Ahmed B...

The Center of Excellence (CoE) “Technology & Expertise” at BNP Paribas Personal Finance (BNPP-PF) is a cross-functional structure made up of multidisciplinary technical experts. This team is responsible for developing and maintaining development frameworks and their support. Contribute to projects managed by other development teams. Designing and maintaining Tool Chains and Cloud adoption. My contacts are the developers located in France and in the subsidiaries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Benelux, UK, France). I joined the DevOps Squad as a mobile expert in order to : - share my knowledge - support cross-functional developers and CoEs - maintain the Mobile Tool Chain - pass on mobile development best practices. Responsibilities: - Maintain the Azure DevOps Tool Chain for Mobile applications - Define software architecture and engineering rules - Define and implement the Tool Chain evolution roadmap - Monitor component quality and maintainability - Maintain the foundation and associated tools - Train Tribes/Squads/CoEs - Provide support for developments, bug fixes and production incidents. - Assist teams (Tribes/Squads/CoE) in validating the technical feasibility of their projects. - Complete and maintain mobile Tool Chain documentation. - Contribute to international Guilds Environment : - Methodology: agile (scrum) - Team: 5 to 12 people - iOS: Swift, XCode, SwiftUI, Combine - Android: Kotlin, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Coroutine - Other: Docker, Azure DevOps, SonarCloud, BrowserStack, Fortify

Spoon.Ai is a startup doing robotics and digital character using ai to emotionally connect with users. To do that spoon.Ai developed a SDK that allows clients to add a character inside a mobile app or embedded device based on iOS or Android. In this context, my role was to ensure the follow-up of the various projects, to ensure the quality of the developments and to grow the development team at all levels. Main tasks: • collection of needs & framing • projects follow-up • technical analysis • architecture definition • code review • user story development • anomaly correction • production monitoring • technology trend awareness • implementation of best practices • recruitment • developer training and support • development of ci/cd tools on top of gitlab ci • test automation on device (mobile phones and android automotive dashboard) Environments: • Methodology : agile (scrum), • Team : 5 to 12 people • iOS : ios 14+, obj-c, swift, xcode, • Android : api 21+, java, kotlin, android studio • Others : Unity3d, Crashlytics, Gitlab, Sonarqube, Docker Main projects integrating the SPooN.ai SDK: • Reno : a companion app showing new products of Renault (iOS and Android) • Reno Aavatar : 3D virtual assistant in new R4 & R5 Renault car dashboard

The IT department of SGDBF (Saint-Gobain group) addresses all the French brands of the group and works closely with, the IT department of the group which ensures distribution and the Indian subsidiary Saint-Gobain INDEC which ensures development and quality. In this context, my role is to ensure the follow-up of the various projects, to ensure the quality of the developments and to keep the development team up to date. Main tasks : - Needs collection - Framing - Project monitoring - Technical analysis - Architecture definition - Development management (offshore) - Compliance with DSI and MDM security rules - Code review - User Story development - Bug fixing - Implementation of evolutions - Production monitoring - Technological watch - Implementation of “Best-Practice” - Technical maintenance - Developer training and support - Onboarding of new developers Environment: - Methodology: Agile (Scrum), V-model - Team: 5 to 8 resources - IOS: IOS 9+, Obj-C, Swift, Xcode, AlamoFire, - Android: API 19+, Java, Kotlin, Studio, Stetho, RxJava - Others: Crashlytics, GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, MobileIron Applications: (on private store) - IAM: Company directory on iOS and Android - WAF: Billing tool on Android - MobiPOP: Car park manager on iPad - OptiClient: Builder and subcontractor client directory on Android - Labo-Mobile Production and incident monitoring in the cement factory on Android

I was one of the early members of the mobile development team. I contributed to the growth of the team, both in terms of the number of employees by helping with recruitment, and to the quality of its employees through training, coaching and awareness of tech trends. Main Tasks: • Projects Follow-up • Technical Analysis • Architecture Design • Management Of Developments (France, Sweden, Russia, Ireland, Tunisia) • Creation Of Development Accelerator (Starter Kit App) • Creation Of Test Plan & Automation • Creation Of Tagging Plan • Internal Meetup Organization • R&d On Mobile Technologies • Code Review • Setting Up CI/CD & DevOps tools • Development of User Stories • Refactoring • Anomaly Correction • Production Monitoring • Technology Trend Awareness • Implementation Of Best Practices • Internship Supervisor • Technical Interview (Recruitment) • Developer Training And Support • Onboarding Of New Developers Environments: • Methodology : Agile (Scrum) • Team : 3 To 15 People • iOS : iOS 9+, Obj-c, Swift, XCode, Alamofire, RxSwift • Android : Api 19+, Java, Kotlin, Studio, Stetho, RxJava • Architectures : MVC, MVP, VIPER, MVVM • Autres : Crashlytics, Git, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fastlane, Firebase Projects (mobile applications on public or private stores): • FNAC - iOS & Android: Shopping app of FNAC stores. • Adecco&Moi - iOS & Android: Manage your temporary missions at Adecco Groupe. • Ditto Bank - iOS & Android: The banking subsidiary of Travelex Group exchange. • Adecco Medical - iOS & Android: Manage your temporary missions in the healthcare field. • iRonde - Android (private app): Offline digital management of factory interventions at AirLiquide. • Sobre - Android: Monitoring and management of energy consumption of smart buildings for EGIS.

Maintenance and evolution of Android (Java) & iOS (Objective-C) (applications intended for TalentSoft clients for recruiting management). Setting up a continuous deployment and integration chain (Jenkins, Fastlane, Gradle, Azure). Creation of a new React-Native mobile application. A social media network way to handle Talentsoft's client career.

As part of a POC package on an IoT project for the ADP group, I was led to develop a backoffice (C#/ASP.NET) middleware management (Kaa Project). Technical environment: - VS Community 15 - C# 6 - ASP.NET 4.6 - IIS express 10 - Kaa Project 0.8 & 0.9 - Git Tasks: - Kaa Project API study - Drafting of interface contract - Coordination with Front Office and middleware/hardware team - Back-Office design and development - Back-Office unit test - Integration test

Web service quality assurance: o Test plan design, validation and automation o Environment and tools: Windows XP, 7/ SoapUI Pro/ Eclipse/ Maven/ SVN o Languages: Groovy / XML / Java Frontend validation tool development: o Design and development of modular validation tool capable of validating HTTP requests o Settings according to the platform (Android, iOS, web) o Detection of deviating behaviour o Anomaly detection on query parameter and query compliance o Environment and tools: Windows XP, 7/ Eclipse/ MySQL/ Maven/ SVN o Languages: Java / XML / SQL

Mobile app development for Windows Phone 7, 7.5: o Port Android or iPhone application to Windows Phone 7 o Creation of BackEnd to support application development o Environment: Windows 7 / VS2010 o Languages: C# / XAML/ PHP/ XML Study and evaluation of technology related to unit test automation: o Tools to connect multiple Smartphones to a single Computer o Tools to automate test script creation o Environment: Windows XP / VS2008 Development, automation and unit test integration for Windows Mobile 6.x: o Continuous integration o Verification of compliance by screenshot o Detailed report generation o Environment: Windows XP / VS2008 o Languages: Script Shell / C / C# / Java