Philippe Van Eerdenbrugghe

Philippe Van Eerdenbrugghe

CTO, Coach, Senior Software Engineer.

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Services Tailored for You

Technical Translation & Advising

For: Executive Team

I support board members in making informed decisions around technology and product strategy. I translate complex tech contexts into clear business risks and opportunities.

My Expertise

I bring a strong background in SaaS development, Lean & Agile delivery, and stakeholder alignment. As CTO of Nodalview, I helped win the Deloitte Fast 50 award 4 times in a row.

Technical Strategy Advisory

For: CTO

Building a scalable product requires balancing rapid delivery with long-term vision. I assist in structuring your tech team, making informed technical choices, and aligning them with business goals.

My Expertise

Having advised founders in structuring their tech stacks and implementing robust practices, I bring firsthand experience in navigating the pressures of startup environments. I've already helped more than 10 CTO's about topics such as AI adoption, team topology, change management, cloud migration, product pivoting, etc. .

Leadership Balance Coaching

For: Team Lead

Balancing technical responsibilities and team management can be challenging. I help you develop soft skills, delegate effectively, and maintain coding involvement while leading your team.

My Expertise

Combining leadership experience with a deep understanding of team dynamics, I have grown teams from 4 to 15 people, including individuals with 0 to 15+ years of experience, from diverse cultures and countries, and across 12 time zones.

Career Elevation Mentorship

For: Software Engineer

You're aiming to elevate your career. I provide personalized mentorship to help you build confidence, enhance technical skills, and prepare for leadership roles.

My Expertise

My background as a teacher, referee, and coach has shaped my approach to personal growth. I've guided engineers to become CTOs, Staff Engineers, Managers but also helped people change their path to become artists or opening their own coffee shop.I'm focusing on individual journeys and aspirations.

Temporary Engineering Support

For: Engineering Manager

As an experienced web engineer, I can integrate seamlessly into your team to build complex features and supporting subsystems. I provide a temporary productivity boost, ensure continuity, or fill in for a missing key member.

My Expertise

With a long track record in web development and system design, I bring immediate value. I adapt quickly to different environments and can ship production-quality code while supporting team practices and processes.

Experience from last 10 years

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Setting vision, leadership, processes of the team, department and eventually whole company. Drive technical innovation about photography, video, and virtual tours. Building a platform for real estate marketing.

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Develop or extend SaaS applications for funded startup or larger companies. Work with customers to understand their needs and help them achieve their goals in a time and budget constrained environment.

Recent Publications

Steven and Philippe joined me to dive deep into testing and RSpec. We covered best practices, common pitfalls, and shared some real-world insights that every developer can relate to. If you're into writing better tests (or just want to hear some passionate devs chat about it), this one's for you!

In this episode, Philippe, Jose, and I dive into one of the most debated practices in software development: Test-First Development. We explore: - The advantages of writing tests before code - The correlation between testable code and 'good' code - The common arguments against testing first

A vast majority of the ruby experience revolves around Web applications. During this talk, I'll tell the story of writing a non-web microservice, consuming messages from a queue for processing zip uploads. It heavily relies on dry-rb gems constellation, a useful but sometimes opaque set of tools.

Team topology has a drastic impact on the way we work. This article expplained why and how Nodalview moved from a tech pole structure to a product team structure in 2022.

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