###Erik Escoffier - front-end geo-developer
- use my developer background as a starting point to explore all things geographical : cartography, geospatial analysis, datavisualization...
- design and code new creative ways to interact with maps and data.
- work on projects that have a true technical and/or social impact, in an open-source-friendly environment.
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Since January 2018 : co-fouder, satellite studio
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Since January 2018 : front end map engineer at GlobalFishingWatch
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July 2016 - December 2017 : front end map engineer at Vizzuality
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December 2015 - june 2016 : community technologist at CartoDB (Madrid, Spain)
- development of prototypes showcasing product features
- development of maps and vizualisations for online medias
- training and support
- community lead in Europe: talks, participation to conferences/sponsorships, ambassadors program, etc
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April 2014 - November 2015 : front-end developer / maps guy at La Ruche qui dit Oui !/The Food Assembly (Paris, France)
- development of new features on the platform (mostly e-commerce and logistics) using a modern front-end stack, in a team of about 10 developers (mostly back-end developers)
- in charge of implementing our map stack (currently a mix of Leaflet, a Mapbox basemap, Google Maps).
- providing assistance with (interactive) cartography to the Territorial Analysis Manager and the Data Scientist.
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Since 2010 (occasional) : teacher at Gobelins l'École de l'Image (Paris, France) Training in programming skills for multimedia development students. Formerly AS3, then Unity 3D, currently running an interactive maps workshop.
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July 2010 – April 2014 : freelance creative developer (Paris, France)
- coding multimedia projects on various devices (mobile, web, touch screens, augmented/virtual reality) for high profile clients (Volkswagen, France 5, Roche...)
- interest for "edutainment" projects
- this period was an opportunity to explore many different technologies : Unity 3D, Haxe/NME, Arduino, Oculus Rift...
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July 2009 – December 2010 : AS3 developer at Mijn naam is Haas (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Coding new features on a complex edutainment product, that won many awards.
Volunteering at CartONG since January 2015. CartONG is a NGO providing maps and geographic tools to help humanitarian organizations on the field (ONU, Action against Hunger, Unicef). Providing support to a mostly non-dev audience with git/Github, front-end, etc. Currently working on two projects about mapping humanitarian actions in Madagascar.
- GIS: Leaflet.js, CartoDB, Postgre/PostGIS, Mapbox stack. Some experience with GDAL, CartoDB, D3, Turf.js.
- front-end dev: JS/ES6, Backbone.js, Marionette, Handlebars, SVG.
- integration: SASS, CSS 3, responsive design.
- front-end dev toolbelt: gulp, grunt, bash, npm, browserify...
- mobile dev: Unity3D, C#, augmented/virtual reality (Vuforia, Oculus Rift), Haxe/NME, Phonegap. Published multiple aps on iOs and Android stores.
- also tinkered with: Arduino, Ruby/Jekyll, Python.
- design tools: very comfortable with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- languages: native French speaker, fluent in English, currently learning Spanish (A2 european level). Conversational dutch, some notions of German.
- 2008 : interactive developer diploma (Master's degree equivalent) - Gobelins l'École de l'Image, Paris. Our end-of-studies project, an multitouch table for kindergartens, received many publications and won the Europrix awards.
- 2005 : two-year university degree in technology - Bordeaux