Benoît Osterberger
CTO / Head of Systems
I build the technical infrastructure that enables media teams to produce more, better, and without burning out. Data engineering, automation, AI — applied to real problems.
Experience
Webedia
Social Technical Director
May 2022 → Present
Lyon, France
Structure, automate and secure the data chain and workflows around social content, at the scale of an international group.
Data Team – Social Data Engineering & BI
- Leading the Data team dedicated to social networks
- Setting up the data stack: ingestion, cleaning, normalization, centralization
- Pipelines processing several million rows per month
- Strategic dashboards for performance and revenue tracking
Production Team – Structuring & Automation
- Redesign and standardization of video production workflows
- Deployment of collaborative tools for 200+ users
- Automation via no-code, scripts and applied AI
- Design and management of EdiThor, internal video editing automation tool
Impact
Loopsider
Chief Technology Officer
Sept. 2019 → May 2022
Lyon, France
Structure data and build internal tools to drive content performance.
Key achievements
- Creation and structuring of the Dev & Data team (0 → complete team)
- Design of internal tools for ingestion and analysis of social statistics
- Multi-platform data stack (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter...)
- Categorization and content scoring models (pre-AI, data-driven)
- Creation of Sherp.ai, SaaS for social performance tracking and analysis
Impact
Vertical Station / MinuteBuzz
CTO
March 2018 → Aug. 2019
Lyon, France
Lead the technological transition during the MinuteBuzz → Vertical Station rebranding.
Key achievements
- Social data aggregation with Vidclust robots
- Data analysis with data science tools
- Editorial process automation
Vidclust
Acquired by TF1CTO
Sept. 2014 → Aug. 2019
Lyon, France
Develop tech tools for social media professionals.
Products developed
- A/B Testing: automatic video version scoring, social impact prediction
- Intelligence: crawling thousands of influencers, analyzing millions of videos/day
Astérisque Digital
Co-Founder
Feb. 2014 → Aug. 2019
Lyon, France
Agency specializing in influencers for young audiences.
Activities
- Identification of key influencers
- Partnerships and high-visibility content creation
- Campaign activation and amplification
Freelance
Full Stack Web Developer
March 2015 → April 2017
Lyon, France
PHP web development (Symfony, WordPress, Yii) and Node.js.
Artwage
Founder
June 2013 → Jan. 2014
Lyon, France
Creation of a crowdfunding platform dedicated to YouTubers.
Lynkoa
Development Engineer
Jan. 2011 → June 2013
Lyon, France
Web Development.
Education
Staffordshire University
2009 - 2010Master of Science
Computer Science
UK
ECAM Lyon
2005 - 2009Engineering Degree
General Engineering
Lyon, France
Certifications
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