Ugo Cupcic
Chef D'équipe R&D at KPMG Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolUgo Cupcic is a seasoned R&D and engineering leader with 15 years of experience building applied AI, robotics, and research-driven products, currently leading Generative AI R&D at KPMG Montréal. Trained as an engineer in bioinformatics (INSA Lyon) with an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence (Université Pierre et Marie Curie), he blends strong academic foundations with hands-on expertise in Python, C++, ROS, pattern recognition and machine learning. He has held technical leadership roles from Chief Technical Architect to Director of Research and Innovation, driving roadmaps and scaling teams at companies like Shadow Robot and Spoon.ai. Ugo is also an active maintainer-level contributor to open-source projects, improving internals and maintainability of well-known tooling such as MkDocs. Known for translating cutting-edge research into pragmatic client solutions, he brings both product-focused delivery and a knack for refactoring complex systems to reduce technical debt. Based in Montreal, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with a demonstrable track record of making advanced AI useful in real-world contexts.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Bioinformatics, Engineer's degree Bioinformatics at INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de LyonMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Artificial Intelligence at Pierre and Marie Curie University
French, English
Github Skills (7)
markdown10
static-site-generation10
markdown-it10
mkdocs10
python10
documentation9
refactoring8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mkdocs/mkdocs
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Project documentation with Markdown.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 13 comments in 12 days
Contributions summary:Ugo primarily focused on refactoring and improving the MkDocs project's internal workings. Their commits include renaming functions for better clarity, commenting on existing code for maintainability, and moving markdown parsing logic into utility functions. The user also addressed navigation title generation and fixed code smells to enhance the project's overall quality and readability.
mkdocspythonmarkdownstatic-site-generatorproject-documentation
shadow-robot/sr-teleop
Feb 2012 - Sep 2015
Teleoperation ROS stack from Shadow Robot.
Contributions:39 commits, 12 PRs, 18 pushes in 3 years 7 months
roboticswebotsteleoperationrobotshadow
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