Moussa Ndour

Moussa Ndour

DSI - Technical Director | Chief Architect | Full Stack Developer | DevOps | IT Security

Born: May 15, 1993 | Kaolack, Senegal

Position: DSI - Technical Director & Chief Architect

Company: InTech Group SAS • March 2018 - Present

GitHub GitHub: @touskar InTech intech.sn

Professional Summary

Chief Information Officer (CIO) with 10+ years of experience leading digital transformation across West. Excel at translating technical vision into business strategy while leading cross-functional teams of engineers and technical specialists.

Leadership & Strategic Vision: Drive organizational technology strategy by communicating complex technical concepts to C-suite executives and stakeholders. Successfully align technology initiatives with business objectives, foster innovation culture, and mentor technical talent while managing multiple concurrent enterprise projects from conception to delivery.

Technical Excellence: As Chief Architect, designed and deployed 16+ enterprise platforms serving 500,000+ B2C users and 12,000+ B2B clients, processing 22M+ transactions worth 200+ billion FCFA with 99.95% uptime. Expert in full-stack development, microservices architecture, database management, DevOps automation, cloud infrastructure, and managed compliance processes and infrastructure implementation for West Africa's first certified fintech platform (initial certification and recertifications).

Innovation & Delivery: Pioneer cutting-edge solutions including biometric systems, Mobile Money technology, and RFID-based platforms. Maintain zero security incidents through proactive risk management and robust disaster recovery (RTO/RPO < 15 minutes). Active contributor to technical community with 10+ published articles and many open-source projects.

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Professional Experience

Career highlights and platform achievements

DSI - Technical Director & Chief Architect

InTech Group SAS • March 2018 - Present
Platform Leadership & System Architecture:

InTech API Platform: Architected core payment infrastructure with automated disaster recovery

PayTech Gateway: Built West Africa's leading regional payment gateway with 3D Secure authentication, multi-country coverage, and TPE terminal integration serving major banks and financial institutions

Change by InTech: Architected universal money transfer platform featuring breakthrough wallet interoperability technology using OCR technology, real-time fraud prevention, and cross-border transfers

MassPay Enterprise: Designed multi-tenant payroll platform with scalable web architecture, supporting 21+ payment providers, 4-tier approval workflows, and automated bulk processing

CashTech B2B2C: Built agent network platform with 4-tier revenue distribution model, multi-currency support, and integrated agent management system

InTech SMS: Architected enterprise SMS gateway platform with multi-provider routing, delivery optimization, and API integration serving telecommunications and enterprise clients

Pointech: Geolocated facial recognition time tracking platform for multi-site enterprise attendance management and monitoring

Technical Leadership & Innovation:

Zero Downtime Achievement: Sustained high availability across all platforms for consecutive years

Security Leadership: Implemented zero-trust architecture resulting in zero security incidents over years

Disaster Recovery: Designed multi-region backup systems with RTO/RPO < 15 minutes

AI Integration: Implemented AI-powered systems for transcription, document verification, and fraud detection

Core Technical Responsibilities:

Payment Gateway Development: Development and deployment of VISA and MasterCard payment gateways with 3D Secure authentication protocols

Mobile Money Platform Architecture: Architected mobile money platforms and APIs for financial service providers

Security Audit Management: Conducting IT security audits of partner and internal platforms

Project Architecture Design: Designed and validated technical architectures for all enterprise projects

Infrastructure Architecture & Management: Designed and orchestrated InTech Group's hybrid cloud infrastructure leveraging AWS services, Docker containerization, and CapRover deployment automation

CI/CD Implementation: Implemented and optimized continuous integration workflows and automated deployment pipelines

System & Database Administration: Led system administration and database optimization across all business platforms

Web Service Development: Full-stack development of enterprise web services and API architectures

Strategic Leadership & Management:

Technology Strategy Definition: Defining and implementing technology strategy aligned with business objectives

Technical Team Management: Led cross-functional technical teams spanning multiple projects and technology stacks

Research & Development: Leading R&D initiatives for next-generation technologies and innovative solutions

Project Management: End-to-end project management from conception to deployment and maintenance

Interdepartmental Collaboration: Cross-functional collaboration with business, sales, and operations departments

Technology Evolution: Continuous evaluation and integration of emerging technologies and industry best practices

Vendor Management: Negotiated and managed relationships with technology suppliers and service providers across 69+ payment integrations

Technical Problem Resolution: Advanced troubleshooting and resolution of complex technical challenges

Technical Communication: Effective communication of technical concepts to stakeholders at all organizational levels

Technical Architect & Full Stack Developer

Innolink SAS • 2024 - Present (Parallel to InTech)

Smart Inventory Platform: Architected RFID-based inventory management solution leveraging full-stack technologies

Infrastructure Design: Created full infrastructure architecture for traceability and digital transformation solutions

Mobile Development: Developed dual-architecture POS application with native and cross-platform mobile technologies

Technology Stack: Modern web and mobile frameworks with RFID integration systems

Company Focus: Leading edge traceability and digital transformation solutions for healthcare, retail, industrial, and security sectors

Lead Developer & Project Manager

NumHerIt, Dakar • January 2018 - March 2018

• Team training and mentorship on core technologies (Git, Docker, Jenkins, AWS)

• Full Stack Developer

Full Stack Developer

Empire Digital & Dealers Solution, Dakar • 2015 - 2018

• Real-time notification server development and maintenance for mobile applications

• Comprehensive unit and functional testing implementation using PHPUnit

• Back-office development and administrative dashboard creation

• Full stack dev

• Integrator of payment gateways with diverse providers like Mastercard MIGS, Visa, Wari Gateway, and other financial service providers

• System administrator for Debian-based distribution server infrastructure and maintenance

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Platform Portfolio & Digital Solutions

Leading 16+ business platforms across fintech, edtech, and digital services ecosystems (not exhaustive)

Financial Technology Platforms

Moni Digital Wallet: Full Mobile Money platform with support of Virtual Card issuance, peer-to-peer transfers, bill payments, and merchant solutions

InTech API: Central payment processing infrastructure serving as backbone for all business platforms

PayTech Gateway: West Africa's leading online payment gateway enabling businesses to accept payments through mobile money, bank cards, and electronic terminals across 4 countries

Change by InTech: Universal money transfer platform enabling instant transfers between any wallet or bank account regardless of provider across West Africa

MassPay: Enterprise payroll management platform enabling companies to process bulk salary payments across 21+ payment providers with multi-tier approval workflows

CashTech: Agent network money transfer platform facilitating B2B2C transactions through physical agent locations with multi-currency support across West Africa

Digital Transformation & Inventory Solutions

Smart Inventory: RFID-based inventory management platform transforming stock tracking for businesses across healthcare, retail, and industrial sectors with automated scanning, real-time monitoring, and 18-month ROI potential

FreeFace: Enterprise-grade distributed face recognition platform with Rust microservices, ScyllaDB/Cassandra for billion-scale metadata, Milvus vector database for embeddings, and cloud-native Kubernetes architecture featuring real-time ML-powered face detection and advanced analytics

Infrastructure & Performance Metrics

Architected core infrastructure processing millions of transactions with high-performance and resilience

Performance Metrics:

User Base: 500k Infrastructure users and 10k B2B

Infrastructure & Operations:

Geographic Coverage: Pan-African operations

Disaster Recovery: Multi-region backup (RTO/RPO < 15 min)

Security Protocols: Zero-trust architecture implementation

Business Continuity: 99.9% availability with automated failover

SDK Development & API Integration Solutions

Payment Integration SDKs: Developed Flutter, Android Native, and Ionic payment SDKs enabling seamless mobile money and banking gateway implementations

E-Commerce & CMS Plugins: Built comprehensive payment gateway plugins for WordPress, PrestaShop, Drupal, and WooCommerce with transaction management and multi-currency support

API Gateway Architecture: Designed centralized API management systems handling millions of transactions

Cross-Platform Browser Extensions: Developed Chrome, Firefox, and Opera extensions for PDF conversion, web scraping, and productivity enhancement with DOM manipulation

Open Source Project Creation: Authored 12+ GitHub libraries including contributing to the developer community

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Open Source Projects & Publications

11 GitHub projects, 12 technical articles, and active community contributions

GitHub Projects (Not exhaustive)

FreeFace - Enterprise-Grade Distributed Face Recognition Platform - Cloud-native face recognition platform with Rust/Nuxt, Kubernetes deployment, and ML-powered analytics
https://github.com/touskar/freeface

OpenAFIS: Automated Fingerprint Identification System with High-performance Java backend with SourceAFIS + Aerospike + Apache Spark for distributed biometric matching and identification at scale
https://github.com/touskar/openafis

Flutter SDK for PayTech - Flutter payment SDK for mobile integration
https://github.com/touskar/paytech-flutter

Native Android SDK for PayTech - Native Android payment SDK
https://doc.paytech.sn/downloads/sdk/paytech_android.zip

WooCommerce Plugin for PayTech - E-commerce payment gateway plugin
https://doc.paytech.sn/downloads/sdk/woocomerce/paytech_woocommerce.zip

Opera and Firefox Extension for Web Page PDF Conversion - Browser extension for PDF conversion
https://github.com/touskar/convert-webpage-topdf-webExtension

Task Manager with Configurable Concurrency for NodeJS - Concurrent task manager for Node.js
https://github.com/touskar/parallel-task-queue

High-Performance Circular Doubly Linked List to Replace Native JS Arrays - High-performance circular doubly linked list
https://github.com/touskar/doubly_linked_list

Generic Higher-Order Function (Quick-Sort) for JS - Generic higher-order QuickSort implementation
https://github.com/touskar/quick-sort.js

Double Rinked List - Data Structures & Algorithms for Rust - High-performance doubly-linked list implementation with memory pool optimization
https://github.com/touskar/double_rinked_list

Technical Publications (Medium)

PSR: PHP Standard Recommendation - Best practices and coding standards
https://medium.com/@touskar/psr-php-standard-recommendation-e95a6335dc7

Higher-Order Functions - Advanced JavaScript functional programming concepts
https://medium.com/@touskar/les-fonctions-dordre-sup%C3%A9rieur-8e76d783d4c6

Variable Type Systems - Programming language type systems analysis
https://medium.com/@touskar/les-syst%C3%A8mes-de-typage-des-variables-e095648e4c87

A NodeJS Application with Kotlin - Cross-platform development strategies
https://medium.com/@touskar/une-application-nodejs-avec-kotlin-1969994fb1d2

NodeJS Modules In-Depth - Advanced module system architecture
https://medium.com/@touskar/les-modules-nodejs-en-profondeur-315ab033f1df

Web Extensions - Browser extension development experience
https://medium.com/@touskar/les-web-extensions-retour-dexp%C3%A9rience-sur-le-d%C3%A9veloppement-d-une-extension-de-navigateur-28fddb9c7d01

Triggering Socket.IO Events from PHP - Real-time integration patterns
https://medium.com/@touskar/d%C3%A9clencher-un-%C3%A9v%C3%A9nement-socket-io-depuis-un-script-php-d38aa10b9e58

Checklist to Get Started with NodeJS Projects - NodeJS project best practices
https://medium.com/@touskar/check-list-pour-bien-debuter-un-projet-nodejs-3fca88252e2d

Multithreading in Node.js - Advanced threading patterns
https://medium.com/@touskar/le-multithreading-en-node-js-avec-threads-%C3%A0-gogo-c79435f34740

Convert Web Pages to PDF with NodeJS - Web-to-PDF conversion techniques
https://medium.com/@touskar/convertir-vos-pages-web-en-pdf-avec-nodejs-et-wkhtmltopdf-8300d498bc96

Publishing a Module on NPM - NPM package publishing guide
https://medium.com/@touskar/publier-un-module-sur-npm-dca67f8fc3e1

Core Technical Competencies

Key technical competencies and leadership achievements

Cryptography & Security Leadership

PCI DSS Level 1 Certification: Managed compliance processes and infrastructure implementation for West Africa's first certified fintech platform. Proficient in enterprise cryptographic systems with AES-256 encryption, HMAC SHA-256, JWT architectures, OAuth 2.0, and zero-trust security models. Led successful certification and two recertifications with zero security incidents.

Enterprise Architecture & Development

Chief Technical Architect: Designed and built 15+ business platforms using frameworks including NestJS, Laravel, and TypeScript. Proficient in microservices architecture, multi-tenant SaaS systems, and scalable API design. Led technical teams delivering mission-critical fintech solutions processing 22M+ transactions.

Infrastructure & DevOps Excellence

Infrastructure Leadership: Architected and managed hybrid AWS/Contabo infrastructure. Proficient in MySQL, Redis distributed caching, Docker/Swarm containerization, and CI/CD automation with monitoring and disaster recovery (RTO/RPO < 15 minutes).

Architecture Patterns & Design Excellence

Microservices Architecture: Distributed services with clear domain boundaries

Multi-tenant SaaS Design: Scalable architecture ensuring robust data isolation

Domain-driven Design: Business logic organization with bounded contexts

Event-driven Architecture: Real-time communication with message queues

API Gateway Patterns: Centralized API management across 69+ provider integrations

Clean Architecture: Separation of concerns and testability principles

Repository Pattern: Data access abstraction with multiple database support

Full-Stack & Mobile Development

Web Development: Modern web technologies including Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Angular, and real-time systems with Socket.IO

Mobile Development: Cross-platform development using Flutter and NativeScript, plus native Android development with Kotlin/Java

Android Specialization: Applications with RFID protocol communication for inventory management systems

Payment Systems: EMV card industry payment standards implementation for secure financial transactions on Android POS terminals

Enterprise Solutions: Comprehensive digital solutions spanning web applications, mobile apps, and hybrid platforms

System Administration & Infrastructure

Linux System Administration: Debian-based distribution management and server infrastructure

Server Configuration: Apache, Nginx, load balancing, and SSL/TLS certificate management

Cloud Infrastructure: AWS, hybrid cloud architecture, and containerization with Docker

Monitoring & Security: System monitoring, log analysis, and security hardening

Automation & Deployment: CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and infrastructure as code

Database Administration & Optimization

Performance Tuning: Query optimization, indexing strategies, and database performance analysis

Multi-Database Competency: MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, and Milvus vector database administration

Backup & Recovery: Automated backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, and data integrity

Scaling & Replication: Database clustering, master-slave replication, sharding, and horizontal scaling

Security & Compliance: Database security hardening, access control, and compliance management

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Programming Languages

Core programming languages and scripting technologies

Backend Frameworks

Server-side frameworks and backend technologies

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Frontend & Mobile Frameworks

Frontend frameworks, mobile development, and templating engines

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Databases

Database systems and data storage solutions

MySQL

Latest

Open-source relational database management system with high performance and reliability

MongoDB

Latest

NoSQL document database for flexible data storage

Redis

Latest

Distributed cache for sub-second response times

Elasticsearch

Latest

Distributed search and analytics engine for log analysis

RethinkDB

Latest

Real-time document database for live updates and reactive applications

SQLite

Latest

Embedded database for mobile applications and lightweight storage

MariaDB

Latest

MySQL-compatible database with enhanced features and performance

Milvus

Latest

Vector database for AI-powered similarity search and analytics

RabbitMQ

Latest

Message broker for reliable asynchronous communication and distributed systems

Apache Kafka

Latest

Distributed streaming platform for high-throughput data pipelines

TiDB

Latest

Distributed SQL database with horizontal scalability and MySQL compatibility

ScyllaDB

Latest

High-performance NoSQL database compatible with Apache Cassandra

DragonflyDB

Latest

Modern in-memory datastore compatible with Redis and Memcached APIs

Apache Cassandra

Latest

Distributed NoSQL database designed for high availability and scalability

Memcached

Latest

Distributed memory caching system for high-performance web applications

etcd

Latest

Distributed key-value store for configuration management and service discovery

Aerospike

Latest

High-performance NoSQL database for real-time big data applications

Apache Spark

Latest

Unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing, machine learning, and distributed computation

Presto

Latest

Distributed SQL query engine for running interactive analytic queries against data sources

CockroachDB

Latest

Distributed SQL database designed for cloud applications and resilience

PostgreSQL

Latest

Advanced open-source relational database with ACID compliance and extensible architecture

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Data & Infrastructure

ORM tools, cloud storage solutions, and monitoring systems

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Integration & Security

Communication systems, integrations, security protocols, and system administration tools

USSD Gateway

Custom

Mobile network access for feature phones

Mercure

Latest

Real-time communication protocol for pushing data updates to web browsers and mobile apps

Discord Integration

Latest

System alerts and team notifications

Apple APNS

Latest

Native iOS push notification service

Google Firebase

Latest

Cross-platform push notifications and real-time database

WebRTC

Latest

Peer-to-peer real-time communication for audio, video, and data

Server Push/Notification

Latest

Server-sent events and push notification systems for real-time updates

Stream Chat API

Latest

Real-time chat and messaging API platform integration

WhatsApp API

Business

WhatsApp Business API for customer communication and notifications

gRPC

Latest

High-performance RPC framework for microservices communication

SOAP

Latest

Legacy SOAP integration for enterprise systems

GraphQL

Latest

Modern query language for flexible API data fetching and real-time subscriptions

Socket.IO

Latest

WebSocket communication for real-time bidirectional updates

WebSocket

Standard

Native WebSocket protocol for real-time bidirectional communication

HLS

Latest

HTTP Live Streaming protocol for adaptive video streaming over HTTP

XML-RPC

Latest

Remote procedure call protocol using XML for data encoding

JSON-RPC

Latest

Remote procedure call protocol using JSON for data encoding

Swagger/OpenAPI

3.0

API documentation and specification framework

Puppeteer

Latest

Headless Chrome automation for web scraping and PDF generation

HMAC SHA-256

Standard

Request signature verification and integrity

RSA Encryption

2048-bit

Public key cryptography

SSL/TLS 1.3

Latest

HTTPS encryption with certificate pinning

OAuth 2.0

Standard

Modern authentication

Sophos Antivirus

Enterprise

Enterprise-grade endpoint protection and cybersecurity solution

PCI-DSS

Level 1

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliance for secure payment processing

Let's Encrypt

Latest

Free automated SSL certificate authority for HTTPS encryption

JWT Token

RS256

JSON Web Token authentication for secure API access and session management

AES-256

GCM

Advanced Encryption Standard for data encryption at rest and in transit

DevOps

Testing frameworks, CI/CD tools, containerization, deployment platforms, server management, and collaboration tools

Jest

Latest

JavaScript testing framework with coverage reporting and mocking

PHPUnit

Latest

PHP testing framework for unit and integration testing

Cypress

Latest

End-to-end testing framework for web applications

Puppeteer

Latest

Headless Chrome automation for web scraping and testing

Husky

Latest

Git hooks management for pre-commit validation and testing

Jenkins

Latest

Automated CI/CD pipeline with multi-environment deployment

CapRover CLI

Latest

Command-line deployment tool for container management

Docker Registry

CapRover built-in

Private container image registry for deployments

Git Webhooks

GitHub/GitLab

Automated trigger for CI/CD pipeline on code push

Docker Swarm

Native clustering

Multi-node container orchestration with service discovery

Docker

Latest

Container runtime with swarm mode

Docker Compose

Latest

Multi-container Docker application orchestration and management

CapRover

Latest

PaaS platform for container deployment and management

AWS EC2

Latest

Cloud computing instances for application hosting

Nginx Load Balancer

Latest

HTTP/HTTPS load balancing with health checks

Apache

Latest

Web server for hosting applications and serving static content

Supervisor

Latest

Process control system for UNIX-like operating systems

Ubuntu Server

Latest

Host operating system for container runtime

PM2

Latest

Production process manager with clustering and auto-restart

Portainer

Latest

Docker container management platform with web-based GUI for orchestration

Kubernetes

Latest

Container orchestration platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management

Skaffold

Latest

Kubernetes development workflow automation and continuous deployment

Ansible

Latest

Infrastructure automation and configuration management for multi-server deployments

Swagger/OpenAPI

Latest

API documentation and specification standards

Postman

Latest

API testing, documentation, and development workflows

Markdown

Standard

Lightweight markup language for formatting text and documentation

ESLint

Latest

JavaScript linting and code quality enforcement

Prettier

Latest

Code formatting and style consistency

SWC

Latest

Fast Rust-based JavaScript/TypeScript compiler and bundler

esbuild

Latest

Extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier written in Go

Webpack

Latest

Module bundler for JavaScript applications with hot reloading and code splitting

Git

Latest

Distributed version control system for source code management

GitHub

Platform

Git repository hosting with collaborative development features

Bitbucket

Platform

Atlassian Git repository hosting with integrated CI/CD pipelines

Freedcamp

Platform

Project management and collaboration platform for team coordination

Vite

Latest

Next generation frontend tooling with lightning fast builds and instant HMR

Devbox

Latest

Isolated development environments with Nix for reproducible project setups

Jira

Cloud

Agile project management tool for issue tracking, sprint planning, and team collaboration

Prometheus

Latest

Systems monitoring and alerting toolkit with time series database

Jaeger

Latest

End-to-end distributed tracing for microservices

Logstash

Latest

Data processing pipeline for logs and events ingestion

Apache Zookeeper

Latest

Centralized coordination service for distributed systems

Criterion

Latest

Statistics-driven micro-benchmarking library for Rust

Grafana

Latest

Data visualization and monitoring dashboards with alerting capabilities

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IDEs

Integrated Development Environments and code editors

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Languages & Additional Skills

Communication languages and soft skills

Languages

French: Native proficiency

English: Professional working proficiency

Wolof: Native proficiency

Professional Skills

Team Leadership: Managing cross-functional technical teams

Project Management: Agile methodologies and delivery excellence

Technical Architecture: System design and scalability planning

Compliance Management: Security frameworks and regulatory standards

Stakeholder Communication: Technical and business requirement translation

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Education & Professional Development

Academic background and specialized training

Bachelor's Degree in Cryptography

2015 - 2016

UCAD (Laboratoire d'algèbre, de cryptologie, de géométrie algébrique et applications), Dakar

Professional Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering & Information Systems Development

2013 - 2015

MIT University Of Dakar, Dakar

Scientific High School Diploma (S2 - Mathematics & Physics)

2012 - 2013

Yallah Surren, Dakar