Nicolas Ducheneaut
Co-Founder And Technical Lead at Quantic Foundry
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Ducheneaut is a research scientist and software engineer with over 20 years of experience applying data science, sociology, and psychology to understand and influence human behavior in digital systems. As Co-Founder and Technical Lead of Quantic Foundry, he helps game companies translate behavioral analytics into actionable design recommendations to boost engagement and retention. His work at Xerox PARC pioneered large-scale, server-side studies of MMO behavior—founding the PlayOn project that tracked 500,000+ World of Warcraft players over five years—and later led gamer behavior research at Ubisoft. Holder of a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and inventor on 23 pending U.S. patents, he blends rigorous academic methods with product-focused execution. Colleagues describe him as someone who not only diagnoses why players churn but also prescribes design changes that measurably improve player experience.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Information Management and Systems, Ph.D. Information Management and Systems at University of California, BerkeleyDiplome Ecole de Commerce Finance, Diplome Ecole de Commerce Finance at ESSCAM.Sc. Organization Science, M.Sc. Organization Science at HEC Montréal
French
Github Skills (22)
django8
voting8
authentication8
single-page8
login-system8
django-framework7
herokuapp7
rest7
django-rest-framework7
two-factor-authentication7
openid-connect7
django-project7
python7
xadmin6
saml6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ducheneaut/miniconda-buildpack
Aug 2019 - Mar 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
ducheneaut/quantic-buildpack-miniconda
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
The official Heroku buildpack for Python apps.
Contributions:42 pushes, 3 branches in 6 days
heroku-buildpackherokupythonbuildpackpython-apps
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