Joris Placette

2023 – 2024
D2E: Entrepreneur Studies Degree
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Diplôme d'Université Diplôme étudiant entrepreneur (D2e)

2019 – 2022
Master's Degree in Engineering
UTC - Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
Engineering sciences major in computer sciences, with minors in project management, humanities, and art

2017 – 2019
Engineering Preparatory Program
Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Mathematics major with computer science minor. Ranked 19th out of 210 students

2017
High School Diploma (Baccalauréat Scientifique)
Lycée Pablo Neruda, France
Summa cum laude (mention très bien)

2024 – Present
SWE & Volumetric capture Director
Soapbox LLC, Atlanta & Los Angeles, USA
Full time employee, O-1B visa
- Volumetric content capture and production : operations, scaling and increasing and visual fidelity. E2E; Pre-production to final art & client-side integration
- Multi-camera capture rig & processing cluster; setup, maintenance & operations (Holosys)
- Software engineering : Unity & C#, AWS Serverless Application Model, Snap Lens studio, internal tooling, Gaussian splatting integrations & tooling.

2023 – 2024
Freelance Software & Data Engineer
Digigram, Grenoble, France
- Developed software solutions for data engineering and analysis
- Created KPI reporting systems and sales performance prediction models

2023 – 2024
Co-founder
GeomServices, France
- Co-founded startup enabling real estate hunters and investors to identify high-potential properties using French open data
- Collaborated with Région Ile de France, I-Terra, Pépite-Ozer, and Microsoft For Startups Founders Program

2022 – 2023
Freelance UX/UI & Graphic Designer
BI Expertise, Montreal, Canada
- Designed AI-based mobile and web applications for inspectai.app and biexhealth.com

2021 – 2023
Auditor
CTI - Commission des titres d'ingénieur, France & Switzerland

2019 – 2022
Product Engineer
4Dviews, Grenoble, France
- Enhanced product and user experience for HOLOSYS multi-camera 3D reconstruction capture stage

2024 – Geom Services
SaaS platform for locating and characterizing French properties entering the market

2022 – Kpop 향(WINDFLOWER) Music Video
3D capture project in collaboration with IOFX Studios, Dima Kpop, and 4Dviews
Making of

2022 – Ethereum Lottery Smart Contract
Blockchain development project

2019 – Freelance 3D Printing Consulting
Independent consulting services for 3D printing solutions

2019 – Game Development
Unity & Godot game development projects

2018 – "Polluters Can't Hide"
Grenoble-Alps University Space Center Hackathon Winner
Prototyped real-time surveillance platform for illegal deforestation using EU Copernicus satellite imagery
Contest video

2017 – Open University VR Room
Université Grenoble Alpes
Raised €5,000 to fund open-access VR-equipped room at UGA

2017 – Freedwarfs Platform
Innocup National Innovation Contest, France
Prototyped platform for financing and organizing free software development
Contest video

2022
English Proficiency - Linguaskill Test
Cambridge University
Maximum score: 180+

Chances are you can find me at USA-hosted AWEs & Vivatech conferences.

2026 – SIGGRAPH26, LA, CA, USA
2026 - AWE USA, LA, CA, USA
2025 – AWE USA, LA, CA, USA
2023 – VivaTech, Paris, France
2022 – VivaTech, Paris, France
2022 – AWE USA, San Jose, CA, USA
2021 – AWE USA, San Jose, CA, USA
2019 – AWE Europe, Munich, Germany

2020 – 2022
Lead UI/UX Designer & Staff Member
Imaginarium Festival, Compiègne, France

English-French Translations
Recent project: Portal Stories: Mel (Steam game)

2018 – Cinema Radio Columnist
Radio Grésivaudant
Weekly live radio show reviewing latest film releases

2018 – 3D Printing Blog
Educational blog helping thousands of 3D printing enthusiasts learn new techniques and tricks. Blog