Guillaume Rozier | |
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Born | Guillaume, Aymeric, Gabriel Rozier (1996-04-28) April 28, 1996 (age 28) |
Citizenship | French |
Education | IMT-BS and Telecom Nancy. |
Occupation(s) | Creator of CovidTracker and VaccinTracker projects |
Website | Covidtracker |
Guillaume Rozier (born in April 1996) is a French engineer, data aggregator, consultant in data science, qualified on January 5, 2021 by the daily Les Echos as a "Most mediated Data Scientist of the moment". He is at the origin of website CovidTracker who regroup data about Covid-19 in France. Also, this website hosts VaccinTracker and ViteMaDose who regroup available appointments for the vaccination against Covid-19.
Biography
Family and childhood
Guillaume Rozier was born in April 1996 from a father who is computer scientist, and from a mother who is professor of physics.
When he was a teenager, he says he was interested about physics, meteorology and mathematics.
Education
Although earlier interested about IT, Guillaume Rozier didn't think he was a "geek" because he didn't know how to program when he got his scientific baccalaureate. After prep school in Champollion high-school at Grenoble, he joined Télécom Nancy in 2016. Also in 2018 he got a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Telecom Business School. During his studies, he studied big-data applied in the medical sector.
Career
Guillaume Rozier works henceforth for a French IT consulting group, a subsidiary of the American company Accenture.
CovidTracker and ViteMaDose
Guillaume Rozier is famous for having created CovidTracker, a website aggregating data about Covid-19 in France, and also because he has created ViteMaDose ("QuickMyDose" in English) which allows people to find an appointment to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Indeed, ViteMaDose regroups the different appointment availability in the region.
Recognition
On May 21, 2021, Guillaume Rozier was nominated exceptionally to the rank of Knight in the French National Order of Merit.
References
- "Guillaume Rozier, traqueur né". LEFIGARO (in French). 19 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "Grand Est. Guillaume Rozier, les très bonnes analyses nancéiennes de CovidTracker". www.republicain-lorrain.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "Guillaume Rozier : le CV du jeune ingénieur qui ringardise le ministère de la Santé". LExpress.fr (in French). 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "Guillaume Rozier, prodige des data sur la piste du Covid-19". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "Covid-19 : Guillaume Rozier, le fondateur de Vitemadose, reçoit l'ordre national du Mérite". SudOuest.fr (in French). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "Rencontre avec Guillaume Rozier, le traqueur de données sur le Covid-19". LCI (in French). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "Official Journal of the French Republic". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2021-07-17.