About me

By JF Poilprêt

My name is Jean-François Poilprêt, I am nearly 60 years old, husband and happy father of a daughter.

I am French but, having lived in Switzerland near Lausanne (in french-speaking “Romandie” region, on Leman lake shore) for more than 10 years, I have obtained Swiss nationality in 2024.

Selfie of my wife and me, both wearing white shirts, and black pattern tie for me

My wife and me at Naturalization Ceremony

After Computer Sciences studies in France, I have worked as an engineer and project manager, for 10 years in Paris, almost half of this time as a free-lance consultant.

Then I moved to Vietnam and stayed there for 12 years, I have worked as a Development Manager at ELCA, a swiss IT Firm, in its offshore development center.

I met my wife in Vietnam and our daughter was born there.

My wife and me, wearing traditional Vietnam clothing for our our wedding: “ao dai” and hats, pink for her and blue for me

My wife and me, wedding ceremony in Vietnam

Since 2010, our family moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, where I am working at ELCA Informatique headquarters as a Senior Manager, expert in software testing.

We are all happy to live in Switzerland, in particular for its incredible landscapes all over the country.

I like:

  • mountain
  • electronics
  • robotics
  • open source

I do not like:

  • sea and beaches
  • Windows
  • GAFAM

This blog contains posts, some in english, others in french, about the following topics:

  • mountain hiking
  • computer sciences
  • electronics
  • life & leisure
  • politics (a little bit)