Nicolas Valencot
CTO at Neekola
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Valencot is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in Paris with nine years of focused experience scaling mobile-first products and engineering orgs. He has repeatedly transitioned teams through hypergrowth and turnaround phases, holding senior roles at Gorillas, Frichti and Welcome to the Jungle and now leading technology at Prose while running Neekola as a freelance CTO/advisor. His hands-on roots in mobile (Android/iOS, early Android adopter) pair with deep experience in React/Node backends, CI/CD and DevOps, enabling him to bridge product strategy and execution. He co-founded a QR-code payment startup and has a track record of shaping roadmaps, architecture and delivery processes for cross-functional squads. Known for combining tactical engineering with coaching and audits, he often steps into interim leadership to stabilise delivery and mentor engineering managers. Fluent in French business contexts and experienced with international vendor teams, he brings practical pragmatism to ambitious product bets.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
DESS en gestion de projet, DESS en gestion de projet at Université du Québec en OutaouaisESIGETEL - École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Informatique et Génie des Télécommunications
Github Skills (7)
custom-view8
android7
java7
mangopay5
material-design4
python3
fintech2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yamaraja/MyNews
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:9 pushes in 6 days
yamaraja/lamagemme
Sep 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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