Part one of a two part interview series with tinkering whizz-kid and OneKloud CTO.
What’s up Xavier, can you introduce yourself?
I compiled my first Linux Kernel at eight years old. As a kid I used to disassemble just about everything I could get my hands on. At ten years old I modified the electronics of my first walkie-talkies to try to tune into the police frequency. Then I started coding, the first thing I did was was to clone my mom's cell-phone sim card so I could use her phone without her knowing. My second project was to clone the television’s satellite card so I could watch cable on my computer… I’ve always been into tinkering, fiddling. My studies were math/electronic oriented in high school and then I went on to an engineering school and then got a Masters 1 degree from the Dominican University of California, University in San Rafael, California. Today my whole house is totally controlled by computers, from the front door to the lighting and everything in between. I’m also a massive fan of raspberry pi and arduino.