech founder and former product and software engineer with 15 years of experience building web platforms and developer communities. As Founder & CEO of SheCodes (YC-backed) and Executive Chair of The SheDreams Foundation, he blends product leadership with a mission-driven focus on widening access to tech. His background spans full-stack engineering roles at Envato and early product leadership stints at Airbnb and Google, giving him deep fluency across Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, and scalable marketplace systems. Matthieu remains hands-on—his open-source contributions include front-end animation and performance work in a popular CSS reveal library—reflecting a continuous interest in UX and interactive UI. He holds advanced degrees in computer science and e-business from Canadian institutions and is based in Lisbon, where he combines startup velocity with nonprofit impact. A pragmatic builder and community organizer, he pairs technical depth with experience scaling learning products and developer ecosystems.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc Computer Science, B.Sc Computer Science at Université LavalM.Sc Computer Science, M.Sc Computer Science at Université de MontréalM.Sc E-business, M.Sc E-business at HEC Montréal
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (6)
html10
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
animation10
jquery9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mattdelacdev/WOW
Dec 2013 - Jan 2017
Reveal CSS animation as you scroll down a page
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:164 commits, 6 PRs, 35 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Matthieu contributed to the front-end development of the project, which appears to be a CSS-based animation reveal library. Their initial commits focused on setting up the HTML structure with different sections and the basic CSS styling for them. The subsequent commits involved integrating a JavaScript library (JackInTheBox) to trigger animations based on the scroll position, demonstrating a focus on user interaction and dynamic content presentation. Further commits improved the code by renaming the plugin file and implementing performance improvements.
css-animations
shecodesio/dictionary-project
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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