Summary
Xavier Gorse is a seasoned founder and technology facilitator with 16+ years building web and infrastructure businesses from Lyon, France. As co-founder of Elao, Amabla and Rix he blends hands-on engineering, open-source pragmatism and strategic product vision to deliver bespoke web and mobile solutions and resilient cloud infrastructures. He currently drives Elao’s client-centered delivery approach while leading Amabla’s push to embed AI assistants that automate repetitive knowledge work. At Rix he advises on DevOps, SecOps and compliant, highly available architectures using Kubernetes, Terraform and observability stacks. A long-time contributor to the French PHP community and former AFUP president, he pairs community leadership with an appetite for practical innovation. Colleagues describe him as a facilitator who turns complex requirements into durable, team-scalable workflows rather than one-off technical fixes.
16 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer