Questions
The questions I get asked
Short answers, taken from this site, with a link to the proof.
Who is Cédric Merlin?
A CTO. He designs and runs cloud infrastructure, secures systems and puts AI into production, all the way to the product that makes money. He lives between Nancy and Paris, speaks French and English (C2) and founded M-KIS in 2014.
View the CV →Which certifications does he hold?
CKA (Kubernetes, 2022), PCI DSS (2021), ISO 27001 (2020), LPIC-1 (2014), CCNA 1-2 (2013) and CEH (2012). He also holds a French Confidentiel Défense security clearance.
View the CV →Has he run high-traffic platforms?
Yes. The infrastructure he has worked on handles 750 million requests a day, including the hotel booking platforms for the Rugby World Cup 2023 and the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Holding the Olympic peak →What is his security experience?
He has been rewarded in bug bounty programs on YesWeHack, Bugcrowd and Yogosha, runs authorised penetration tests and led ISO 27001 and PCI DSS compliance.
View the bug bounty case →Does he put AI into production?
Yes: a bot that answers questions about production, read-only; a voice agent that calls prospects; a 100% local assistant during meetings. Each case shows the guardrails.
View the infrastructure bot →Which products has he built?
Four products online: Kadens (gym management), SafePrompt (an extension that keeps data out of AI tools), Merlya (AI-assisted quote preparation for industrial SMEs) and Analya (a company’s financial health).
See the proof →Where does he work?
On site in Paris and the Grand Est region, travelling to Luxembourg, French-speaking Switzerland and Belgium, and remotely elsewhere, on European hours with slots possible for North America.
Where and how →Can we work with him?
Yes, in two ways: a CTO or architect role, or an engagement through his company M-KIS (cloud, security, AI), with a written scope and a quote. The simplest way is to write to him at contact@merlin-cedric.fr.
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