Summary
Pascal Fares is a seasoned IT executive and educator with over three decades of experience spanning R&D, systems architecture, infrastructure, project and department leadership. Currently DSI at Sequans Communications, he has a long track record as CIO and head of computer science at ISSAE Cnam Liban, where he led the digital transformation and promoted Free/Libre Open Source solutions. Comfortable toggling between hands-on architecture, crisis management and strategic governance, he has directed both traditional and agile teams and coordinated complex, multi-stakeholder projects. An experienced mentor and teacher at Cnam and OpenClassrooms, he combines practical delivery focus with pedagogy and coaching. Founder of the Open Source Lebanese Movement, he brings a pragmatic preference for high-value, resource-optimized solutions and a knack for rapidly diagnosing and resolving technical and organizational issues.
13 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
Maitrise Computer science, Maitrise Computer science at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
Engineer Computer Science, Engineer Computer Science at ENSEEIHT
French, English, Arabic