Summary
Pierre Queinnec is a seasoned product and technology executive who currently serves as Chief Product Officer at Silae, bringing over a decade of experience building and scaling SaaS products across payroll, finance, and legal domains. He co-founded and served as CTO of Zenika and later co-founded Jenji, which he led as CEO until its acquisition by Silae, demonstrating a rare blend of deep engineering roots and late-stage product leadership. Pierre has a long history in open source and standards—committing to projects like Eclipse DTP and MacPorts and participating in the AMQP technical committee—which informs his pragmatic approach to interoperable, developer-friendly product design. Based in Paris and educated at ESSI with an exchange at McGill, he combines French startup operator grit with international technical perspective. An often overlooked strength is his track record of building communities and media presence (InfoQ France, Open World Forum) that amplify product adoption beyond pure engineering.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ingénieur, Ingénieur at Ecole Supérieure en Sciences Informatiques
McGill University
English, French, German