William: developer of barcode and OCR traceability applications
Design engineer, coder, developer, programmer of mobile and desktop barcode or RFID scanning software, databases and front-end platforms for data retrieval and management.
Software development at Productivix sarl in Nord-Isère: ‘Full Stack’: Java, JavaScript, React, React-Native, Hugo: from mobile applications to computer-based database management via APIs.
Passionate about technology and mobile systems for barcode and RFID scanning, he knows how to design, develop and code mobile and non-mobile applications for Android, iOS and the web, as well as standard and customised systems using functional modules. He uses his experience in cryptography at Gemplus to offer reasonably priced authentication, traceability, location tracking, universal data acquisition and trusted third-party software systems for digitising digital evidence systems.
He analyzes customers’ needs in detail and draws up neutral specifications.
He codes the database models linked to his applications and to ERP systems such as Dolibarr (Open Source), and APIs front-end websites so that customers can retrieve their data (back-end).
It manages data and programme hosting on client servers in France or abroad, depending on client budgets and confidentiality requirements. The choice of rugged barcode terminals from leading suppliers and suitable RFID chips is also part of its expertise.
Update methods and licensing systems are also developed in-house, so there is no need for Google Play or foreign repositories: only secure, professional solutions!
It expertly develops its own barcode reader drivers in native Android or web language for better performance and stability.
Differences between a coder and a developer
The future of tech belongs to developers who :
- master system design
- excel at solving complex problems
- know how to leverage AI as a tool
- and, above all, possess solid soft skills, notably for collaborating with different stakeholders such as propects and founisseurs and understanding/interpreting business needs.
The coder writes code according to the algorithm provided by the developer, the application architect.
AI is revolutionizing the market, and mainly “basic” programming tasks. But it is becoming a powerful tool for experienced developers who know how to use it as a lever for efficiency.
Prior to 2002, when Productivix sarl was founded, he worked as a production manager, plant turnaround engineer, methods engineer and coder.
Started out as a graduate of the École Centrale de Lyon in 1986 with a study of TQM (Total Quality Management), quality circles and manufacturing process improvement in a Schlumberger electronic board manufacturing plant. TQM was spreading from Japan to Europe at the time, well before it was formalized in ISO 9001.
He then held positions in several service and production companies: MOORE PARAGON, SIEMENS, Schlumberger,GEMPLUS, HEWLETT-PACKARD in operational positions linked to production, industrialization, methods and development: director of various production: servers, smart cards, pharmaceutical leaflets, workshop manager, methods and engineering manager and cross-functional positions linked to the choice and installation of production management systems for international sites, M. E.S, organization projects, contact and contactless smart card personalization techniques, choice and financial calculations of return on investment for industrial equipment, and medium-term investment plans, and finally reports on purchase and construction projects for sites abroad (Japan, Spain), and turnaround of industrial sites in France and abroad (Belgium, Germany).
His aspirations:
Providing practical assistance to SMEs and micro-enterprises in improving their industrial and commercial performance with mobile and universal methods and software that are affordable in terms of ergonomics, cost and environmental impact..
He can easily assimilate an industrial environment into financial and physical flows, or create a conceptual data model in IT, with a sharp technical vision of industrial manufacturing processes, an aptitude for change management and management control, and the analysis of financial figures that enable him to guarantee compliance with the cost objectives of committed projects.
He has also retained a taste for staying at the cutting edge of technology and offering his customers his solutions, particularly mobile and rapid data acquisition. He installed his first barcode MES system in a 100-person printing plant in 1994.
20% of his time is devoted to innovation, rapid barcode scanning, IoT, coding applications, and how his applications, through code, enable old equipment to be recovered!
His training courses
Engineer from École Centrale de Lyon in 1986,
DEA in integrated electronics,
Diplômé management ICG in 1995;
Full-stack JavaScript, React, React-Native at ‘Le Réacteur’ part-time between Sept 2021 and April 2022.
English: fluent; work abroad in English-speaking areas,
German: good, with work experience in Germany.
MISCELLANEOUS
Voluntary manager of a condominium syndicate -manager and accountant of a real estate company investing in business premises
ex-expert de justice de la Cour d’Appel between 2007 and 2017, categories (Lyon and Grenoble) : - Industrial Processes (E.6.3), -Information Systems - Implementation (E.01.04)
Several trustworthy recommendations, including:
Philippe COQUET Company Manager “William is a pragmatic Industrial organization consultant who was able to develop a simple solution in our plant…”
Alain Graffeuille: Company manager, ETS GRAFFEUILLE SAS: “Very good analysis of our needs in drawing up our ERP specifications, …”
Social networks: William Piedfort is on LinkedIn and on X under the name “Productivix”.