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At the moment, a team of 9 enthusiastic people are employed by the organization, assisted by 3 freelancers.
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But it hasn’t always been like this:
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* Stéphane created the project in 2012, and was quickly joined by many volunteers.
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* Until 2019, all the community worked on it during free time, achieving significant impact with the rise of the 5-color score (now Nutri-Score) on €600 yearly budget!
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* With millions of users in 2019, Open Food Facts needed a permanent team to tackle the rising challenges.
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* Santé publique France decided to support the NGO, and in 2019, Open Food Facts was able to employ its first team members!
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* Pierre and Stéphane became the first NGO employees in 2019 and Charles then joined them as Managing Director in August 2020.
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* Then, thanks to the Google.org Impact Challenge, the team grew again with the arrival of Alex, as a Developer, in October 2021, and in April 2022, Gala and Manon joined them: Gala as Open Food Facts’ Community Animator and Manon as International Development and Partnerships Manager.
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* 2022 also saw the arrival of Raphaël, creator of Robotoff, as a Machine Learning Engineer, and Edouard joined the team as a Freelance Mobile Developer.<span class="OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap"></span>
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In 2024, we had the pleasure to welcome new team members: 
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* Valentin: Developer for Open Food Facts 🍊since September 2023. Contributes to the development and design of many projects, both web and mobile.
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* Charlotte: Helps producers import their products on the professional platform, internationally, to participate in the development of Open Food Facts across the world!
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* Antoine: Worked as an intern to implement and improve the use of a CRM to manage contributors and producers all over the world by the Open Food Facts team and producers themselves.
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* Jeremy:  Joined the Machine Learning team as a freelancer to support Raphaël in developing new AI features for Open Food Facts. He also shares this work with the whole world though technical articles and tutorials.
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* Mélanie: With a growing team and a growing number of projects, administrative, HR and accounting support is needed for a serene growth.
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Click on the image below to make it bigger. :-) [[File:Meet the team.png|thumb|681x681px]]

Revision as of 10:02, 6 November 2024

At the moment, a team of 9 enthusiastic people are employed by the organization, assisted by 3 freelancers.

But it hasn’t always been like this:

  • Stéphane created the project in 2012, and was quickly joined by many volunteers.
  • Until 2019, all the community worked on it during free time, achieving significant impact with the rise of the 5-color score (now Nutri-Score) on €600 yearly budget!
  • With millions of users in 2019, Open Food Facts needed a permanent team to tackle the rising challenges.
  • Santé publique France decided to support the NGO, and in 2019, Open Food Facts was able to employ its first team members!
  • Pierre and Stéphane became the first NGO employees in 2019 and Charles then joined them as Managing Director in August 2020.
  • Then, thanks to the Google.org Impact Challenge, the team grew again with the arrival of Alex, as a Developer, in October 2021, and in April 2022, Gala and Manon joined them: Gala as Open Food Facts’ Community Animator and Manon as International Development and Partnerships Manager.
  • 2022 also saw the arrival of Raphaël, creator of Robotoff, as a Machine Learning Engineer, and Edouard joined the team as a Freelance Mobile Developer.


In 2024, we had the pleasure to welcome new team members:

  • Valentin: Developer for Open Food Facts 🍊since September 2023. Contributes to the development and design of many projects, both web and mobile.
  • Charlotte: Helps producers import their products on the professional platform, internationally, to participate in the development of Open Food Facts across the world!
  • Antoine: Worked as an intern to implement and improve the use of a CRM to manage contributors and producers all over the world by the Open Food Facts team and producers themselves.
  • Jeremy: Joined the Machine Learning team as a freelancer to support Raphaël in developing new AI features for Open Food Facts. He also shares this work with the whole world though technical articles and tutorials.
  • Mélanie: With a growing team and a growing number of projects, administrative, HR and accounting support is needed for a serene growth.


Click on the image below to make it bigger. :-)

Meet the team.png