Florian BLINE

• Defined and delivered a leadership program at Kraken to establish a common language and practices for managers. • Provided coaching to managers to help them achieve their goals in the new organization.

Defining the future of Kraken technologies europe, one of the leading software in the energy market

Skills: Change Management · Team Scaling · Leadership Development · Organizational Development · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Cross-Cultural Team Management · Software Engineering

As the tech and director, I managed to grow the team in France from 10 to 100 people in 10 months. I was in charge of the product vision and roadmap. Developing key features on Kraken platform that enabled us to multiply by 5 our client base. I managed the recruitment strategy and pipeline to sustain a healthy growth, hiring the right people at the right time. Coach and trained managers/directors across different department to create the next generation of leader, improve our practices and sustain our scaling. Worked with the CTO to define the best technical strategy so our platform can scale with us.

Working within the senior management committee of Octopus Energy France as the Tech and Product Director, defining the future of the energy market and energy transition.

Managing managers and teams in Bengaluru (India), Bucharest (Romania), Vienna (Austria) and Tunis (Tunisia). Coaching managers and software engineers to develop hard and soft skills. Defining strategy for each country i'm working with. Recruiting the right person at the right position. Setting development and organization good practices and steering the change management. Following up with Architect team and Produt manager the delivery quality and the vision of our Products.

Designed and led comprehensive technical and leadership development programs for a rapidly scaling global technology department. Managing the trainers all around the world. Key achievements: Developed and delivered "First Steps in Leadership" program for first-time engineering managers, focusing on: Transition from technical expert to people leader Managing former peers Effective 1:1 conversations and feedback delivery Team dynamics and psychological safety Project and performance management fundamentals Created standardized onboarding and upskilling programs across 4 international hubs (India, Romania, Tunisia, Austria) Established technical assessment frameworks for career progression Trained over 200 engineers and managers across multiple technical stacks Implemented peer learning initiatives that reduced onboarding time by 40% Built mentorship program connecting senior engineers with emerging leaders This role was concurrent with my Engineering Director position and strengthened our ability to scale teams while maintaining high technical standards and developing strong technical leaders.

Branch Manager for Mantu India. Responsible for the company activities. Meeting with clients. Budget management. Legal compliance. HR and recruitment strategy and market analysis. Point of contact to help new department and business to succeed in India

Managing managers and teams in Bengaluru (India), Bucharest (Romania), Vienna (Austria) and Tunis (Tunisia). Coaching managers and software engineers to develop hard and soft skills. Defining strategy for each country i'm working with. Recruiting the right person at the right position. Setting development and organization good practices and steering the change management. Following up with Architect team and Produt manager the delivery quality and the vision of our Products.

Transforming needs/ideas into solutions: - Gathering and challenging ideas from users - Designing a scalable technical solution - Developing the solution and pushing it to production Cultivating a happy and productive workplace: - Hiring people with relevant skills and appropriate mindset - Managing team to bring out the best in our employees Improving existing solution: - Providing technical support - Revamping deprecated code/architecture - Reviewing code to stick with our good practices

ERP development on HR product

Skills: Software Engineering

Skills: Software Engineering