About

In a few words...

Committed to having a positive impact on society and the planet, I help teams deliver and maximize their impact.
My day-to-day:

Build a roadmap and prioritize features.
Organize delivery and set up processes.
Code stuff.
Lead teams and give them technical direction and vision.
Run fast and pedal as long as possible...

Profile

I have been working within Tech & Product teams for 15 years, as a CT(P)O, VP Engineering or lead dev. My background as a developer lets me both contribute to delivery and guide technical teams, all while being obsessed with product quality and user experience.

Name: Valentin Tilly Bourgoin
Age: 39 y/o
Location: Nantes, France
Email: hello@valentinbourgoin.fr

Skills

I can join a team as an individual contributor, take part in setting up delivery processes, building and prioritizing a roadmap, or defining a technical architecture.

Team management
Coding (Django, React...)
Product roadmap
Technical specifications

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Services

How can I help you?

Do you have short-term needs around an MVP's development strategy, or around organizing or scaling your delivery? I'd be happy to help!

Team organization

How to organize delivery and maximize your teams' velocity?

Tech lead

Do you need a senior contributor to help build a product or a feature?

Coaching / training

How to support your teams over the long term and help them progress?

MVP strategy

Which feature should be prioritized? How to minimize time-to-market?

Technical architecture

How to design your next killer feature? What tools to use and what architecture to implement?

Audit

How to improve your existing Tech / Product organization?

More info

My resume

You'll find below my main references as a CTO, CPO, teaching supervisor or senior web engineer.

Professional Experience

Freelance Tech Lead

Since 2024

Speeral, Hourrail, API Engagement (beta.gouv)

Freelance Tech Lead missions for several clients.

Individual contributor coding.
Technical leadership and product roadmap building.
Setting up delivery processes.

Stack: Typescript, NodeJS, Postgres.

Mentor

Since Dec 2021

Ada Tech School

Ada Tech School is the 1st inclusive computer science school with an alternative pedagogy.

Supporting cohorts of learners.
Facilitating and following up on rituals.
One-on-one feedback interviews.

Stack: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, PHP, ...

CTO

Dec 2021 - Sept 2024

OMAJ

OMAJ is an online consignment store for second-hand clothing that puts Tech at the service of a mission: kicking fast fashion's ass.

Setting up the technical stack.
Recruiting and managing the team.
Building the roadmap and staffing.
Setting up a way of working and tracking performance metrics.

Stack: Django (Celery, Redis, Postgres, ...), React, Shopify.

Senior VP Product

Sept 2016 - July 2021

Sport Heroes

Sport Heroes is a start-up that edits a SaaS product allowing more than 300 partners (brands, event organizers, NGOs, companies) to engage their communities of customers, collaborators, or fans around connected sports and well-being.

Managed the Product & Tech team (about 25 people: Product Managers / Designers, Engineering Managers, Developers, User Care) in agile squads.
In charge of the roadmap priorities, delivery and processes.

Stack: React / React Native, Node, Mongo, Redis, AWS.

Head of Technology

Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

909c (WNP)

909c is a social media agency, acquired by WNP in 2017.

Managed the technical team on various projects: planning, day-to-day management, technical architecture.

Stack: Symfony, Wordpress, eZPublish, VueJS, ...

Web engineer

July 2010 - Sept 2015

Freelance

- Web dev front / mobile / back.
- Hosting.
- Consulting / training.
- Guest lecturer at Paris-Est University.

Stack: Python / Django, Symfony, Wordpress, Angular, ...

Education

IMAC Engineer

2006 - 2009

Université de Paris Est - ESIPE

General Engineering Degree

Hello

I'm Valentin Tilly Bourgoin.