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Software & Generative AI Engineer • Tech Entrepreneur

Ricken Bazolo

Ricken BAZOLO (@rickenbazolo) is a senior Java technologist, blogger, trainer and speaker, with over ten years of experience designing and building software solutions.

A tech entrepreneur, he is particularly interested in modern architectures and the integration of LLMs into business applications. He also occasionally contributes to open source projects in the Java ecosystem.

Passionate about knowledge sharing, he also acts as a mentor and technical leader.

Skills

Architecture

Clean ArchitectureHexagonalMicroservicesArchitectures modulaires

Cloud & DevOps

AzureAWSDockerCI/CDGitJIRA

Generative AI

LLMSpring AILangChainRAGVector DBAzure AI Foundry

Agentic Systems

Multi-agentsOrchestrationTool callingIntégration métier

Back-end

JavaJakarta EESpring BootQuarkusPythonPostgreSQLMongoDB

Front-end

React / Next.jsVue / NuxtAngularJSFFlutter / Dart

Soft skills

Leadership techniqueCoordination d'équipeCollaboration transverseRésolution de problèmes
Portrait professionnel de Ricken Bazolo - Ingénieur logiciel et IA, Fondateur de Gad Digital

Highlights

  1. FDJ

    FDJ United

    Software Engineer

    2025-26
  2. SG

    Société Générale

    Technical Lead & Generative AI Engineer

    2024-25
  3. BNP

    BNP Paribas

    Technical Lead

    2023-24
  4. IN

    INETUM

    Technical Lead

    2021-23
  5. GD

    Gad Digital

    Founder & Software Architect

    2020
  6. FG

    FONGWAMA

    Developer & Technical Project Lead

    2016-20
  7. YK

    YEKOLAB

    Lead Developer & Trainer

    2016-18
  8. NT

    NET-TECHNOLOGY

    Senior Web & Mobile Developer

    2015-17

My projects

Applied AI (Gad Digital Projects)

EMI AI

Applied AI

AI-powered virtual educational assistant delivering personalized learning support, homework help, exam preparation, and guidance tailored to each learner.

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Digi Resto

Applied AI

Restaurant platform that digitizes menus, streamlines QR-code payments, and uses Echo AI to analyze customer feedback and continuously optimize offerings and operations.

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Open source projects

Toon4j

Java Library

Java implementation of TOON, a compact serialization format designed to reduce token usage by 30 to 60% compared to JSON when interacting with LLMs.

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PayMux

Java Library

Unified and modular Java SDK that simplifies Mobile Money API integration through a consistent interface across multiple operators.

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Tech entrepreneurship

Gad Digital

Startup

Company focused on building digital solutions, products, and services that simplify complexity, improve efficiency, and drive growth.

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