Hey, thanks for showing up here. My name is Timothée, or simply Tim.

I come in many flavors: somewhat "normal," pretending to be a doctor on a conference stage, or "in panic mode" during a trail-marathon... to name a few...

Born and raised in France 🇫🇷, after some time in the USA 🇺🇸, I settled in Germany 🇩🇪 with my wife & our three children.

I have more than 20 years of experience in the software industry. I have led people and technical teams since 2010 in various roles, including tech lead, Scrum Master, coach, engineering manager, Chief Learning Officer (CLO), Vice President of Engineering (VP of Engineering), Chief Information Officer (CIO), international public speaker, mentor, and developer advocate. I have grown teams of engineers from 3 to 20 and 20 to 100. I strive to foster cultures of exchange, respect, growth, and learning, both in collocated and remote settings. My goal is to make others be their best! Are you looking for someone to lead and coach people in a technical environment? Let's talk!

Activities

  • I am currently having the time of my life leading the tech department of the international Proptech Scaleup WeMaintain.
  • I host the Software Developer's Journey Podcast, a weekly show bringing you the making-of stories of successful software developers to help you on your upcoming journey.
  • I authored the SeeCFP.com service, which curates tech-conference "Call for Papers" and sends them out via a weekly newsletter.
  • I am a mentor, a mentee, and a mentorship advocate. I created the Mentoring.Rocks free email course to help you grow as a mentor!
  • I love talking, teaching, and writing. I love storytelling and narration. I love being on stage and have given over 90 talks and keynotes in the past 15 years. You can find a list of all of them, along with testimonials and pictures, on my talks page. Head over to Speakerdeck.com for the slide decks.
  • I have also published many articles in German magazines. Here is the whole list.

Podcasts I appeared on:

I'd love to be your next guest. Among other things, I enjoy speaking about engineering leadership, communication, agility, iterative development, developer and career growth, the DevJourney podcast, and more.

Bio

Feel free to use the following bio:

Timothée has been building synapses between human beings since 1983. As a passionate leader, coach, and mentor, he takes great joy in stepping on toes and pushing people to reflect on their journeys. When the sun is up, he acts as the VPE and CIO for the proptech Scaleup WeMaintain and spends as much time as he can with his wife and with [1;3] kids clutched on his back! But when the moon rises, he hosts the Software Developer's Journey podcast and collects life stories like others gather stamps or Pokémon.

Want to contact me?

Things I’m particularly interested in:

  • 🗣️ Leadership & Mentorship
  • 🎙️ Podcasting
  • 🍫 100% dark chocolate
  • 🥑 Ketosis

Contact:

  • Longform thoughts: tim at timbourguignon dot fr
  • Shortform thoughts (most likely to get a quick reply): @timothep

Other ways to find me online, see my work, and/or contact me: Github, Dev.To, Speakerdeck, LinkedIn, Youtube, Patreon, etc.

The opinions expressed herein are my personal opinions and do not represent my employer’s view in any way. The content of this site is placed under the "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)" license. Here's the Impressum for this site.