François Toubol
People ∩ Products ∩ Technology
Intro
“It is not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts.”
-Mother Teresa of Calcutta
TL;DR
I put my heart to work building, supporting and optimizing high performance Product & Engineering teams. Together, we learn, grow and write software that meets for customers' needs, on time and on target.
I once found deep joy as a kid coding fractals on the Apple IIc, and it has shaped my life since then. This led me to participate in 2 SaaS startups from founding to exit. Today, I continue to learn and share my experience at Livly and Chill where I help build and optimize high performance Product & Engineering teams. Together, we learn, grow and deliver software products that wow customers on time, on target.
The purpose that drives me is to listen, help and contribute to the growth of those whom I work with, while gratefully learning from each interaction. I focus on creating and communicating an empowering mission alignment, then supporting and engaging our teams, placing emphasis on a culture of transparent feedback and clear accountability. When a team is inspired to thrive and take ownership to deliver their very best results, the rest likely follows: happy and engaged customers, healthy and growing companies.
Experience
“Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you.”
-Aldous Huxley
Focus: SaaS strategy / Team scaling onsite, Chile & Russia
Stack: Kotlin / Swift / React / Redux / .NET / Azure
Livly is an integrated platform that unites communities, equips staff members with Livly superpowers, and caters residents with a digital remote control for their Livly home. Staff members deliver Livly experiences and residents love their Livly home. #BeLivly
Focus: SaaS strategy & capital raise / Ukraine team building
Stack: React Native / Vue / Node / Postgres / AWS (ECS/RDS)
Chill has developed a modern approach to meditation. No chanting, no dogmas, no incense. Our mission is to help people live less stressed, more mindful lives.
Focus: Organization / Sponsorship / 501.c3 filing
The Chicago CTO Group is a private network of over 200 software executives who exchange ideas, share experiences, help each other and the Chicago technology community stay one of the top technology hubs in the world.
Focus: Co-founding to exit / Team building / SaaS capital raise
Stack: React / Redux / .NET / AWS (EC2/Lambda/Glue/Redshift)
Get found. Get chosen. Get better. ™
Reputation.com helps large multi-location businesses monitor and improve their reputation, and optimize customer experience – online and onsite.
Reputation.com acquired SIM Partners on 3/1/2018
Focus: Founding to exit / Team building
Stack: .NET
Epsilon develops market shifting platform technology for airlines and banks, such as Delta Airlines, Air France, Air Canada, Citi Group and Mastercard
Education
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.”
-Benjamin Franklin
Master of Computer Science, Information Systems. 6 months abroad partnership in Chile at Universidad de la Frontera.
Triligual English, Spanish and French
Some Contributions
“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”
-Winston Churchill
Testimonials
I am grateful for the chance to build relationships with inspiring characters, to grow with what they share with me, and am deeply humbled by their appreciation.
Adam Dorfman, Co-Founder, SIM Partners
“Francois' continued growth as a leader of our organization has proven to be fundamental to enabling SIM Partners to meet its technology and product goals. His leadership style has continued to evolve towards allowing other people to shine and contribute. At the same time, he is always willing to dive into any task immediately if it is necessary to make our clients satisfied. His style of communication has improved tremendously over the past five years to the point that the word "transformative" would be appropriate.”
Marcelo Rybertt, CTO, Morris & Opazo
“Francois is not just a successful professional, he's also a great human being, a natural leader, team player and a resourceful engineer, with a keen sense of business and proven knowledge of technology. I'm always happy to embark on a new project with him, as his presence in the team is synonym of success, professionalism and new opportunities for growth and learning.”
Jay Lawrence, SVP, Publicis Media
“Francois is an adept individual contributor as well as team leader. He possesses the technical skills and business knowledge to approach software development projects in a clear and unified manner. I worked with Francois on a variety of both long term and short term projects and he always delivered on time and produced high quality functional work.”