Olivier Desenfans
Chief Technology Officer at MangoGem SA
Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
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Top SchoolOlivier Desenfans is a systems-focused CTO and engineer with 11+ years of experience building embedded, distributed and cross-platform software from kernel to cloud. He combines low-level expertise in OS/kernel development and device drivers with modern language proficiency in Rust, Python and C++, enabling high-performance, secure and maintainable systems. Olivier has led platform and product engineering efforts across startups and research labs—most recently steering platform architecture roles and taking on CTO responsibilities—while also freelancing on embedded/RT and web3 projects. Notably, he has contributed to the widely used CANopenNode stack, improving driver modularity and code quality, and previously ported parts of a Starknet OS stack to Rust, reflecting a practical blend of systems rigor and blockchain exploration. Fluent in English and French and based in Brussels, he brings a pragmatic, performance-first approach to architecting reliable, cross-domain solutions.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Collège Saint HubertMaster's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at ULB
English, French
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Github Skills (14)
c1710
embedded10
c1110
sys10
canopen10
device-driver9
iot8
memory-management6
json6
opencv6
mat6
linker6
python6
binary-files6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
CANopenNode/CANopenNode
Apr 2018 - Nov 2019
CANopen protocol stack
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 28 comments in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Olivier primarily focused on improving the code quality and maintainability of the CANopen protocol stack. They addressed compiler warnings related to fallthroughs and signed/unsigned comparisons. Additionally, the user refactored the code to utilize a void pointer for the CAN device address, enhancing modularity and flexibility of the driver code. These changes suggest a focus on low-level system programming and device driver development.
c-libraryprotocolcommunicationstackreliable
odesenfans/pyaleph
Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
Next generation network of decentralized big data applications. Current connected chains: NULS, BNB and Ethereum.
Contributions:4 PRs, 722 pushes, 368 branches in 1 year 6 months
next-generationbnbethereumblockchainbig-data
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