Etienne Debost,
freelance CTO.

I help leaders make the right technology choices, and help their teams ship reliable products, fast, without needless complexity. 15+ years of experience. Today I focus on AI in software delivery: AI SDLC and AI Software Factory.

3D figure of Etienne Debost waving
Available for missionsBased in Paris

Results

As CTO of Wakam.

−80%

Cloud spend, from €1.5M to under €300k a year.

Elite

DORA level. Several deploys a day, up from one every two weeks.

90%

Of 255 eligible employees use the AI platform. 160 agents published.

20/day

AI Software Factory sessions, for 30 eligible engineers.

Missions led at OCTO Technology for

HermèsM6 / BedrockOrangeL'OréalADEOSociété GénéraleLa PosteFrance TélévisionsAudemars Piguet

Services

Tech audit and strategy

Audit of your IT, platform or organisation. Master plan, build-or-buy decisions, a roadmap ready for the executive committee.

AI in software delivery

Set up an AI Software Factory and an AI SDLC: coding agents, isolated runs, tests, human review, observability and cost tracking.

AI for the business

Roll out an AI platform and agents for non-tech teams, with clear governance.

Organisation and delivery

Team Topologies, DevOps, DORA metrics, hiring and upskilling your teams.

Cloud and FinOps

Simplify AWS, Azure and Kubernetes. Cut costs.

About

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CTO of Wakam, a B2B2C insurer in more than 30 countries, reporting to the executive committee. I built its internal AI Software Factory. Before that, consultant at OCTO Technology for large companies and scale-ups.

  • Wakam · Head of Architecture, then CTO2022 – …
  • OCTO Technology · Principal Consultant2018 – 2022
  • Claranet · Platform Manager2016 – 2018
  • Freelance and Yieloo · Full-stack developer, DevOps2013 – 2016

My references: Accelerate, Domain-Driven Design, Team Topologies.

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