Antoine Martin

CTO / VP Engineering

Summary

Technology executive with over 12 years of CTO/VP Engineering experience, leading teams of up to 50 across 3 continents. Drove cloud/mobile transformations and delivered solutions adopted by millions. Specialized in software architecture, tech migration, and complex project management. Seeking a CTO or Head of Engineering position to accelerate growth in an innovative company.

Experience

Chief Technical Officer
Octave | https://octave.biz | Feb 2023 - May 2025 (2 years 3 months)

Managing the R&D and Product Organization (30 people) on 3 Locations: Angers, Fatima (PT) and Beirut (LB) in the context of a challenging acquisition and reboot of the offering

  • Maintained operations in the context of C-Level transition and organizational changes
  • Rebuilt the R&D organization and the product roadmap
  • Rebooted the software factory and the hosting platform (Github, Github Actions, Azure)
  • Designed an innovative, scalable architecture for our SaaS evolution, maintaining full continuity with the existing ecosystem (Self Contained Systems, Event Sourcing, Kubernetes, GraphQL APIs, CI/CD, Data as a Product, Continuous Data Migration)
  • Developed partnerships with key technology providers
VP Engineering
Unowhy | https://unowhy.com | Mar 2018 - Dec 2021 (3 years 9 months)

Managed the development and successful massive deployment of a new offering on a completely new technical stack while maintaining and migrating the existing one.

  • Rebuilt the software factory around Gitlab/Gitlab-CI/Kubernetes/Ansible
  • Migrated from a « bare metal » monolith architecture to an asynchronous (event sourced) micro-services-based architecture hosted on a public cloud (OVH managed Kubernetes)
  • Developed the HiSqool Mobile Device Management (MdM) solution for the French Ile-de-France region (Paris Area) allowing the real-time management of 500K+ devices (Windows based laptops, Android tablets)
  • Developed an inventory tracking web-based solution (React, GraphQL) for the devices.
  • 📈 the team from 1 Feature team & 1 QA Team to 3 Feature Teams, 1 QA Team & 1 Devops Team.
  • While maintaining the solution and developing new software, managed the needed technology transitions: Angular ↣ React, Ruby ↣ Python/Typescript, Rails/Django/Flask ↣ FastAPI, MySQL ↣ PostgreSQL, REST ↣ GraphQL, Pull ↣ Reactive, Custom Auth ↣ OAuth/OIDC, Java ↣ Kotlin, Docker compose ↣ Kubernetes, ...
Mobile & Cloud Freelance Expert
Eurosport, Microsoft, TF1, Accor & Others | Aug 2010 - Feb 2018 (7 years 6 months)

Helping big organizations master mobile technologies and the cloud: • Technical leading, Mentoring and training • Software Architecture & Technical specs writing (Mobile Application & Cloud) • Mobile applications development and refactoring • CI/CD and Application submission management • Hiring interviews & Technical Assessment • Subcontractors management • Agile processes coaching

  • Retro-documented, performed technical analysis and proposed architecture and processes evolution: TF1, Microsoft, Accor, ...
  • Implemented mobile CI/CD and managed dozens of application submissions: Eurosport, MyTF1, Accor All, ...
  • Handled the refactoring and modularization of All In One applications: MyTF1, Accor All.
  • Internalized development teams while maintaining the development flow with subcontractors: TF1, Accor All.
  • Developed & launched new Mobile Applications: Livescore (Eurosport), Eurosport Player for Android, WAT (TF1), TFou Max (TF1), Xbox Music (Microsoft), Jo&Joe (Accor)
  • Eased the technology transitions: Java to Kotlin, Objective-C to Swift, Hybrid to Native, ...
  • Improved dramatically application performance by optimizing application/backend dialog: Eurosport, MyTF1, Microsoft, Accor.
Vice President of Engineering
Realeyes3D | Sep 2003 - Jul 2010 (6 years 10 months)

• Product portfolio and lifecycle management • Design, architecture and development of the embedded apps and technologies • Professional services management (pre-sales and client support) • Talent acquisition and management

  • Built the engineering team (12 people) with very low turn-over (2 people in 3.5 years)
  • Designed & built the development, QA/Release & support environment & processes
  • Developed & maintained a recognized level of technical credibility with clients & partners (Samsung, Nokia, Kyocera, ..)
  • Shipped more than 100 millions phones worldwide with Realeyes3D's applications
  • Actively participated in the 2nd round of financing (7,5M€ or 9M$)
  • Successfully developed and launched the subscription based document scanning site www.qipit.com
  • Participated in the development of 2 Patents
Development Manager - Mobility Applications
Webraska (now Masternaut) | https://www.masternaut.com | Feb 2001 - Aug 2003 (2 years 6 months)
  • Developed a multi platform (Windows Mobile, Symbian, Linux) off-board navigation SDK used in several Fleet Management applications (C++).
  • Developed embedded off-board navigation applications deployed by Orange France, O2 Germany & Vodafone Italy (Windows Mobile, Symbian)
  • Managed Web based LBS Call center applications for Telstra (Australia) & Vodafone Italy (J2EE, ActiveX)
  • Developed and maintained a Navigation server including provisioning, AAA, logging and billing
  • Built and Managed a team of talented embedded applications developers (6-12 people)
E-Business Project Manager
Pfizer | https://www.pfizer.fr | Dec 1998 - Feb 2001 (2 years 2 months)
  • Designed developed and managed the french subsidiary Intranet
  • Developed several knowledge sharing intranet applications (ASP/SQL Server)
  • Participated in pan-European workgroups defining the corporate extranet architecture and selecting Knowledge Management tools
  • Managed and internal study to identify best Intranet/Extranet/Internet initiatives leading to the definition of the affiliate e-Business strategy
  • Supported stakeholders in the development of their Websites projects (corporate website, community websites)
  • Deployed a connected Salesforce Automation PC based application
Project Manager
Atos Multimedia | https://atos.net | Jul 1993 - Nov 1998 (5 years 4 months)

• Team management (6-8 engineers) • Client portfolio management (1.5 M€ / Year) • Pre-sales support & Project management • Websites development, deployment & Production management

  • Successfully helped clients transition from “French Minitel” applications to internet while securing the existing revenue stream (www.leparisien.fr, www.liberation.fr, www.mieuxvivre.fr, www.cadresonline.com)