Meet the crew
Naftiko was founded by Jérôme Louvel, a longtime builder and thinker in the API world, and later joined by Thomas Eskenazi and Brian Sloane — united by a vision to modernize API integration for the agentic era.
Brian Sloane
Head of Product & Co-founder
Brian is a product leader who brings deep experience shaping developer platforms, integration and API products. Driven by a passion for meaningful experiences, he translates the needs of developers and enterprises into a cohesive roadmap — always building what truly matters for people and for business.
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Farah Trigui
Platform Engineer
Farah brings deep knowledge and genuine passion for Platform Engineering, DevOps, and Cloud-Native technologies to Naftiko. She champions sustainable, responsible engineering practices — balancing technical, environmental, and social impact as she shapes the foundation of our Framework and Fleet.
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Jérémie Tarnaud
Lead Software Engineer
Jeremie is a seasoned software engineer and founding engineer at Naftiko, with deep experience designing and scaling secure, event-driven backend systems. He blends hands-on architecture with open, collaborative leadership — building products that are safe by design and teams that thrive on trust.
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Jérôme Louvel
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Founder of Restlet and former API leader at Talend, Jerome has decades of experience building frameworks and platforms developers trust. A lifelong champion of open source and open community, he brings deep technical vision and an integrity-first approach to building industrial-grade infrastructure.
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Neye Ahmed
Senior Software Engineer
Neye is a senior software engineer at Naftiko, bringing strong engineering craftsmanship and a passion for building reliable, scalable systems. He thrives on solving complex technical challenges and contributing openly to the open-source foundations of Naftiko's platform.
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Thomas Eskenazi
Head of Engineering & Co-founder
Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience, combining technical expertise with strategic leadership. Guided by integrity and fairness, Thomas leads people and teams with curiosity and grit — helping them grow, thrive, and deliver work that matters.
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Navi
First mate
A cat-dolphin hybrid born from the seas of software, Navi is the crew's curious guide. Independent yet collaborative, playful yet precise, Navi helps teams navigate complexity with confidence. As Naftiko's first mate, Navi brings warmth to the rigour — a quiet guardian when you need clarity, and a clever ally when you're ready to explore new waters.
Board members
Our board combines deep experience in technology, open source, and scaling global platforms — guiding Naftiko as it sets course for the next horizon.
Jérôme Louvel
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Founder of Restlet and former API leader at Talend, Jerome has decades of experience building frameworks and platforms developers trust. He brings deep technical vision and an enterprise-grade approach to building Industrial-grade infra.
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Guillaume Decugis
VC at Serena
Tech founder in Paris, SF and NYC (4 exits) turned early-stage VC. Now investing Serena's €100m Data Ventures fund in teams with top engineering or research talent, building transformational technology in AI/Data with a global ambition.
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Laurent Py
Entrepreneur, Product Leader, Senior Advisor
I love solving complex business problems and building high performing teams. I make sure teams understand the WHY of their work. I push them to think about their impacts and align around aggressive business outcomes.
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Bertrand Diard
Co-founder & Chairman at Syroco, Angel Investor & Venture Partner at Serena Capital
Serial entrepreneur who co-founded Talend, one of the most successful open-source data integration companies, and took it to Nasdaq. He went on to co-found Syroco and launch Serena Data Ventures, the first fund specialized in Big Data and AI.
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Jake Stein
Co-founder & CEO at Common Paper
Co-founded RJMetrics (acquired by Magento/Adobe) and Stitch (acquired by Talend), where he served as SVP of Growth. Now building Common Paper to standardize B2B software contracts. A Wharton alum and Y Combinator founder with over 15 years in B2B software.
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Advisory board
Our advisory board brings together industry veterans, technologists, and ecosystem leaders helping Naftiko align open-source innovation with real-world adoption.
Antoine Buhl
Technology advisor. CTO and Entrepreneur | Tech.Rocks Core Team Member
I am a results-driven technology leader with a proven track record of scaling SaaS tech teams from 2 to 200+ people internationally. Successfully contributed as CTO to 1 exit (Availpro) and 5 mergers/acquisitions.
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Bonnie Ravina
Marketing advisor. Startup and Scaleup champion
GTM and marketing strategist with 30 years of international B2B tech experience, including launch roles at SAP and go-to-market advisory for Ring Capital. Founder of Full Circle: 360 Marketing, she has helped nearly 40 startups, scaleups, and unicorns position, launch, and grow across the US and Europe.
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Paul Melchiorre
Business advisor. Operating Partner at Stripes
30-year enterprise software veteran and Operating Partner at Stripes. Previously President and CRO at Anaplan, where he helped grow ARR from $80M to $300M+ through a successful IPO. Earlier led global field operations at Ariba through its $5B acquisition and served as EVP of Global Accounts at SAP.
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The journey so far
Jérôme's frameworks and platforms that shaped modern API ecosystems
Thomas and Brian joining the crew to lead engineering and product
A shared belief in community-driven, open-source innovation
Developers have lived too long with patchwork integrations and brittle glue code. Naftiko exists to change that.
