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Jean-Luc Picard

Vice President of Engineering

Contact

picard@enterprise.dev
+31 6 1234 5678
linkedin.com/in/jeanluc-picard

Details

DOB: 15-03-1990

Education

MBA (Technologiemanagement)
Delft University of Technology · 2014 – 2016
Bachelor Software Engineering
University of Amsterdam · 2005 – 2008

Skills

Leiderschap
Org Design · P&L Management · Talent Acquisition · Mentoring · OKRs
Strategie
Technical Roadmapping · M&A Due Diligence · Vendor Management · Budget Planning
Technisch
Cloud Architecture · Platform Engineering · DevOps · Security/Compliance

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (2021)
SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) (2020)

Licenses & Registrations

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (2021)
SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) (2020)

Profile

Engineering executive with 15+ years of experience scaling technology organisations from 20 to 200+ engineers. Led platform modernisation initiatives generating $40M+ in annual revenue. Proven ability to align engineering strategy with business objectives, build high-performing teams, and drive operational excellence across distributed organisations.

Key Achievements

  • Scaled engineering org from 45 to 120 engineers with 92% retention
  • Platform modernisation drove $40M+ annual revenue and 60% faster delivery
  • Built engineering brand attracting top talent — 4.5/5 Glassdoor engineering rating

Experience

VP of EngineeringJan 2020 – Present
Nexus Technologies — Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Lead 120+ engineers across 14 squads delivering core platform serving 5M+ users
  • Grew engineering org from 45 to 120 while maintaining 92% retention rate
  • Drove platform migration from legacy monolith to cloud-native architecture (AWS/K8s)
  • Reduced time-to-market by 60% through DevOps transformation and CI/CD maturity
  • Managed $18M annual engineering budget with full P&L accountability
  • Established engineering career ladder and promoted 15 engineers to senior/staff level
Director of EngineeringMar 2016 – Dec 2019
PayRight — Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Built and led 6 engineering teams (55 engineers) for fintech payment platform
  • Delivered PCI-DSS Level 1 compliance enabling $2B+ in annual transaction volume
  • Launched mobile payments product contributing $12M ARR within first year
  • Implemented OKR framework aligning engineering output to business goals
  • Reduced critical incident response time from 4 hours to 15 minutes
Engineering ManagerJun 2012 – Feb 2016
Atlassian — Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Managed 3 teams (18 engineers) on Jira Cloud infrastructure
  • Led migration to microservices architecture reducing deployment failures by 80%
  • Shipped 4 major features contributing to 25% growth in enterprise accounts
  • Established on-call rotation and incident management process for 99.95% SLA
Senior Software EngineerJan 2009 – May 2012
ThoughtWorks — Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Led technical delivery for 3 enterprise consulting engagements ($5M+ combined)
  • Championed agile practices and TDD across client organisations

References

Obi-Wan Kenobi
Director, Nexus Technologies
obiwan.kenobi@jediorder.org | +31 6 1234 5678
Spock
CTO, PayRight
spock@starfleet.io | +31 6 1234 5678