Jan Keromnes

Open Source

Firefox & Firefox OS
  • Module owner of the Firefox OS Developer Tools.
  • Added several tools to Firefox and Firefox OS.
  • Google Chrome
  • Chromium and Blink committer.
  • Made the devtools editor fast & memory-light.
  • The File Tree
  • Built a collaborative file system for developers on the web.
  • It's a self-editing web app with a server written in Node.js.
  • CodeMirror
  • Core contributor of the web-based editor.
  • Added several features and optimized heap & speed.
  • Experience

    Jan 2014
    Software Engineer
    Mozilla
  • Joined the Firefox Devtools team in Paris.
  • Created and oversaw several developer tools for Firefox OS.
  • Working with Paul Rouget.
  • Apr 2013
    SWE Intern
    Google
  • Joined the Open Web Platform team in London for 6 months.
  • Added speech recognition to Chrome for Android.
  • Worked with Peter Beverloo.
  • May 2012
    SWE Intern
    Google
  • Joined the Chrome Devtools team in Mountain View for 3 months.
  • Improved the Web Inspector's code authoring tools.
  • Worked with John J Barton, Paul Irish and Pavel Feldman.
  • Apr 2011 - Apr 2012
    Junior R&D Developer
    Yseop
  • Developped business-oriented AI systems for one year.
  • Added German to their Natural Language Generator.
  • Wrote a Natural Language Processor.
  • Feb 2011
    Co-founder
    Winker.fr
  • Winker.fr was a social network with over 20,000 members.
  • Won 2nd place at the 2011 Startup Weekend in Lyon.
  • I created the server and database in less than 48 hours.
  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2010
    Founder, President
    7D2
  • Student society promoting youg talents in Computer Science.
  • Enrolled in partnerships with Intel and Microsoft.
  • I founded it and directed several software projects.
  • Education

    2012 - 2013
    Exchange Semester
    Tsinghua University
  • Computer Science department of Tsinghua Universy, Beijing.
  • Algorithms, Security, Machine Learning, Multimedia (H264).
  • I wrote a graphical network analysis tool.
  • 2010 - 2013
    Master's Degree
    INSA Lyon
  • M. Eng. specializing in Computer Science.
  • Co-authored a framework to bootstrap Web App creation.
  • I also built a video streaming server.
  • 2008 - 2010
    Associate Degree
    Université Nancy 1
  • Magna Cum Laude in Computer Science.
  • Created a Chess game with universal Chess AI.
  • Wrote a Java compiler to analyze objects in memory.
  • Languages

    French, German
  • Native: French father and German mother.
  • English
  • Fluent: Used on a daily basis.
  • Chinese
  • Basic: 2 years of Mandarin + 6 months in Beijing.
  • Honors and activities

    Academic honors
  • Associate Degree, Magna Cum Laude in Computer Science.
  • French Scientific Baccalaureate, passed with distinctions.
  • Awards
  • Startup Weekend, 2nd Place for social network Winker.fr, Lyon 2011.
  • Prologin programming competition, National Finalist, Paris 2011.
  • Memberships
  • ACM, EFF, the Linux Foundation.
  • Intel's Software Partner Program.
  • Hobbies
  • Passionate about science, engineering, space and the future.
  • Martial arts, rock climbing, snowboarding, scuba diving.