We are really pleased to welcome Jean-Paul Iraguha, CTO at Rise (formerly UPY) to talk about the role of a developer in a company, especially in a recently created 'neobank', and learn more about what being a technical leader is.

The perfect talk to discover the world of developers!

You will also be able to ask Jean-Paul all your questions during the talk 💥

🔥 Hybrid event 🔥

This event will be live-streamed from our BXL campus, and you can access it from the comfort of your home! You have to register on Eventbrite, so we can send you the link to access the webinar platform on D-Day! 💻

📇 About Rise

Rise is the money app & debit card specifically designed for teenagers, allowing them to practice spending, saving, and even investing in their future. No mum, this isn't just a phase. We want to inspire a financially savvy generation to confidently flex when it comes to handling their money, on a platform that high-key hits different.

Rise is all about learning whilst doing, but not without security. Parents have a dedicated interface, complete with flexible parental controls. You get to keep an eye on your teens' financial world, in real-time. Rise creates a safe, monitorable environment for your teen to learn about money.

Flexible, financial exploration for teens that’s secure, fun, and packed into one, easy-to-use app. Let’s create a generation as confident with money as they are with TikTok.

👤 About Jean-Paul Iraguha

Jean-Paul is CTO at Rise. His goal is to build the best and most performant engineering team in Belgium. His work is focused on developer well-being, developer productivity, tooling, and automation. He is convinced that developer empowerment and shared ownership across all organizations are crucial to reducing the gap between development and business. In his past projects, Jean-Paul has been involved in projects of diverse sizes, from digital migrations of old core backing systems to regulatory & compliance topics such as PSD2.

He is also spending time giving back to the community by contributing to open-source projects and organizing developer communities.