Sebastien Filion
Head Of Exchange Optimization (Product)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolSebastien Filion is a product and technology leader with 12+ years building and scaling ad tech and digital growth products, currently heading Exchange Optimization (Product) at Equativ. A co‑founder of district m, he helped grow its ad exchange to a top‑10 global platform delivering 17 billion daily ad requests and over $100M in annual revenue, blending hands‑on engineering, product strategy and entrepreneurial grit. His background spans CTO and CPO roles, revenue optimization and digital growth, with a track record of driving 300% publisher revenue uplifts and operational automation. Based in Montreal, he teaches web development—focused on JavaScript, Deno and functional programming—and streams twice weekly, bridging product leadership with developer advocacy. Known for wearing many hats in startups, he brings a rare mix of technical depth, UX sensibility and commercial focus to complex exchange optimization problems.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Electronics Engineering Technology Electronics, Electronics Engineering Technology Electronics at Collège de MaisonneuveBachelor Business Administration IT, Bachelor Business Administration IT at HEC Montréal
English, French
Stackoverflow
79reputation
4kreached
2answers
5questions
Github Skills (61)
deno10
javascript10
ram10
typescript10
functional-js10
functional-programming10
rust10
architecture9
algebraic-data-types9
deno-module8
scalable8
fp-ts8
deno-deploy8
lenses8
redis8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sebastienfilion/deno
Jun 2020 - Aug 2021
A secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime
Contributions:2 PRs, 121 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 2 months
securetypescript-runtimejavascriptruntimenodejs
functionalland/functional
Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
Common Functional Programming Algebraic data types for JavaScript that is compatible with most modern browsers and Deno.
Contributions:5 releases, 2 reviews, 54 commits in 6 months
functional-programmingbrowsersjavascriptdata-typeslenses
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