Full-Stack Architect/Engineer I am also specialized in UX/HCI. Passionate about Design with a big “D”, I’ve a devotion for simplicity and fanatical attention to details. I love to build great things with great teams. I believe in Web technologies. I hold a PhD in Human Computer Interaction on the Design of Sociable Technology. I am currently Lead Web at Freeletics GmbH.
I am open to a full-time Senior Software Engineer role in a product-focused company or startup.
Previous to that, I was the Head of Research and Development at the Carnot-LSI Institute. My mission was to provide the expertise and manpower to foster and support technology transfers between research teams, laboratories, institutes from Grenoble with the industry. As part of this mission I was managing a multidisciplinary team and supervising various projects involving ever-changing and state-of-the-art technologies.
Previous to that, I was an Expert R&D Engineer at the INRIA Grenoble research center in France where I designed sociable technologies as part of the INRIA Personal Assisted Living project lab. I was lead engineer and in charge of software integration between several INRIA Teams.
I hold a Ph.D. in computer science on the Design of Sociable Technologies from the University of Grenoble.
Lead of Web Engineering, Freeletics, Munich, Germany
Freeletics is the fastest growing sports - and lifestyle company in the world. As Lead Web Developer I coordinate an awesome team implementing new kickass features and ensure they contribute to a great user experience. As part of this mission I also make sure Freeletics benefits from the best web architecture/infrastructure and technologies to support our growth.
Head of Research & Development, Carnot-LSI Institute, Grenoble, France
In charge of the Carnot-LSI Research and Development team. My mission was to provide the expertise and manpower to foster and support technology transfers between research teams, laboratories, institutes from Grenoble with the industry. As part of this mission I am managing a multidisciplinary team and supervise various projects involving ever-changing and state-of-the-art technologies.
VP of Software Engineering, Carnot-LSI Institute, Grenoble, France
The Carnot Institute LSI develops hardware and software solutions for the integration of information systems in the technological fields of health, intelligent buildings, transport, and in general system design.
Expert R&D Engineer, INRIA Research Center, Grenoble, France
INRIA is the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation. As an expert R&D engineer I was involved in various projects spanning from sociable robotics, computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction. I was the lead engineer in a national project on Personal Assisted Living involving 6 different teams and 10+ engineers.
Temporary Assistant Professor, Ensimag, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Teaching Assistant, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
Personal Teacher for Disabled Student Services, University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Research Student & Engineer, PRIMA Team at INRIA Research Center, Grenoble, France
Acquiring Social Common Sense From Social Interaction.
Research Student, Multicom Team at CLIPS (now LIG), Grenoble, France
Design, implementation and testing of a new social interactivity platform.
Research Student, Human-Computer Interaction Group, University of Bath, UK
User Interface for 3D Voice Chat Application
Freelancer/Developer/Entrepreneur, France
I’m involved as a developer/founder in many open/close source projects. I also develop and host websites and webapps for various companies.
A list of my open-source project can be found at https://github.com/barraq
co-Founder, EcoBoisEnergie, France
I co-founded the company EcoBoisEnergie whose sell and manufacture sustainable energy.
co-Founder, Nomind, France
I co-founded the clothing brand Nomind.
Ph.D. Student, University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
in Mathematics, Computer Science, Cognitive Science
Mention: “très bien” (very good)
Ph.D. Thesis (in English)
M.Sc., Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France
in Computer Science (Image, Vision, Robotics)
Final grade: “bien” (good)
Master Thesis (in English)
Magistère, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
in Computer Science
Internship at Multicom from the CLIPS laboratory
Final grade: 80%
Magistère Thesis (in French)
B.Sc., Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
in Computer Science
I’ve done my last year as ERASMUS exchange student (University of Bath, UK)
B.Sc. Thesis (in English)
Baccalauréat STI, Lycée Technologique Saint Louis, Crest, France
in Electronics Engineering.
Final grade: “bien” (good)
Ubiquitous Computing, Ambient Intelligence, Context Modeling, Situation Modeling, Social Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Social Interaction, Mutual Understanding, Relevance Theory, End-User Programming, Reasoning by Analogy, Analogy Making, Common Sense Reasoning, Common Sense Acquisition, Social Common Sense, Dimensionality Reduction, Storytelling, Cognitive Modeling, Cognitive Architectures, Intelligent User Interfaces, Human-Robot Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, Cognitive Science, Social Science, Evolutionary Anthropology.