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Hey I'm Stephan, your CTO coach.

1:1 CTO Coaching That Works at Startup Speed.


Are you a CTO or engineering leader struggling with growing your team? Technical debt piling up? Hard decisions to make? I've been there. I help you figure out what to do next. With 25 years as an engineering manager and having coached 80+ CTOs, I know the problems you face. Let's solve them together.
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3x founder. Successful exit. ex-eBay. ex-ImmobilienScout24. 25 years as an engineering manager. There to help you.

Struggling with delegation, technical debt, team scaling, or leadership challenges? Get immediate clarity and discover how CTO coaching can accelerate you.

Better than Claude :-)

Why me

40+ years of software development, 25+ years of engineering management. I've coached 80+ CTOs, engineering managers and founders through scaling challenges, team building, and career growth. From startup chaos to enterprise complexity - I've been there and can guide you through it.

Success Story

Quotes Stephan is a vast source of knowledge in technology, organization building, and systemic thinking. His coaching and reflections have guided me in difficult situations and, more importantly, contributed to my personal growth.
— Veronica Garcia, Unit Lead Technology & Engineering Eurowings Digital

My Book

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CTO Coaching

As a CTO, you face unique challenges that can feel isolating. CTO coaching provides you with a trusted advisor who's navigated these waters before. Together, we'll tackle your toughest decisions, accelerate your leadership growth, and build strategies that make your role more manageable and fulfilling.

You can learn from all my broad and deep experiences in my coaching

For Whom? For You!

This is for CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and engineering managers who are stuck. Maybe you're scaling fast and everything is breaking. Maybe you have team problems. Maybe you're new to the CTO role and don't know what you're doing. I've helped many leaders unstuck and scale.

Unique Coaching Model

ConsultingMentoringBrandingCoachingI combine consulting to solve urgent problems, with mentoring to profit from my experience, coaching to make you grow and your working on your brand into a 360° coaching model.

Coaching Topics

  • How to make AI work
  • Delegation and scaling yourself
  • Being assertive
  • Managing performance
  • Hiring and layoffs
  • ... and all you might need

1:1 CTO Coaching

No groups. Just you and me. Real 60 minutes. 1:1. Every week or every second week based on your context and needs. So we can talk about the real challenges. My Material and document review included.

Success Story

Quotes Working with Stephan let me grow professionally as well as personally and help me become a great tech leader.
— Martin Klemann, CTO Sensit!l

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Take action now! If you're a CTO, CPTO or VP of Engineering, let us talk in a Welcome Call. We can discuss your situation and talk about coaching, see how I can help you.

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