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Mike
Veerman

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CTO in residence
from Belgium

Mike is a seasoned software architect turned seasoned engineering manager

Building software products is a tricky balancing act and Mike loves helping teams get better at it. He's allergic to paint-by-numbers-Agile and believes the right process has to be tailor-made for each company.

Which is the coolest country you ever visited?
Definitely Iceland! Or maybe Romania...? Or Indonesia? Antwerp?

Water or coffee?
Hard to give up one or the other, so let's meet in the middle and settle on an Americano?

About Mike

Base: Antwerp (BE)
Studies: Bachelor in Software engineering
Passions: rock climbing, travelling, amateur craft beer brewing

Expertises

Technical leadership
High performance teams
Writing
Coaching
Software Architecture
Keeping things simple

Articles by Mike

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Don't become a code review bottleneck

Team and leadership

Team structure

Code review

Transform code reviews from a bottleneck to a team effort. Balance quality and productivity by engaging everyone in reviews, automating minor checks, and fostering a culture of code quality. Make your reviews sustainable now.

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How to communicate a roadmap to VCs and investors

Audits and due diligence

Roadmap

Team and leadership

What do investors and VCs care about when they ask for your roadmap? How do you gain their trust while presenting them? How manage expectations?

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CTO Soundboard: our new leadership mentoring service for SaaS CTOs and tech leaders

Team and leadership

Collaboration

Continuous learning

We often see competent technical leaders struggling to balance responsibilities in growing software teams. To help them, we now offer coaching and mentoring for SaaS CTOs with our new CTO Soundboard service.