I'm Jean-Francois Gailleur — a techno-optimist and an engineering leader based in Montreal, with an MBA and an Engineering degree. Over the past 40+ years, I've built and scaled software, data, AI, analytics, web, mobile, and security products across industries spanning Payments, E-commerce, Cybersecurity, and Home Care. My work is driven by a passion for challenging the status quo to deliver superior outcomes for customers and the people they serve. I am also a hands-on builder with experience creating physical products and structures, from machines and race cars to furniture and a house. I am comfortable working with wood, metal, electrical systems, gasoline engines, electronics and obviously computers.

Today, I'm Senior Vice President, Engineering and Information Security at AlayaCare, where I lead global engineering teams across Canada, the USA, and Australia — including 24/7 Site Reliability and Information Security — to scale the cloud platform powering the future of home and community healthcare. Previously, I led engineering at Elevate Security (acquired by Mimecast), drove engineering excellence at AppDirect, and held senior leadership roles at hybris (acquired by SAP), leading distributed teams across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Earlier in my career, I spent 15+ years in internet security, portion of it notably with the legendary Montreal-based company Zero Knowledge Systems. I've also taught Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Machine Learning for Master students as a part-time lecturer at École de technologie supérieure in Montreal.

Beyond the day job, I write and speak about AI, leadership, and building a sustainable, human-centered technological future — recently publishing pieces on generative AI, leadership, and career growth. I care deeply about education, economic empowerment, the environment, and science and technology, and I'm always happy to connect with fellow builders and leaders. → LinkedIn

I'm building Domi, a life-management platform, as a solo project on the side of my day job.

This site is the public sprint diary for that build. Twelve two-week sprints to V1, ~10 hours a week, written from the perspective of someone who is also the only user at this stage. New posts go up at the end of each sprint, on Sunday evenings.

If you want the highlights and not the build process, wait six months and there will be one post that summarizes the whole thing. If you want the actual sequence of decisions — including the wrong ones — subscribe via RSS or check back on Sundays.

Reach me at hello.domiapp@gmail.com.