Simo Elalj
Founder & CEO at 2sync
Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Top SchoolSimo Elalj is a serial founder and CEO with 13 years of software experience building profitable, mission-driven web products from Europe to the Bay Area. A computer scientist trained at INSA Lyon and UC Berkeley, he launched his first startup at 15 and grew RefurbMe into a $3M+/year commerce platform that reduces e-waste. He operates a microstartup studio (tonoïd) that incubates small, bootstrapped businesses—highlights include 2sync for bidirectional Notion sync and the sold Direct Flights data-visualization product. Technically hands-on, he contributes to backend OSS (notably improving Sidekiq job-status UX) and blends product, engineering and growth to ship practical tools. Beyond tech, he funds education in rural Morocco through YouGoatMe, combining entrepreneurship with tangible social impact. Based at Station F in Paris, he’s equally fluent in building APIs, marketplaces and clever data visualizations.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Scholar School of Information, Visiting Scholar School of Information at University of California, BerkeleyMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
English, French, Arabic, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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8answers
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Github Skills (14)
ruby10
sidekiq10
web-development9
http6
google-chrome-extension6
internationalization6
google-apps-script6
javascript6
jquery6
ruby-on-rails6
google-calendar-api6
css5
html5
github3
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
utgarda/sidekiq-status
Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
an extension to the sidekiq message processing to track your jobs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Simo primarily contributed to improving the sorting and presentation of job statuses within the Sidekiq status web interface. They implemented sorting functionality based on different job attributes like worker and status. The user refactored the code to put the sorting logic in the controller and changed the UI to use the appropriate links and display the sorted results. Additionally, the user fixed a syntax error and updated the version number.
railsrubysidekiqmessagejobs
melalj/topojson-map-generator
Sep 2015 - Jul 2018
Script that generates TopoJSON maps with one script
Contributions:22 commits, 4 PRs, 12 pushes in 2 years 11 months
topojson
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