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Cécilia FilleChristophe Hébert: “What if we're only at the beginning?”
[ CTO interview ]Cécilia FilleNitsan Seniak: “Technology for technology's sake has never interested me”
[ CTO interview ]Cécilia FilleFrom developer to multi-hat CTO: a conversation with Alexis Delaporte, CTO and co-founder of Wegrow.
CTO interview24 mars 2026Interim CTO: How do you steer Tech when everything is shaking?
In the startup and scale-up ecosystem, we often picture the **CTO (Chief Technology Officer)** as a visionary architect building on a blank canvas. **Simon Tannai's** reality is radically different. Simon doesn't show up to admire stable systems; he arrives when the engine is smoking, the crew is divided, and the leadership team has lost its bearings. Being CTO when nothing is stable means accepting that code is only a tiny part of the equation. Here are the management and tech strategy lessons from his journey.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview16 février 2026Building a tech organization that lasts - A conversation with Robin Leboeuf, Head of Engineering at leboncoin
A conversation with Robin Leboeuf, Head of Engineering at leboncoin, on building durable tech organizations, developer experience, and engineering at scale.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview15 décembre 2025Building a tech team in healthcare: a conversation with Nicolas, CTO and co-founder of Klineo
Interview with Nicolas Drizard, CTO and co-founder of Klineo: his path between AI and healthcare, the data challenges, hiring, management, and how he is building a tech team in service of doctors and patients.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview8 décembre 2025Guillaume Robin, Head of Software Engineering: "If you reduce the job to writing code, you miss what really matters"
Interview with Guillaume Robin, Head of Software Engineering: his journey, Inarix's challenges, AI applied in the field, remote management, and his vision of the engineer's craft.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview24 novembre 2025Romain Kuzniak: from music to tech, then to entrepreneurship
Romain's path, from music to tech and on to entrepreneurship. A career change, a scale-up, management, and the launch of Ignito: an inspiring trajectory built on learning and resilience.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview17 novembre 2025Understand AI before you deploy it
Interview with Nicolas, Head of Generative AI at OCTO Technology. His path, generative AI, agents, robotics, the impact on tech recruiting, and tips for upskilling in a fast-moving field.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview10 novembre 2025A CTO who restructures without leaving the trenches
Thomas Barrusseau joined theTribe as technical director in 2024. He'd already worked there as a developer before going to explore other worlds - from graphics engines to fintech. When he comes back, it's to take on a project from the roots: make the organization more fluid, strengthen expertise… while keeping what makes theTribe's DNA.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview4 novembre 2025Lessons learned: 6 years as CTO at Taster
Dayvid K., former CTO of Taster, talks through how he built a tech team to support hypergrowth, the mistakes he'd handle differently today, and what really changes when you're a CTO at a startup.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview29 octobre 2025From engineering to leadership: Ludovic Fleury's journey
From developer to CEO, Ludovic Fleury shares his journey, his mistakes, and his lessons learned in building and managing tech teams, from startup to company leadership.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview20 octobre 2025Making data useful: a decade of lessons with Sophie Buresi
After ten years in data - across consulting, retail, and AI engagements - Sophie Buresi shares what she's learned about creating value, structuring data teams, governance, and the real business stakes behind the AI hype.
Cécilia Fille
CTO interview13 octobre 2025From OpenClassrooms to Cocohop: the journey of a CTO turned founder
From CTO to founder, Vincent Paulin shares 15 years of lessons across startups, tech team management, and entrepreneurship with Cocohop.
Cécilia Fille