About
Who are you?
I am the co-author of The Lean Tech Manifesto and CTO of Theodo, a leading technology consultancy I cofounded with Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle and scaled from 10 people in 2012 to 700 people in 2022.
Before that I studied Computer Science at École Polytechnique and ETH Zürich.
I now live in London with my two sons.
What do you do for a living?
My company, Theodo, uses Agile, devops, and Lean to build transformational tech products for clients all over the world, including global companies—such as VF Corporation, Raytheon Technologies, SMBC, Biogen, Colas, Tarkett, Dior, Safran, BNP Paribas, Allianz, and SG—and leading tech scale-ups—such as ContentSquare, ManoMano, and Qonto.
What are you going to talk about at FlowCon?
I want to share some of the learnings of my last ten years scaling a tech organisation from 10 people to 700 people and maintain an Agile culture all the way.
This has been our challenge with my co-founder Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle for the past 10 years. Fortunately, we discovered Lean Thinking early in this journey and realised it was the extension to the Agile Manifesto that we had been missing.
10 years later, we decided to share the five principles that helped us along that journey and that we would have liked to know 10 years ago in a book. In this session, I want to focus on how these 5 principles have helped us design more valuable software and maintain agility, quality and speed throughout delivery, even at scale.
What are you the proudest of?
First, my two sons, 2 and 3 years old.
Then, Theodo's culture and all the Theodoers, past and present, who contribute to spreading it. The enthusiasm to look for more ingenious ways to do things is incredibly rewarding.
What speaker and/or topic would you like to see at FlowCon?
There are many speakers I am excited to see, including Alberto Brandolini whose ideas we have used for a while but I have never met in person.
If you were an art piece, which one would it be?
Something by Jean Tinguely, makers of abstract technical machines.
What's your favorite band, artist or song?
The last artist who blew my mind was Look Mum No Computer on stage.
Sum up your session or workshop in only 1 sentence
The Agile Manifesto, scaled.
What are the 3 top takeaways from your session or workshop?
- Why Lean Thinking is a major source of learnings when trying to scale Agile
- The missing part of Lean Thinking: tech-enabled network of teams
- What a scalable Manifesto could look like
I am the co-author of The Lean Tech Manifesto and CTO of Theodo, a leading technology consultancy I cofounded with Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle and scaled from 10 people in 2012 to 700 people in 2022.
Before that I studied Computer Science at École Polytechnique and ETH Zürich.
I now live in London with my two sons.
What do you do for a living?
My company, Theodo, uses Agile, devops, and Lean to build transformational tech products for clients all over the world, including global companies—such as VF Corporation, Raytheon Technologies, SMBC, Biogen, Colas, Tarkett, Dior, Safran, BNP Paribas, Allianz, and SG—and leading tech scale-ups—such as ContentSquare, ManoMano, and Qonto.
What are you going to talk about at FlowCon?
I want to share some of the learnings of my last ten years scaling a tech organisation from 10 people to 700 people and maintain an Agile culture all the way.
This has been our challenge with my co-founder Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle for the past 10 years. Fortunately, we discovered Lean Thinking early in this journey and realised it was the extension to the Agile Manifesto that we had been missing.
10 years later, we decided to share the five principles that helped us along that journey and that we would have liked to know 10 years ago in a book. In this session, I want to focus on how these 5 principles have helped us design more valuable software and maintain agility, quality and speed throughout delivery, even at scale.
What are you the proudest of?
First, my two sons, 2 and 3 years old.
Then, Theodo's culture and all the Theodoers, past and present, who contribute to spreading it. The enthusiasm to look for more ingenious ways to do things is incredibly rewarding.
What speaker and/or topic would you like to see at FlowCon?
There are many speakers I am excited to see, including Alberto Brandolini whose ideas we have used for a while but I have never met in person.
If you were an art piece, which one would it be?
Something by Jean Tinguely, makers of abstract technical machines.
What's your favorite band, artist or song?
The last artist who blew my mind was Look Mum No Computer on stage.
Sum up your session or workshop in only 1 sentence
The Agile Manifesto, scaled.
What are the 3 top takeaways from your session or workshop?
- Why Lean Thinking is a major source of learnings when trying to scale Agile
- The missing part of Lean Thinking: tech-enabled network of teams
- What a scalable Manifesto could look like
