Vivien Lacourba is a systems leader with over 20 years of hands-on experience building and operating open-source infrastructure, currently serving as Head of the Systems Team at W3C. Based in Valbonne, she combines deep Linux systems administration, high-availability architecture, security, and automated deployment expertise to run global, high-traffic services and publish critical web standards. Her career at W3C spans roles from Webmaster to Senior Systems Engineer and WebRTC Working Group staff contact, reflecting both operational excellence and standards-focused collaboration. She also manages ERCIM's IT department, supporting European research projects and bridging research and production environments. Known for pragmatic project management and a long tenure inside a standards body, she brings rare institutional memory and an appreciation for interoperable, browser-based real-time communication technologies.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology, Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Master’s Degree, Information Technology, Master’s Degree, Information Technology at Polytech'Nice-Sophia
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