Nicolas Pépin

🏢 DeftHedge - FinTech Startup

🌐 Major player in financial risk management.

📘 Project Context:

The client wanted to 🔄 transform and 🌐 standardize financial data from their clients coming from various sources like 🌐 APIs, 📤 SFTP, and 📧 emails, into a central format. The objective was to build an architecture capable of transforming diverse financial data into a standard format while ensuring 🔐 security, 🚀 high scalability, and the ability to 🔄 update without interfering with the central financial risk management system.

📐 Architecture Design:

- Development of a serverless 🌐 microservices architecture with 🌌 Azure Functions to orchestrate the transformation.

- Use of 🌌 Azure Vault for 🔐 secure configuration management.

💻 Development:

- Creation of C# .NET 6 🌌 serverless functions to process data from various sources.

- Implementation of logic to 🔄 convert data into a standard format.

🔗 Integration and Testing:

- Connection of Azure functions to 🔄 source and 🎯 target systems, validation via 🤖 automated tests.

🚀 Deployment and Monitoring:

- Use of 🌌 Azure DevOps with 🌐 Git for CI/CD, enabling 🚀 automated deployment.

- Utilization of 🌌 Application Insights for ⏲️ real-time monitoring and performance analysis.

Origins at Oscaro.com: The Keepcar.com project was conceived and developed internally at Oscaro.com. For over 3️⃣ years, the platform was refined and tested in a test garage near Perpignan.

🌱 Spinoff and Foundation of Keepcar.com - April 2019: Following the acquisition of Oscaro.com and a change in direction, an agreement was reached for the founders, including Nicolas PEPIN, to acquire the platform, giving birth to Keepcar.com, specializing in at-home car mechanics.

💰 First Funding Round - April 2020: Keepcar.com raised funds from business angels, thereby strengthening its foundations and supporting its growth.

🏢 Launch of B2B Version - September 2021: With financial support from BPI, Keepcar.com launched a B2B offering focused on fleet management for maintenance, thus expanding its services.

🔄 Pivot Proposal - June 2022: Seeing potential in SaaS, Keepcar.com considered a reorientation to sell its technologies to other major automotive players.

🔚 End of the Adventure - June 2023: Despite its successes, Keepcar.com concluded its journey due to a difficult economic climate and the inability to raise funds.

👔 As CEO:

🔭 Vision and Strategy: Guiding long-term vision, identifying market opportunities.

🤝 Relationship Management: Establishing partnerships, representing the company.

💼 Financial Management: Financial oversight, resource allocation.

🚀 Team Leadership: Directing and mentoring the team.

⚖️ Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating risks.

🔧 CTO Missions for Keepcar.com:

🏛️ Technological Architecture: The technological approach I deployed for Keepcar is a fusion of efficiency, performance, and scalability. Each technology was chosen for its ability to meet project needs.

🖥️ Frontoffice B2C & B2B (Fleet & User Management):

🔧 Technologies: Visual Studio 2022, ASP .NET MVC, C#, React.js, Web API Rest, SQL Azure.

🌊 Smooth UX with React.js: Creation of dynamic interfaces, offering fast interaction.

⚡ Server Optimization: Efficient client-server exchange thanks to React.js and Web API Rest.

🔄 API Integration: Seamless integration with the vehicle engine API for accurate data provision.

🔍 Identification Engine API:

🔧 Technologies: Visual Studio Code, Node.js, Parse, JSON, MongoDB, Linux, SOAP.

🚀 Performance & Parallelism: Ability to handle simultaneous requests with Node.js.

📂 Cache with MongoDB: Storing data in cache for optimized performance.

🌐 Scalability: Designed to scale without compromising performance.

🤝 Partner Integration: Connection with GTMotive and AAAData via SOAP.

📊 Backoffice (Mechanics & Call Center Agents):

🔧 Technologies: Visual Studio 2022, ASP .NET MVC, C#, React.js, Web API REST, SQL Azure.

📞 CTI Integration: Tracking and archiving customer interactions.

🔗 Blockchain History: Maintaining an unalterable history of maintenance.

👁️ 360° CRM View: Comprehensive view for better customer management.

📢 Follow-up & Recommendations: Tools for loyalty and suggestions based on history.

📈 Dashboard & Exports: Overview of KPIs and accounting exports.

🚗 Auto & CarPlay Integration: Enhancing the mechanic's experience on the go.

- xbrain.io (AI Chatbot Tool for customer relations centers focused on customer satisfaction)

- SunCar (Electrification and hybridization of existing vehicles)

- Olga (Oscaro.com internal B2B project)

- Keepcar.com (At-Home Car Maintenance & Repair)