Louis Gelinas
Co-Founder, Director Of Product at RIVET Work
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolLouis Gelinas is a product-driven founder and former Army operations leader with eight years of experience building software that operationalizes complex workflows; he currently co-founded and leads product at RIVET Work, which helps construction firms forecast, schedule, and dispatch skilled labor. He blends hands-on development—still writing code—with strategic product leadership to turn messy field logistics into cohesive, data-driven platforms. His background in West Point, frontline infantry command, and large-scale brigade operations gives him uncommon expertise in coordinating distributed teams and prioritizing mission-critical readiness. Louis has also led cross-functional engineering teams and delivered healthcare telemedicine onboarding and GraphQL-to-AWS migrations, showing a knack for pragmatic technical execution across industries. Based in Detroit, he pairs military discipline with startup grit to help American businesses meet new operational challenges.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Dual Bachelor of Science (B.S.) International History // Foreign Language (Chinese), Dual Bachelor of Science (B.S.) International History // Foreign Language (Chinese) at United States Military Academy at West PointWeb Development & Computer Science, Web Development & Computer Science at BloomTechChinese Language and Culture, Chinese Language and Culture at Peking University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (21)
aws-lambda10
lambda10
node-server10
prisma-orm9
aws9
connected-components9
react8
node-api8
apollo-server8
testing8
computer-architecture8
react-components7
material-ui7
database6
material-design6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bw-appraisers-bff/front-end
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
React client for interacting with property assessment machine learning algorithm Appraiser BFF
Contributions:51 PRs, 81 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
machine-learningreact
BloomTech-Labs/community-calendar-be
Dec 2019 - Aug 2020
GraphQL API for the Community Calendar platform. An Apollo server answers GraphQL queries for local events from several datasources; datasources include a database managed by the Prisma ORM and several external APIs.
Contributions:1 release, 59 commits, 25 PRs in 8 months
apollo-serverdatabasegraphqlgraphql-apiprisma-orm
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