Vincent GermainProjects
Building & Ventures 2021 – now
Stepping into founding and senior roles — building products, leading teams, and launching companies.
Employee benefits optimization platform. Co-founded and built the product from zero.
Catalog your belongings in seconds. Add photos and notes, keep projects tidy, and export to PDF or spreadsheet. Lightweight, private, and works offline.
Cloud provider. Code generation tooling (Protobuf, Go) on the Open Source team, then Principal Engineer supporting the Transversal department across ~80 people.
Mobile Era 2011 – 2021
A decade in the iOS ecosystem — from early app discovery to leading mobile at scale, with freelance missions along the way.
Pioneer in mobile app discovery. Worked on the discovery app (300k DAU) and the ad SDK adopted by hundreds of developers.
Sports team management platform. Led mobile growth across iOS and Android. 1M+ users, 400k MAU.
Built the iOS app from scratch for this marketplace connecting consumers to farmers. Featured by Apple for one month.
Freelance iOS mission on the live TV streaming app. Focused on the iPad app: built reusable components, improved performance and stability.
Collaborative meme studio for classrooms. Freelance iOS development.
Co-developed and led an annual course blending mobile app development (Android and iOS) with startup business fundamentals.
Education & Research 2005 – 2011
Engineering school and R&D on robots, GIS, and tactile technologies.
Engineering degree in Computer Science and Management.
R&D internship: GIS on iPad, remote sensing, exploration robots (AUV/UAV), and tactile technologies.
Early Web mid-90s – 2010
Self-taught web development starting in the late 90s — building content websites, learning SEO, and figuring out monetization.
Video game content website built from scratch. Learned web development, SEO, and monetization hands-on.
Managed all aspects of content website creation, growth, and monetization for over a decade.