28 Years of Engineering Authority.
From a small architecture practice in Avignon to a Family Tech Venture Office spanning the Euromed–Gulf–India corridor, Quatrain has spent nearly three decades architecting mission-critical systems for public administrations, global industrials and software pioneers. These are the milestones that shaped us.
- 2025 — 2026
AI Application Developer Team Certification
Syntec-Ingénierie certification: 'Design and Implement an AI Solution'. Quatrain's engineering authority extended to the post-LLM era — sovereign AI architecture from device to cloud.
- 2025
ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
PECB certification as ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor — formal recognition of the expertise required to audit Information Security Management Systems and lead audit teams under internationally recognised principles.
- 2019 — Ongoing
Cloud-Native Architecture
Systems Architecture and Agile development for a multi-year refactoring and evolution of a desktop solution into a hybrid Cloud-Native / On-Premise SaaS platform.
- 2024
France 2030 & France 2030 Export Laureate
First Venture selected as Laureate of both France 2030 and France 2030 Export — sovereign endorsement of the venture's deep-tech trajectory and international deployment ambition.
- 2023
G20 India Best Audience Choice Startup Award
First Venture wins the Global Audience Award in the Agritech category at the G20 Summit in Bangalore — international recognition of Quatrain's lead venture and its sovereign soil-data IoT platform.
- 2019
First Venture Spin-Off
Quatrain co-founds First Venture — a Data, AI and IoT venture for agriculture, building a hardened soil-data IoT device, mobile apps and AI algorithms on a subscription model. Quatrain's first lead venture, still in active deployment.
- 2017 — 2020
Executive MBA & IoT Certification
Olivier follows and pass the Internet of Things programme at École Polytechnique (2017–2018), then an Executive MBA at emlyon business school (2018–2020). Deep-tech engineering formalised into venture leadership.
- 2017 — 2018
BIM × Supply Chain
Specifications and project management for a full Supply Chain overhaul: Master Data Management with Akeneo PIM 2 (PHP/Symfony), ESB-based Business Process Management, and BIM integration connecting ArchiCAD with PIM and ERP.
- 2015 — 2017
Cloud Marketplace API
Within the ArrowSphere Cloud Platform R&D team: backend architecture (RESTful API with Laravel + MongoDB), service provisioning across Microsoft CSP, Azure, Oracle and IBM SoftLayer. Lead PHP developer, Scrum Master, advocate of unit tests, CI/CD and containerisation with Docker & Kubernetes.
- 2009 — 2019
Mission-Critical Middleware
Ten-year engagement architecting and developing the middleware connecting an IBMi car-registration process to the French Ministry of Interior API (SIV) — XSD/SOAP messaging over TLS. First AA-001-AA plate issued on day one. Talk delivered at ZendCon 2009, San José.
XML/XSDAS/400
- 2006 — 2008
PHP Industrialisation Era
Quatrain Technologies is founded as an independent digital communication agency and IT engineering practice — from website and e-commerce development to software architecture, DevSecOps and digital transformation for public and private sector clients.
- 2000 — 2018
Hosting Operator
Two decades operating as a hosting provider — shared and dedicated offerings backed by deep proximity expertise and the operational discipline required to run mission-critical applications. BGP-routed networks, RIPE-managed IP space, and a hardened Dell + Cisco stack delivered in partnership with tier-one French operators.
- 1999 — 2018
Public Sector at Scale
Eighteen years architecting and operating the online enrolment platform for 70,000 pupils across 400+ schools, plus the classroom supply chain for 4,000 teachers — 20,000 orders/year, €3.2M annual turnover. Full-stack development, sysops team management and direct dialogue with elected officials and C-level stakeholders.
- Various customers1997 — 2005
Web & E-commerce Platforms
Design and development of dynamic websites and e-commerce platforms for public institutions and private brands across Provence and beyond.
- 1997
Foundation
Quatrain Technologies is founded as an independent IT engineering practice — software architecture, DevSecOps and digital transformation for public and private sector clients.
AI Application Developer Team Certification
Syntec-Ingénierie certification: 'Design and Implement an AI Solution'. Quatrain's engineering authority extended to the post-LLM era — sovereign AI architecture from device to cloud.
ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
PECB certification as ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor — formal recognition of the expertise required to audit Information Security Management Systems and lead audit teams under internationally recognised principles.
Cloud-Native Architecture
Systems Architecture and Agile development for a multi-year refactoring and evolution of a desktop solution into a hybrid Cloud-Native / On-Premise SaaS platform.
France 2030 & France 2030 Export Laureate
First Venture selected as Laureate of both France 2030 and France 2030 Export — sovereign endorsement of the venture's deep-tech trajectory and international deployment ambition.
G20 India Best Audience Choice Startup Award
First Venture wins the Global Audience Award in the Agritech category at the G20 Summit in Bangalore — international recognition of Quatrain's lead venture and its sovereign soil-data IoT platform.
First Venture Spin-Off
Quatrain co-founds First Venture — a Data, AI and IoT venture for agriculture, building a hardened soil-data IoT device, mobile apps and AI algorithms on a subscription model. Quatrain's first lead venture, still in active deployment.
Executive MBA & IoT Certification
Olivier follows and pass the Internet of Things programme at École Polytechnique (2017–2018), then an Executive MBA at emlyon business school (2018–2020). Deep-tech engineering formalised into venture leadership.
BIM × Supply Chain
Specifications and project management for a full Supply Chain overhaul: Master Data Management with Akeneo PIM 2 (PHP/Symfony), ESB-based Business Process Management, and BIM integration connecting ArchiCAD with PIM and ERP.
Cloud Marketplace API
Within the ArrowSphere Cloud Platform R&D team: backend architecture (RESTful API with Laravel + MongoDB), service provisioning across Microsoft CSP, Azure, Oracle and IBM SoftLayer. Lead PHP developer, Scrum Master, advocate of unit tests, CI/CD and containerisation with Docker & Kubernetes.
Mission-Critical Middleware
Ten-year engagement architecting and developing the middleware connecting an IBMi car-registration process to the French Ministry of Interior API (SIV) — XSD/SOAP messaging over TLS. First AA-001-AA plate issued on day one. Talk delivered at ZendCon 2009, San José.
XML/XSDAS/400PHP Industrialisation Era
Quatrain Technologies is founded as an independent digital communication agency and IT engineering practice — from website and e-commerce development to software architecture, DevSecOps and digital transformation for public and private sector clients.
Hosting Operator
Two decades operating as a hosting provider — shared and dedicated offerings backed by deep proximity expertise and the operational discipline required to run mission-critical applications. BGP-routed networks, RIPE-managed IP space, and a hardened Dell + Cisco stack delivered in partnership with tier-one French operators.
Public Sector at Scale
Eighteen years architecting and operating the online enrolment platform for 70,000 pupils across 400+ schools, plus the classroom supply chain for 4,000 teachers — 20,000 orders/year, €3.2M annual turnover. Full-stack development, sysops team management and direct dialogue with elected officials and C-level stakeholders.
Web & E-commerce Platforms
Design and development of dynamic websites and e-commerce platforms for public institutions and private brands across Provence and beyond.
Foundation
Quatrain Technologies is founded as an independent IT engineering practice — software architecture, DevSecOps and digital transformation for public and private sector clients.
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Solvency before Sovereignty. Architecture before Hype.
Every contract delivered, every system in production, every certification earned has fed the same conviction: deep-tech is built on engineering authority, not narratives.