Nicolas Rannou
Engineering Manager at Promaton
Bilbao, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Rannou is an Engineering Manager with 16 years of experience building web-based medical imaging and visualization products, currently leading teams at Promaton from Bilbao. He blends hands-on full‑stack development—contributions to notable open-source projects like AMI and CTK—with product and technical leadership roles, moving from medical visualization specialist to engineering manager. His work demonstrates a strong focus on UX and code quality, from refining example toolkits to implementing nuanced transfer-function widgets for medical imaging UIs. Comfortable bridging research and production environments, he has a background in biomedical engineering and physics and a track record at institutions like Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Notably, he sustains long-term consulting in web medical imaging, showing both deep domain expertise and a pragmatic, user-centered approach to improving patient care through web technology.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BioMedical Engineer, Medical Imaging and computer sciences, BioMedical Engineer, Medical Imaging and computer sciences at Institut Superieur de l'Electronique et du Numerique (ISEN)Master, Signals and Images in Biology and Medicine (SIBM), Master, Signals and Images in Biology and Medicine (SIBM) at Universite de Bretagne Ouest (UBO)
French, English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
threejs10
medical-imaging10
javascript10
c-language10
vtk10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
slicer10
3d10
web-development9
maintenance8
code-cleanup8
plugman6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
FNNDSC/ami
Apr 2016 - Sep 2020
AMI Medical Imaging (AMI) JS ToolKit
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 779 commits, 100 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily worked on improving the example files within the repository. They fixed examples, indicating a focus on code quality and usability. These changes included adjustments to the rendering and structure of example projects.
imagingdicom-imagesmedicalobjtrk
commontk/CTK
May 2010 - Sep 2011
A set of common support code for medical imaging, surgical navigation, and related purposes.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily focused on implementing features related to the transfer function within the `ctk` repository. They developed and refined classes such as `ctkVTKPiecewiseFunction`, `ctkVTKCompositeFunction`, and associated widgets, which handle piecewise and color transfer functions. Significant contributions involved adding control points, handling events, and integrating them into the UI. Their work also included incorporating gradient masks and other UI/UX enhancements.
pythonmitk3d-slicerosgic-plus-plus
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