Welcome! My name is

Kevin Messali

I am a Developer & Entrepreneur
On this website you will find my current and past projects, some interesting information about me and my blog where I share my experiences.
Any questions?

About Me

Hi there! I am Kevin and I am currently a Founder in Residence at Entrepreneur First. I am also a Maths & Computer Science graduate from l'Ecole Polytechnique (the top engineering school in France). I am 22 with French and Ukrainian origins. I was born in Paris, although I have spent most of my youth in the French Riviera under the sun and the palms of Cannes.

My Mission: Impact and Disrupt

I read somewhere that we should define ourselves as verbs rather than words. With verbs we allow ourselves to grow beyond who we are, making us both more creative and more open-minded. I believe that our generation is going to play a crucial role for the future of humankind as we have a lot of issues to overcome. For this reason, I am driven by constantly challenging the status quo and impacting positively the world around me.

Kevin

My Education

I am currently majoring in both mathematics and computer science and following intense courses in both of this areas. I believe that this combination of fields is the best way to prepare myself for the future, by empowering me with a strong problem solving and analytical mindset. It is actually only in my last year of bachelor that I understood the real meaning of learning mathematics. I thought that doing this much theory was useless and that there was almost no application in the real world. But I finally understood that we learn mathematics to learn how to think differently and out-of-the-box, which is what is needed to tackle the most challenging problems of our time.

  • 2020 - 2023 Palaiseau, France

    Ecole Polytechnique (l'X)

    Bachelor of Science — Majors Maths & Computer Science

  • Fall 2022 Seoul, Korea

    Seoul National University

    Exchange student

  • 2017 - 2020 Cannes, France

    Lycée Jules Ferry

    Baccalauréat Scientifique — Option Engineering Science

My Featured Projects

Curious by nature, I love to explore new technologies and learn new skills. This comes from a constant desire to improve myself and understand the world around me. I am always looking for new challenges to overcome and new problems to solve. I have discovered programming during my last year of primary school and since then I have been hooked. I have been working on plenty of projects in a lot of different fields, ranging from mobile application, to IoT without forgetting blockchain and machine learning. Because of my most recent projects, I am now focusing on web development and machine learning.

The most recent technologies I have worked with

  • Next.js
  • .NET Core
  • Flutter
  • Intel SGX
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • C/C++/C#
  • TailwindCSS
Personal
My personal website

My personal website

Portfolio & blog website fully built from scratch and powered with Next.js.

  • Next.js
  • TailwindCSS
  • .NET Core
  • TypeScript
Start-Up
Creofin survey

Creofin survey

Survey to collect feedback from farmers built with a scalable architecture and question dependencies. It is my first project using Next.js and TailwindCSS.

  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • .NET Core
  • NextUI
School
XCoin - Cryptocurrency

XCoin - Cryptocurrency

Final project for the object-oriented programming in C++ class. Functional cryptocurrency based on Proof of Stake.

  • C++
  • QT
  • gRPC
  • CMake
Start-Up
Creofin - Buy Now, Pay After Harvest

Creofin - Buy Now, Pay After Harvest

Payment solutions for farmers to buy agri inputs online at 0% interest rates/fees. We help to make the agricultural industry more digitalized.

  • Python
  • .NET Core
  • TypeScript
  • REST API
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Experiences & Achievements

Since I was a child, I have always been interested in engineering and building things. Entrepreneurship seemed like a natural fit for me, and through several experiences, I have discovered that I am passionate about it. Also curious about networks and hardware security, I am now looking to develop my skills in this field through my studies and professional experiences.

July 2023 - Today Paris / London

Entrepreneur in Residence - W23 Grad Cohort

Entrepreneur First

April 2022 - February 2023 Ghent, Belgium

Co-Founder & CTO

Creofin

June 2022 - August 2022 Ollioules, France

Cybersecurity Engineer Intern

Naval Group

January 2022 - April 2022 Online

Won fintech vertical - 2022 Cohort

Initiator VC (ex. Olam Ventures)

More information on my LinkedIn profile.
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