Hello,

My name is Marc G Gauthier and this is my website. If you want to know what I am up to right now, please head over to @marcgg.

Professionally

I am a web developer currently living in Paris.

I studied at the University of Paris XI & Florida International University where I got a Masters Degree in Computer Science.

Since January 2010 I am the Lead Developer at Tigerlily (FR), an awesome startup that helps large brands to improve their presence on Facebook and Twitter.

Before that I worked for Analog Method (NYC), an agency with a focus on delivering high quality software and Live Technology (NY) , a startup developing a large scale product a solution to optimize marketing. I also spent two internships developing intranet web apps at Sagem and Altran.

Technically

I'm a big Ruby and Ruby on Rails fan. As a matter of fact, my first project with this framework was in 2005 and I never stopped using it since then.

I also write JavaScript (jQuery, CoffeeScript or even NodeJS) and have a good front-end background (xHTML/CSS integration from psd files and so on).

... and of course I write tests (with rspec) & version my code (with git).

Projects

At Tigerlily I'm working every day on cool projects such as the Timeline Manager or the Page Builder that are used by major brands (Orange, Universal, Spotify, Sony, LVMH, Disney, M&M's...).

When I'm home, I spend time on ffocused , a free service giving users the ability to create their own fully customizable photo portfolio based on their Facebook, Flickr or Instagram accounts. Sometimes I freelance, my last mission has been creating social media apps to promote a documentary on Arte.

I also play around with random projects, such as a Twitter bot acting like a social media consultant or a website mapping airport codes to user names called Whats My Airport! Right now I'm reading "Machine Learning for Hackers" by Drew Conway & John Myles White, we'll see what I'll make with this ^^

Over the years I have started a number of projects to test out an idea or try a new technology. In 2007 one got me on TV, and others got me good grades like TeamShack. They are a bit dated now but they've been a lot of fun.

Open Source

I really enjoy the open source world, and, time permitting, I try to contribute as I can. Right now I've released the source of a few small projects on my GitHub (including ffocused), and got a couple of commits in projects such as Ruby on Rails and Koala, the best Facebook gem out there.

I like helping out when I get the time, this is why I hang out on Stackoverflow where I rack up "reputation" points.

Travel & Photography

I tend to travel, couchsurf and take pictures. You can see the best ones on my photo portfolio but here's a sample:

Some of my pictures won contests or got published (including one in New York's Village Voice). Others are available for purchase, so feel free to buy one here ^^.

Contact

If you want to reach me please use @marcgg on Twitter, LinkedIn or my email "marcg.gauthier -at- gmail -dot- com".