Sylvain
Simao

Founder at Kuizto.co • Creative tech. leader and web engineer • Formerly CTO at Travis and Tech Director at Clemenger BBDO • Available for Freelance projects

Brisbane, Australia|[email protected]

Work experience

2023 - Current
Brisbane, Australia (Remote)
Founder at Kuizto

Kuizto is like Netflix for your daily food and groceries. I started working on the product in Q2 2023. I am the sole responsible for all aspects of the business including design, product development, market validation, customer feedback, and marketing/growth strategies.

2020 - 2023
Melbourne, Australia (Remote)
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Travis

Travis is a collaborative travel planning platform. I joined the startup early stage to lead technology and engineering in the business. Some of my responsibilities included driving the technology strategy roadmap, leading a fully remote and async engineering team, and building the first product iteration from the ground up - ready to scale to millions of travellers worldwide.

2016 - 2020
Melbourne, Australia (Hybrid)
Technical Director at Clemenger BBDO

Clemenger BBDO is a top-ranking creative agency. I joined the agency in 2016 to lead the technology delivery efforts and build up the credibility of tech in the business. Starting as Technical Lead and advancing to Technical Director. I grew the team from 4 to 15 engineers and was responsible for overseeing technology delivery for all clients over a 4-year tenure.

2011 - 2014
Lyon, France (On-site)
Head of Engineering at Dynamic View

Dynamic View is a Digital Production and Marketing Agency. After delivering projects for Dynamic View as a Freelancer, I was offered to join the agency to develop a new app development offering and lead engineering in the business. During my 3 years there I have worked on a variety of client applications and built up a core team that later on would turn into a group agency “Digital Cooker”.

and more…

Expertise

  • Strategic Thinking.

    Early-stage startup experience as Founder and CTO. Owned the full delivery lifecycle on global projects. Demonstrated strong leadership by making key strategic decisions driving successful outcomes.

  • Web Engineering.

    Architected, built, and deployed web apps and cross‑channel digital experiences at scale. Delivered impactful technical projects with Airbnb, MARS Global, VIC Government and many other clients.

  • Problem-Solving.

    Real passion for solving problems in creative ways, removing bottlenecks and simplifying complex solutions. Worked on a variety of tough and creatively taxing digital projects.

  • Leadership and Mentorship.

    Led and mentored engineering teams, fostering a supportive and approachable environment. Built a team from 4 to 15 engineers and achieved finalist at the Under‑30 Achiever of the Year.

Tech. Stack

Html5
Css3
VueJS
Nuxt3
Svelte
Astro
Tailwind CSS
TypeScript
GraphQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Amazon AWS
Cloudflare
OpenAI

and still learning…

Contributions

  • Melbourne VueJS Meetup.

    Organiser and main speaker at the Melbourne VueJS Meetup from 2016, until 2021 (380+ members).

  • Open-Source.

    Published multiple open‑source projects including Prisma‑AppSync, a library to generate GraphQL APIs for AWS AppSync in minutes (200+ stars on GitHub).

  • Speaker at Prisma Day.

    Streamed a talk on Real‑time GraphQL APIs using Prisma and AWS AppSync.

  • State of VueJS.

    Contributed twice to the State of VueJS, a report crafted for technology businesses interested in making educated decisions about their stack.

Academic Qualifications

3D/CGI Animation
 2008 - 2011
Bachelor degree
Bellecour Schools of Art (France)
Computer Science
 2006 - 2008
HND/Associate degree
Clermont Institute of Technology (France)

Languages

  • 🇦🇺 English Bilingual
  • 🇫🇷 French Native
  • 🇵🇹 Portuguese Elementary