Summary
Nicolas Baldeck is an inventive entrepreneur and engineer with 11 years of professional experience building IoT products, weather-data platforms and open-data initiatives from Annecy, France. As founder/CEO/CTO of projects like Pioupiou, Meteo-Parapente and OpenMeteoData, he bridges embedded electronics, RF connectivity, forecasting models (WRF/CFD) and product industrialization to deliver pragmatic, low-power remote systems. A committed FOSS and open-data activist, he combines multidisciplinary technical depth with real-world hustle—having earned his skills outside formal academia through hands-on projects and curiosity-driven learning. He currently presides over the Fédération des acteurs et usagers de la météo and runs playful innovation efforts (including a viral “smart potato” proof-of-concept), showing a taste for both scientific rigor and creative disruption.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Physics, Geosciences, Mathematics (a few weeks only), Physics, Geosciences, Mathematics (a few weeks only) at Université Grenoble Alpes
Self-made
Baccalauréat, major in Science and Engineering, Baccalauréat, major in Science and Engineering at Lycée Portes de l'Oisans, Vizille
Sailing instructor (CQP AMV), Sailing instructor (CQP AMV) at French Sailing Federation
English, French, Russian