Nicolas Bessi
Architecte Solutions at Vaudoise Assurances
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Nicolas Bessi is a cloud and security-focused solutions architect with 17 years of experience designing, operating and securing PaaS/SaaS platforms and ERP deployments from Lausanne, Switzerland. He has led teams and business units to deliver high-availability cloud services (99.97–99.99% uptime), built a cloud security practice with regional partnerships, and operationalized DevSecOps and incident management across organizations. A former top contributor to the Odoo ecosystem, he combines deep back-end engineering experience—demonstrated by contributions to OCA repos like queue and Swiss localization—with strategic product and FinOps ownership. Nicolas is as comfortable defining architecture and compliance processes as he is mentoring multi-disciplinary teams and running security committees. He brings an entrepreneurial mindset to enterprise programs, having launched customer service units and service catalogs that scaled to millions in revenue. Outside core duties he balances technical depth with public service experience as a long-serving town councillor, reflecting a pragmatic, community-oriented leadership style.
17 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Ingénieur HES Technologies de l'information, Ingénieur HES Technologies de l'information at HEIG-VDDiplôme de commerce + maturité commercial, Diplôme de commerce + maturité commercial at Gymnase August Piccard
English, German, French
Github Skills (12)
asynchronous10
localization10
backend10
odo10
back-end-development10
python10
odoo10
async10
error-handling9
unit-testing9
testing8
postgresql8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
OCA/l10n-switzerland
Apr 2010 - Aug 2015
Odoo Swiss localization
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 941 commits, 38 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas contributed to the Odoo Swiss localization repository, primarily focusing on the `l10n_ch_base_bank` module. Their work included adding and modifying fields related to bank and postal account management within Odoo. Key changes involved fixing constraints, adding unit tests, and refactoring code, demonstrating a focus on improving the functionality and reliability of the module's core features. This suggests a role centered on back-end development within the context of Odoo.
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OCA/queue
Jun 2013 - May 2015
Asynchronous Job Queue
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas contributed to the `oca/queue` repository, which focuses on asynchronous job processing. Their work involved fixing import issues, implementing new exception classes, and improving the `Session.search` function by mapping more kwargs of base search function. Furthermore, the user made changes to align with the new Odoo API, fixing a broken Environment object and modifying tests to match the new API behavior. These changes demonstrate a focus on maintaining and enhancing the core functionality of the asynchronous job queue system.
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