Driving innovation and growth

Your Fractional CTO - Stefan Bauer

I help start-ups and scale-ups leverage technology to accelerate growth and achieve their goals. I'll work with you to create, lead and deliver a strategic technology roadmap, identify and implement emerging technologies, and build a high-performing engineering team.

I'm a passionate advocate for growing future Engineering Leaders and increasing diversity & inclusion in the tech industry.

About Me

I’m a senior engineering leader with extensive experience in managing remote teams across four continents, and a passion for building exceptional engineering teams.

Over the last decade, I have lead Engineering, Product, QA Automation, DevOps, and Data Science organizations in start-ups, rapid growth companies and global corporations, such as Bloomberg and Amazon.

I prioritize establishing a metrics-driven culture of engineering excellence, coaching people to bring out their best and empower teams to make their own decisions in support of business goals.

I have a strong track record in setting technical direction & strategy, developing strong engineering leaders, implementing engineering best practices, fostering adoption of Agile and setting up several successful graduate programmes for on-boarding engineers.

Services

Whether your organization is looking to scale delivery on the back of a successful investment round, "recover" from growing pains or foster better relationships between business teams and engineering teams: I will help your leadership team to find the right approach for you.

Fractional CTO

A fractional CTO is a seasoned technology leader who can provide your business with the strategic guidance and expertise you need to succeed, without the cost of hiring a full-time CTO. I'll work with you to develop and implement a technology strategy that aligns with your business goals, and I'll provide ongoing support to your team as they execute. Engagements are typical 10-20 hrs per week.

  • Technology Strategy
  • Product & Engineering Organisation Design
  • Agile & Engineering Best Practises
  • Software & Data Engineering, DevOps, QA
  • Remote Working
  • Talent Development, incl Career Maps
  • Leadership Training
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Recruitment Strategy, incl tech hiring at scale
  • Graduate Programmes
  • GDPR Compliance
  • IT Security Strategy
  • Outsourcing
  • Digital Transformation

Leadership Coaching

I offer a practical approach to fostering growth within your engineering organization and its individuals.
Working closely with each participant, I provide valuable insights to help them navigate the challenges of an ever-changing technological landscape. My focus is on cultivating a culture of continuous learning and effective collaboration, equipping your team members with the tools they need to succeed.
Through personalized coaching sessions, I aim to empower each individual with the skills and confidence to contribute effectively to your organization's goals. As your team members develop professionally, your organization will experience steady growth and improved performance.

Simone, Director of People

Stefan is a brilliant engineering leader, combining both technical understanding and very strong people skills to be able to work cross-functionally in a way which really brings people along and helps them work towards goals in an autonomous way.

Dave, Technical Co-Founder

Stefan built our engineering team to execute on an incredibly impressive and ambitious strategy, which led to us becoming the gold standard within our industry. At WhereIsMyTransport we were faced with very challenging product, technical, and logistical problems, but steering through these came naturally to Stefan. He always led by example, and with kindness and empathy.

Get in touch

I'd love to chat, hear about your challenges and figure out where I could help. Message me or set up a free intro call below.

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