Bruno Besson
Member Of The Board Of Advisors at Réseau Entreprendre
Gémenos, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Summary
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Top SchoolBruno Besson is a seasoned engineering leader with 17+ years building secure payment, issuance and personalization platforms and leading global R&D and data center operations at Thales. He combines deep technical expertise in software engineering, cryptography, cloud and PCI/GDPR compliance with hands-on program and change management, having run teams of up to 240 engineers across multiple continents. As Engineering Director and CTO for digital issuance he’s driven cloud and digital transformation for banking and payments, and now advises the PCI Security Standards Council representing Thales. A committed mentor and investor in the startup ecosystem, he also serves on entrepreneurial boards and helps early-stage teams scale. Based in Provence, he brings an athlete’s discipline and competitive mindset to technology strategy and operational excellence — balancing high-security rigour with product innovation.
17 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Maths Physics Electronic, Bachelor Maths Physics Electronic at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-II) - Clermont-FerrandEngineer Electronic & Computer science, Engineer Electronic & Computer science at Polytech ClermontBac C Maths Physics, Bac C Maths Physics at Lycee Mixte d'Aubusson
English, Spanish
Github Skills (45)
user-interface10
browserslist10
vuejs210
vue10
npx10
javascript9
utilities9
typescript9
garmin9
transifex9
polar9
strava9
date-fns9
rest9
nodejs9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
c2corg/serac
Oct 2019 - May 2022
Contributions:37 PRs, 60 pushes, 23 branches in 2 years 7 months
c2corg/extract-serac
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
A simple tool to easily extract SERAC data into CSV
Contributions:10 releases, 787 commits, 933 PRs in 3 years 5 months
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