Pascal Chevrel
Senior Staff Release Manager For Firefox at Mozilla
Lille, Hauts-de-France
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Top SchoolPascal Chevrel is a Senior Staff Release Manager at Mozilla who orchestrates Firefox releases across desktop and mobile for hundreds of millions of users in 90+ languages, running cadence from 12-hour Nightly builds to four-week releases. With 15+ years at Mozilla, he blends deep localization and community-building expertise with release engineering and automation—having led web localization for mozilla.org and built translation tooling used across 80+ languages. He excels at turning open source communities into delivery engines, fostering volunteer networks and measurable engagement for Nightly and Beta channels. Pascal couples product-quality focus with cross-functional programs to improve Firefox adoption in Europe, working across product, marketing, engineering, l10n and support. His hands-on contributions span front-end UI improvements and i18n fixes in high-profile Mozilla repos, reflecting a rare mix of operational rigor and UX sensitivity. Based in Lille, France, he brings an entrepreneurial background and a people-first, ethics-driven approach to large-scale software delivery.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
DESS/Master 2 NCI (Master's Degree), Négociation commerciale internationale (International Negotiation), DESS/Master 2 NCI (Master's Degree), Négociation commerciale internationale (International Negotiation) at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III)Maîtrise, LEA (Langues Etrangères appliquées au droit et à l'économie) = languages, economics, law, Maîtrise, LEA (Langues Etrangères appliquées au droit et à l'économie) = languages, economics, law at Université Paris NanterreErasmus exchange program, European Studies/Civilization, Erasmus exchange program, European Studies/Civilization at University of WolverhamptonBTS, Force de vente (business, sales), BTS, Force de vente (business, sales) at ENC Bessières
French, Spanish, English, Catalan
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
translation10
css10
internationalization10
localization10
front-end-development10
html10
gettext10
ui-design9
codeigniter9
django8
python8
font-style8
font-rendering8
fonts8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/bedrock
May 2012 - Nov 2022
Making mozilla.org awesome, one pebble at a time
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:168 commits, 29 PRs, 46 comments in 10 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Pascal primarily contributed to the localization of the `mozilla/bedrock` repository. Their commits focused on translating strings, fixing spacing issues, and ensuring proper text direction across multiple templates, including `marketplace/partners.html`, `mozorg/contribute.html`, and `firefox/whatsnew.html`. These changes involved adding and correcting internationalization (i18n) calls, and improving the presentation of content for different locales. The contributions directly improved the user experience of mozilla.org for users of various languages.
pebblefirefoxpythondjangocss
jdm/asknot
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Ask not what Mozilla can do for you but what you can do for Mozilla.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 9 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Pascal primarily focused on improving the user interface and overall presentation of the "What can I do for Mozilla" project. They updated the codebase by refactoring links to use HTTPS, and removing references to Firefox OS. They also implemented a new Mozilla logo, integrated Fira fonts, and restructured asset organization. Furthermore, they made changes to CSS, including header styling and accessibility improvements.
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