Pierre-emmanuel Viau
Software Engineering & Management at Distinct AI
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPierre-emmanuel Viau is a versatile software engineering leader with 13 years of experience building everything from real-time avionics and multimedia systems to large-scale AWS and Big Data platforms. He has progressed from hands-on development and R&D to managing engineering teams and contractors, most recently leading software engineering at Canopy Growth and now running engineering services at Distinct AI. Comfortable across languages and stacks (Python, C++, Rails, AWS, Hadoop) he pairs technical depth with product-minded architecture work, including refactors and ML-backed energy-efficiency solutions. His Harvard Business School Online certificates in finance, negotiation and management reflect a deliberate shift to combine technical delivery with business and people leadership. A practical problem-solver, he even pursued welding training recently, hinting at a maker’s curiosity beyond code.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's Degree B.Eng. Computer Software Engineering, Engineer's Degree B.Eng. Computer Software Engineering at École de technologie supérieureTechniques Computer Science, Techniques Computer Science at CÉGEP du Vieux-MontréalOther; Certificate in Global Business, Other; Certificate in Global Business at Harvard Business School OnlineContinuing Education - Welding 1 2 & 3 Welding Technology/Welder, Continuing Education - Welding 1 2 & 3 Welding Technology/Welder at Mohawk College
English, French
Github Skills (24)
kinect9
mysql-python8
openvr8
steamvr8
amazon-ecs7
pure-python7
mysql-client6
aws-ecs6
amazon6
python6
amazon-web-services5
windows5
lifecycle5
mysql5
textmate4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TweedInc/deployfish
Aug 2019 - Aug 2023
Manage your whole application lifecycle in Amazon AWS ECS.
Contributions:5 reviews, 22 PRs, 40 pushes in 4 years 1 month
ecslifecycleamazonamazon-awsamazon-web-services
blen2r/disting-playlist-mgr
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:42 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 24 days
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