With 10 years of experience in the technology industry, I am currently the Director of Technologies at Decathlon Canada. My entrepreneurial experiences within small, medium, and large organizations allow me to approach problems from different perspectives, depending on the organizational context. This gives me the ability to tackle not only technological, but also operational, and commercial challenges.
As a front-end developer, I am systematically faced with SEO issues during the development of webapps. A good technical implementation, early in the process of building a product, is key as it only bears fruit in the medium term. It is also transparent to the end user... although essential for the business.
Through my various experiences, I've been on both sides of the fence: the one pitching (especially at Lalamove, a scale-up where I experienced Series A and B) and the one being pitched to (at BridgeMtl, where I was part of a jury). I have some insights into the structure of a successful pitch. I'll provide an example to illustrate them.
Some time ago, a colleague recommended 'Shape Up' to me, promising that the approach would be more 'pragmatic' and 'concrete' than the theories we usually see in work frameworks. Scrum, SAFE, agile in general, etc... as a manager, it's easy to feel lost and especially ineffective in applying these methods. I appreciated the approach of Shape Up, which helped demystify the topic for me. Here, I provide a brief summary.
