From the kitchen to code
It all starts in the kitchen, at the Ferrandi school in Paris, followed by a technological baccalaureate in hospitality in Lyon and a BTS in Hospitality Marketing Management in Annecy.
I then cut my teeth in the United Kingdom, as Food & Beverage manager and then Front office manager in the Ibis hotels in Cardiff and Swindon. Back in France, I hold positions of responsibility in Poitiers, Lyon and then Paris, up to managing the front-desk team of the Ibis Gare de Lyon Diderot: schedules, recruitment, training. And already, in-house Excel tools to simplify the team’s daily work.
It is by building these tools that I develop a taste for development. In 2017, I change careers: I join Refine Agency as a developer, where I stay for seven years designing and maintaining websites on Symfony, WordPress and PrestaShop, and I complete my training with a Web Development Master’s at the IPSSI school.
DataPet, since 2018
In 2018, I launch DataPet, my freelance developer business, and I develop DataPet Manager, an online software for clubs and associations in the animal world. In parallel, I head the web department of SEO.fr from late 2023 to mid-2024: managing projects and a team, and answering calls for tender. I am now based in the Pyrénées-Orientales, in Perpignan, in the south of France.
Agency or freelancer: why two companies?
In July 2024, I co-founded Web Opteam with two partners, a web agency that I chair. I am often asked why DataPet costs less. It is a fair question: the two companies simply do not answer the same needs.
- The agency mobilises a team (design, SEO, project management) for large-scale custom projects. That is what a team costs.
- DataPet is me alone, on scoped services priced upfront: maintenance, PrestaShop stores, CRM and business software. No overhead, no intermediary.
If your project needs a full team, I tell you. Otherwise, you work directly with me, at a freelancer’s price.
Artificial intelligence, at the service of your projects
I use AI more and more in my work and in my clients’ work, with one conviction: it must save time, not waste it.
- Identify repetitive tasks that can be automated, and those that must not be.
- Integrate AI assistants and automations into your existing tools: website, CRM, back office.
- Develop with the help of AI: faster deliveries, reviewed and mastered from end to end.
Why work with me
- A double perspective, technical and business. I speak your language, not only developers’.
- A sense of service inherited from hospitality: responsiveness, clarity, keeping commitments.
- A single point of contact, from design to maintenance, and prices on display.
Working in English
I work in English as well as in French, after five years in the United Kingdom: quotes, documents and support are available in both languages, and projects run on video calls with clients across Europe and beyond.
