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Tobias is a phenomenal mentor. He listens and understands where you are, then looks for ways to get you unstuck or to a process of achievement. Highly recommend Tobias for any techie or startup person.
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Mihai Avram, Founder
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Meet Tobias, Your Fractional CTO
With over 12 years of experience in the software and web industry—including roles as CTO, Product Manager, and Software Engineering Manager—Tobias is passionate about using technology to build solutions.
His background includes successfully co-founding Brikl (an e-commerce platform for microstores), where he previously served as CTO and helped scale the company from scratch to a successful team of 70, fostering an excellent engineering culture and managing cross-functional teams.
Tobias possesses the technical expertise, management background, and positive attitude required to build successful software and thriving teams. He also shares this experience with the community by organizing events, delivering talks, and offering consulting to companies, investors, and startup founders.
Tobias is originally from Germany. He's currently based in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Not every company needs a full-time CTO—but every product needs strong technical leadership. This approach gives you experienced, hands-on guidance tailored to your stage and your challenges.
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Experience with product-led B2B SaaS companies at seed to Series B stages.
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First-hand experiences from founders and engineers who benefited from hands-on mentorship, technical clarity, and practical leadership.
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Tobias was very helpful to assist a couple of our engineers with improvements to their technical interview process. I would love to work with Tobias again for further assistance to help me further mentor our engineers and support their growth.
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Tom Figiel, Founder @ Wasimil
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Thank you Tobias for his valuable guidance on the tech stack and helping me navigate technical complexities. I appreciate Tobias’ intelligence and experience, and am grateful for his time and generosity.
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Tan Jia Hui, Founder
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