Laurent was the first employee for IdentityMine's European branch, based in Zurich Switzerland. There, he lives with his wife Chi Meei and two daughters Alise and Laeticia.

In October 2010, he authored "Silverlight 4 Unleashed", available on Amazon.com. In October 2008, he published “Silverlight 2 Unleashed”, a complete tutorial about the technology, filled with code samples and full color illustrations.

Previously, Laurent worked at Siemens, where he introduced WPF and other .NET 3.5 technologies worldwide. His specific duties included application development, training and coaching colleagues, coordinating and integrating graphic design elements and building relationships with Microsoft. Prior to that, Laurent wrote embedded C/C++, then moved to desktop computers in Java, JavaScript and eventually .NET (desktop and ASP.NET).

Laurent codes in Silverlight, WPF, ASP.NET and Windows Phone 7. You can read his online contributions on http://blog.galasoft.ch and http://www.galasoft.ch.

Laurent has earned numerous distinctions from Microsoft and 2012 is his sixth year as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Silverlight. He was awarded "Silverlight MVP of the year" in 2010 and is recognized as one of the most prominent experts worldwide for Silverlight, XAML, Expression Blend and the MVVM pattern. He is a frequent conference speaker and was invited to talk in large conferences such as MIX in Las Vegas (2009, 2010, 2011), TechEd Europe (2010), multiple TechDays and other local conferences in the USA and in Europe.