Romain Biard
Ecommerce Business Unit Manager at Universite Lumiere Lyon 2
Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolRomain Biard is an Ecommerce Business Unit Manager and seasoned technology leader with 11 years of experience building and operating high-traffic SaaS platforms, currently leading a 20-person team that powers major tyre e‑commerce sites. He blends product strategy, software architecture and P&L accountability to deliver scalable, secure solutions for both public institutions and enterprise clients, having shaped roadmaps tied to ministries and UNESCO-level contracts. Former CTO and COO, he has a track record of industrializing deployments, improving maintainability and growing cross-functional teams across multi-location environments. A hands-on engineer and open-source contributor, he has added internationalization to the popular gridjs table plugin and extended PHP-FFMpeg with advanced media features, reflecting a practical focus on localization and media processing. Fluent in English and Spanish with Portuguese basics, he thrives in multicultural settings and sits on boards to advise governance on technical risk and delivery capacity.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Sciences, Bachelor, Computer Sciences at Université de Bretagne OccidentaleMaster, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Master, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at Grenoble Ecole de ManagementMaster, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Master, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Copenhagen Business School
English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
rails-i18n10
video-processing10
audio-processing10
ffmpeg10
php10
localization10
ember-i18n10
i18n-js10
unit-testing9
front-end-development9
html6
nginx6
flexbox6
css6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
PHP-FFMpeg/PHP-FFMpeg
Dec 2016 - Mar 2021
An object oriented PHP driver for FFMpeg binary
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 7 reviews, 22 commits in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Romain's primary contributions involve adding new features and modifying existing functionality within the php-ffmpeg library. They introduced a custom filter feature, implemented video padding, and incorporated audio metadata handling. The user also worked on extracting multiple frames from video files and developing a concatenation feature for merging video files. This demonstrates a focus on expanding the capabilities of the library for video and audio processing tasks.
driverffmpegphp
grid-js/gridjs
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
Advanced table plugin
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 1 comment in 10 days
Contributions summary:Romain contributed to the internationalization of the grid-js table plugin by adding support for French and Spanish languages. They implemented the necessary locale files (fr_FR.ts and es_ES.ts) and made adjustments to include these language files in the main project's index.ts file. Their work allowed for the localization of table elements such as search placeholders, sorting options, and pagination controls.
sortgridfilterpagination
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