
Louis Fippo Fitime
Lead Tech, Ph.D.
Salary / Daily rate
Lyon, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
About me
Intro
Pragmatic professional with a solid background in leadership and technology solution design roles. Adept at implementing strategic, technological, and business models for the company. Dedicated to stimulating, growing, and improving operations. Skilled in artificial intelligence, computer science, bioinformatics, financial management, and stakeholder relations. Collaborative and committed to training and mentoring talented and motivated individuals. Teacher-researcher at the National Advanced School of Engineering of the University of Yaoundé I, I hold a Ph.D. In Computer Science. I specialize in Formal Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science.
Work experience
Co-fondateur
Connect Technology SASFreelance
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
Lyon, France
Defined and executed the company’s technology strategy aligned with business goals in the fields of Gaming, Fintech, and Telco VAS across emerging markets. 🔹 Led the end-to-end development of Connect’s product ecosystem, including a secure Payment Gateway, a powerful Gaming Management Studio, and a modular Digital VAS Integration Hub (USSD, SMS, APIs). 🔹 Architected and deployed a unified payments platform integrating mobile wallets, local PSPs, and operator billing with real-time transaction monitoring and wallet management. 🔹 Launched and scaled the Gaming Management Studio, enabling full back-office control for gaming operators: user management, bet tracking, jackpot configuration, retail & online distribution, and live dashboards. 🔹 Implemented bank-level security standards (VPN tunnels, end-to-end encryption, PCI-DSS compliance) to ensure trusted integrations with TELCOs and financial institutions. 🔹 Built and managed high-performing tech teams across frontend, backend, DevOps, and QA, adopting agile methodologies and continuous integration/delivery workflows (CI/CD). 🔹 Worked closely with telcos and regulators to ensure seamless onboarding and integration of Connect’s services into local operator environments. 🔹 Pioneered innovation in AI, analytics, and digital marketing automation, driving user engagement and conversion for gaming campaigns in low-bandwidth environments. 🔹 Oversaw cloud infrastructure deployment (AWS, GCP) and led technology decisions that ensure scalability, high availability, and compliance across regions with varied connectivity.
University Teacher-researcher
National Advanced School of Engineering of University of Yaoundé
Jan 2020 - Present
6 years 10 months
Centre, Cameroun
Teacher-researcher at National Advanced School of Engineering of University of Yaoundé I, I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science. I am a specialist of Formal Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science. I am in charge of teaching Computer Science, Formal Methods, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science. Teaching : - Data science (Introduction to data science, Data Science methodology, Python for Data Science & AI, DB & SQL for Data Science, Statistics & Probability, Data Analysis, Data Mining) - Machine Learning (Introduction to Machine Learning, Regression, Classification, Clustering & Structure discovery, NN & DL Introduction) - Deep Learning & Advanced Machine Learning (Deep Learning, Bayesian Methods for ML, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, NLP & NLU) - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Logic and Formal Reasonnig)
Co-fondateur
Smarteis Sarl Freelance
Jan 2019 - Present
7 years 10 months
Lyon, France
As the Chief Technology Officer at Smarteis, I play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the company’s technology vision, leading the development and deployment of scalable, AI-driven solutions designed specifically for the realities of emerging markets. At the heart of this mission is our Retail product line—a suite of intelligent retail management systems tailored for high-demand environments such as mining, oil & gas, logistics hubs, and remote infrastructure projects in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. 1. Technology Vision & Leadership Define and evolve Smarteis’s tech strategy in alignment with business growth. Promote a culture of innovation across the engineering and product teams. Anticipate tech trends and ensure Smarteis remains at the forefront of smart retail and enterprise systems. 2. Retail Product Innovation Lead the architecture and development of the Retail Intelligence Platform. Ensure platform scalability, security, offline capabilities, and mobile-first experiences for remote field operations. Integrate IoT, AI, and real-time analytics to power automated inventory, sales tracking, and predictive supply chain tools. 3. Customer-Centric Engineering Design retail products that solve real-world problems faced by teams in isolated or logistically complex environments. Collaborate with mining and energy sector clients to adapt features to their operational realities (multi-site deployments, multilingual interfaces, low-bandwidth support). 4. Technical Team Building Recruit, mentor, and scale a diverse engineering team passionate about building tech for good. 5. Partnerships & Integrations Develop and manage integrations with third-party systems: mobile payment solutions, and local logistics providers. Represent Smarteis in technical discussions with strategic partners and public institutions. Strategic Objectives for the Retail Domain Accelerate digital transformation in field-based retail operations for industrial clients.
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
SKILLSCAPER
Oct 2023 - Jan 2025
1 year 4 months
Lyon, France
Moobifun
Apr 2018 - Mar 2023
5 years
Lyon, France
Chief Technology Officer
Jan 2021 - Mar 2023
2 years 3 months
Lyon, France
Take all executive decisions with regard to the technological interests of the company, I am responsible for outlining the company’s technological vision, implementing technology strategies, and ensuring that the technological resources are aligned with the company’s business needs. - Design, Specification and Lead the Development of AI & Software Products · Autonomous Digital Marketing tools: Customers Segmentation (RFM, CLV), Target Marketing, Churn prediction, Customer Retention, Autonomous Campaign manager. · Value Added Services (VAS) Recommendation Engine: An AI-based recommendation engine based together on Deep collaborative Filtering and on Session based recommendation. · Financial Transaction platform & Crypto Wallet : Payment API integration with TELCO, Trans- action platform, Nbiko Blockchain engine · Score prediction for a micro-credit landing platform: Identify and characterize good clients. Create decision-support data science products for credit managers. · End-to-End underwriting insurance platform: Data capture, Visual assessment, Risk Management, Pricing. - Coordinate deployment and integration of our solutions across the African Market (20+ countries, 10+ TELCO (MTN, ORANGE, AIRTEL, MOOV, ...) and in the Cloud (OVH, AWS). · Sport betting portal : 1XBet, Col cash, MojaBet. · Wallet, Financial Transaction Platform including integration with MTN Money, Orange Money, Airtel Money,... · Gaming lotto studio: BetMojo, MojaBet. · Dashboard & Reporting portal · Value Added Services (VAS) studio & Video on Demand (VoD) Portal for content distribution. - Scale, Bluid & Manage a team of more than 30 people (10+ Developers, 10 IT & DevOps, 10+ Data Scientist) located in Croatia, Cameroon & Lebanon. - Audit and evaluation of our existing solutions and propose evolution to remain attractive on the market.
Data & Innovation Manager
Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
3 years 6 months
Région de Lyon, France
- Design, Specification and implementation of Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence products * Deep Customer Knowledge engine (Customer segmentation, Customer Retention, Churn Prediction, CLV, ...) * Digital Marketing & BI products (Target Marketing, Market Forecasting, Real-time decisions ...) - Lead the research and development effort of advanced product - Define and execute the roadmap of new features - Specification and implementation of new lambda base big data architecture (Hadoop, ELK, Spark, MongoDB,...) - Programming Language, Software Specification & Development(Scala, Java, Python, ASP, ...) - Data Science projects management & integration (Agile, Scrum, Jira/Confluence, Ansible, CI/CD, Docker, Jira/Confluence, ...) - Bluid & provide leadership and mentoring to the research and development team within the Perception group - Write report and documentation (CIR, technical report,...)
Innovation Manager
Apr 2018 - Jul 2018
4 months
Région de Lyon, France
- Specification and implementation of new lambda base big data architecture (Hadoop, ELK, Spark, MongoDB,...) - Programming Language, Software Specification & Development(Scala, Java, Python, ASP, ...) - Data Science projects management & integration (Agile, Scrum, Jira/Confluence, Ansible, CI/CD, Docker, Jira/Confluence, ...) - Writing report and documentation (CIR, technical report,...)
Chercheur scientifique
CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
1 year 1 month
Région de Paris, France
Modélisation, analyse et vérification formelle des systèmes biologiques paramétrés. -Formalisation des bases de données biologiques (KEGG, BIOMODELS) -Utilisation des automates temporisés/hybrides -Vérification des propriétés et inférence des paramètres
Doctorant en bioinformatique
CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Oct 2013 - Dec 2016
3 years 3 months
École centrale de Nantes
Modélisation hybride, analyse et vérification des grands réseaux de régulation biologique. -Modélisation des réseaux de régulation biologique par des réseaux d'automates stochastiques. -Raffinement de la dynamique par l'intégration des données quantitatives (délais ) estimées des données de séries temporelles. -Analyse de la dynamique par analyse des traces d'exécution des composants. -Vérification des propriétés quantitatives (probabilité, temps) de la dynamique par analyse statique. -Introduction, définition, formalisation de la notion de bifurcation (transition entraînant la perte de capacité d' un système, par exemple la différentiation d' une cellule souche dans un sous type cellulaire plutôt que dans un autre) dans les réseaux de régulation biologique. -Identification des bifurcations en combinant à la fois les méthodes d'analyse statique et la programmation logique.
Stage de fin d’études en bioinformatique
Laboratoire Biométrie et de Biologie Évolutive
Mar 2011 - Aug 2011
6 months
Région de Lyon, France
Reconstruction des génomes ancestraux: du nucleotide au caryotype. -Proposer des modèles d évolution des génomes en prenant en compte différentes échelles (du nucléotide au caryotype ) -Proposer des algorithmes de reconstruction des génomes ancestraux basé sur les modèles d' évolution proposés. -Mise en oeuvre et applications sur des cas d' évolution réels.
stage en épidémiologie
Comité National de Lutte contre le SIDA
Sep 2010 - Dec 2010
4 months
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Dans le service du suivi et évaluation, j' ai eu les missions de collecter, traiter et intégrer les données épidémiologique nationales sur l' épidémie du VIH SIDA au Cameroun.
Education
Université de Yaoundé I
Master I d'Informatique, Informatique
Activities and societies: Délégué des étudiants
Algorithmique avancée, Complexité, Calculabilité, Recherche opérationnelle, Systèmes d'exploitation, Architecture des ordinateurs, Réseaux informatiques, Génie logiciel.
Centrale Nantes
Docteur en Informatique , Informatique
Grade: Rapport et pré - rapport de soutenance de thèse à la demande.
Activities and societies: AED (Association des Étudiants Doctorants )
Modélisation hybride, analyse et vérification des grands réseaux de régulation biologique
University of Washington
Certification, Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach
Grade: https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/ELD5SHVFHEW6
In this course, I got hands-on experience with machine learning from a series of practical case-studies. At the end of the first course I have studied how to predict house prices based on house-level features, analyze sentiment from user reviews, retrieve documents of interest, recommend products, and search for images. Learning : -Identify potential applications of machine learning in practice. -Describe the core differences in analyses enabled by regression, classification, and clustering. -Select the appropriate machine learning task for a potential application. -Apply regression, classification, clustering, retrieval, recommender systems, and deep learning. -Represent your data as features to serve as input to machine learning models. -Assess the model quality in terms of relevant error metrics for each task. -Utilize a dataset to fit a model to analyze new data. -Build an end-to-end application that uses machine learning at its core. -Implement these techniques in Python.
Université de Yaoundé I
Licence d'informatique, Informatique
Activities and societies: Membre du club informatique du département d'informatique.
Université de Yaoundé I
Master d'ingénierie mathématiques , Mathématiques et informatique pour l'épidémiologie
Activities and societies: Délégué des étudiants du Master
Donner aux étudiants des compétences aussi bien en mathématiques qu'en informatique pour travailler en collaboration avec les professionnels de la santé publique dans le cadre de la lutte contre les épidémies.
Licenses & certifications
Building a Data Science Team
Issued: Jan 2019
A Crash Course in Data Science
Issued: Jan 2019