Louka Ménard Blondin

hello@louka.sh
louka.sh ·github.com/loukamb
linkedin.com/in/loukamb ·Vancouver, Canada

Experience

Roblox CorporationOctober 2025 — Present
Senior Product Manager
Engine Security
Synapse SoftworksApril 2016 — August 2025
Head of OperationsJanuary 2020 — August 2025
  • Led the 2023 partnership with Roblox, shifting the team toward security analysis and countermeasures alongside Roblox
  • Helped guide Synapse Softworks through its acquisition by Roblox, playing a key role in due diligence and contributing detailed knowledge of the company's operations, technology, and business
  • Led an AI-powered threat intelligence platform and investigations; responded to targeted vulnerabilities and a 2019 IP incident that drove a ground-up rewrite
  • Owned pricing, staffing, policy, and partner relationships; moved the product to subscriptions based on multi-year infrastructure costs
  • Led brand, communications, and community programs; reviewed abuse risk, halted a risky plugin system, and designed a moderated script-review program
Principal Software EngineerOctober 2018 — January 2020
Execution Technology & Security
  • Led Synapse X UX/UI, the e-commerce platform, marketing website, and brand identity
  • Built developer tools and an automated binary-build processing pipeline; implemented client-to-website single sign-on
Software EngineerApril 2016 — October 2018
Execution Technology & Security
  • Co-developed the flagship product through reverse engineering, feature development, and protections against security threats
  • Built developer tooling and provided customer technical support
Unicode ConsortiumApril 2023 — Present
Chair
Editorial Working Group
  • Chair technical editing of Unicode specifications, charts, and data; coordinate senior editors and script experts
  • Ran the Unicode 17.0 editorial release from alpha review through publication
  • Deliver quarterly reports and recommendations to the Unicode Technical Committee
Stryve Foods, Inc.July 2024 — April 2025
Contract E-commerce Development
  • Co-directed and deployed a Next.js/Shopify storefront; integrated Klaviyo, Stamped, and Gorgias for retention and customer support

Skills

Leadership
Product management; Operations and policy; Applied AI; Standards and technical writing
Engineering
C, Lua, TypeScript; React, Svelte, Next.js; LLM integration; Linux (Void, Wayland)
Security
AI threat intelligence; Reverse engineering; Windows internals; Anti-cheat and anti-tamper; Abuse-risk review

Projects

Lus
Small, reliable programming language written in C.
HL Group
Research into ontological technology for business and market awareness and response.
Paroisse Saint-Clément
Maintain parish web, donations, email, and electronics.
Nazarene Human Arts Fund
Direct financial support for artists affected by generative AI.
MicroLua
Compact Lua runtime for embedded and memory-constrained systems.
Void Linux packages
Maintain Xfce plugins and the Smartbookmark package.
Parmesan
Browser map editor for history and military writing.

Languages

  • English (native)
  • French (native)
  • German (elementary)
  • Spanish (elementary)