Louka Ménard Blondin
Occupations (Expand all)
Roblox Corporation Senior Product Manager (October 2025 — Present)
Nazarene Human Arts Fund
Chief Executive Officer (October 2025 — Present)
  • Lead the founding and launch of NHAF as pioneering initiative to deliver economic support to independent artists
  • Enable artists to prioritize autonomous creative work amid challenges from generative AI and precarious livelihoods
  • Personally fund and structure program to scale individual support into sustainable system
  • Lead plans for formal Canadian non-profit registration
Unicode Consortium
Chair of Editorial Working Group (April 2023 — Present)
  • Lead the committee responsible for technical editing of Unicode specifications, charts, and data
  • Maintain working lists and track progress of editorial development and publication
  • Coordinate editorial review processes across multiple working groups and committees
  • Integrate and incorporate feedback from the community into technical editing
  • Manage editorial workflows and publication timelines for internationalization standards
  • Produce and deliver quarterly reports to the Unicode Technical Committee and other stakeholders
  • Occasionally collaborate with academic institutions and analogues in international organizations
Synapse Softworks
Head of Operations (January 2020 — August 2025)
  • Lead policy development and implementation across all operational areas
  • Manage daily operations, human resources, and organizational structure
  • Conduct intelligence processing and threat investigation activities
  • Oversee brand design, communications strategy, and software project coordination
  • Direct cross-functional teams and strategic planning initiatives
  • Oversee B2B and collaboration with external partners
Principal Software Engineer (October 2018 — January 2020)
  • Lead development and design of UX/UI for flagship product, Synapse X
  • Directed development of Synapse's e-commerce platform and marketing website
  • Developed and maintained in-house tools and internal infrastructure
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams from backend to frontend
  • Contributed to the development of the brand identity and marketing materials
Software Engineer (April 2016 — October 2018)
  • Co-developed flagship product, Synapse X
  • Researched and engineered protection against threat vectors
  • Developed and maintained development tools useful for maintenance
  • Reverse engineered target platforms to develop and maintain product features
  • Occassionally provided technical support to customers when needed
Stryve Foods, Inc.
Contract E-commerce Development (July 2024 — April 2025)
  • Co-directed and deployed Stryve Foods' (OTC: SNAX) full-stack e-commerce platform
  • Developed Next.js frontend and Shopify backend integration for the e-commerce platform
  • Integrated customer retention technologies including Klaviyo, Stamped, and AI-powered support service Gorgias
  • Supervise and maintain the e-commerce platform as needed
  • Support Stryve Foods' mission to help Americans snack better and live happier, better lives
  • Contribute to the company's focus on manufacturing and marketing highly differentiated healthy snacks
Projects
Paroisse Saint-Clément Operate and maintain technological stack for Catholic parish in Beauharnois. Handle website development, donation infrastructure, email management, and electronics.
Ahmadiyya Jama'at Produce and maintain posters, publications for eastern Canadian mosques. Maintain Kaab'ot tool and digital library for indexing literary works and Qu'ranic materials.
Technical Skills
SaaS Microsoft Azure, Firebase, Supabase
Operating Systems Linux (Debian, RHEL, Fedora, Arch, SUSE), FreeBSD, macOS, Windows
Reverse Engineering IDA Pro, Cheat Engine, x64dbg, Binary Ninja
Programming Languages C, C++, C#, Lua, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, x86/x64 Assembly, HTML, CSS, Sass, Less
Web Frameworks Next.js, SvelteKit, Astro, React, Preact, Tailwind, MDX
Databases SQLite, MSSQL, Postgres, MongoDB
Administrative Skills
Customer Management Monday, Pipedrive
Product Management Trello, Monday, Jira
Communications Zoom, Teams, Slack, MEGA Chat
OSINT Maltego, SpiderFoot, ask me ;)
Team Collaboration Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Mattermost
Office Software Microsoft Office, Google Documents, LibreOffice
Languages & Personal
Languages English (native), French (native), German (elementary), Spanish (elementary)
Interests Cooking, camping, reading religious literature, creative writing
Work Style Strong work ethic and commitment, requires freedom in problem-solving approach and necessary resources. Natural leadership abilities.