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About the Book
"All Hands on Tech" is your essential guide to building and scaling high-performing tech organizations. Written for CTOs, CPOs, and tech leaders, this book addresses the common pitfalls of implementing agile methodologies and product-led strategies at scale.
Drawing from extensive real-world experience, we provide actionable insights to transform your software development organization. You'll learn how to:
• Overcome long development cycles and limited value creation
• Implement advanced strategies that realize the full benefits of Agile, DevOps, and Lean Startup
• Integrate cutting-edge concepts like Flight Levels, Data Mesh, and Team Topologies
• Cultivate self-organizing, innovative teams capable of rapid, impactful delivery
Whether you're transitioning from traditional models or optimizing existing Agile environments, this guide offers a comprehensive roadmap to create a truly agile, high-performing product development organization that delivers real business value.
Elevate your tech leadership and drive meaningful organizational change with "All Hands on Tech."
This Minimum Viable Book (MVB) is a work in progress, inviting community input to shape its evolution into an indispensable resource for tech leadership.
About the Editors
For 17 years, I have been immersed in the world of technology at Mercedes-Benz. Throughout my career, I have accumulated a wealth of experience and insights, encountering the inevitable ‘wear and tear’ that comes with long-term dedication to the tech industry. Over the past decade, my teams and I played a pivotal role in transforming from a project-led to a product-led approach. This journey has been filled with challenges, from emotional outbursts and unmet expectations to rebellious teams, downtimes, and major process and design failures. Despite these hurdles, I find immense value in these experiences and love to share my insights with others, affirming that the journey is indeed worth it.
Matthias is a seasoned technology leader with over two decades of experience transforming organizations through innovative technology practices. An early adopter of agile methodologies, he implemented one of the first large-scale continuous integration pipelines in 2002. His career spans roles as a hands-on developer, engineering manager, and C-level executive, including CTO of AutoScout24, where he significantly increased revenue and team performance through lean-agile practices and cloud-native architecture.
A believer in DevOps, lean startup principles, and scalable agile frameworks, Matthias has a proven track record of revitalizing technical teams and driving business growth. He's known for his ability to blend cutting-edge technology with practical business strategies, making him a trusted advisor to leaders at global companies on their digital transformation journeys.
Outside of work, Matthias is an aspiring glider pilot who brings the same precision and calculated risk-taking to the skies as he does to technology leadership.