About us
Alexander Ivan
I've built and scaled teams from zero to 100+, turned loss-making units into profitable ones, and help companies get clear on what to do first so they can save money and earn more.
I advise on the areas I've spent years in — designing OKRs and KPIs, driving agile and platform transformations, and tying technical work to real business outcomes.
OKRs
Design and run OKRs & KPIs that link technical work to business objectives.
Delivery
Agile and platform transformations, DORA metrics, velocity that sticks.
AI
Where AI actually saves or earns — no generic decks, built from your context.
What I've done (and why it matters for you)
I don't do generic decks. I've run the playbooks myself.
Scaled engineering from 0 to 100+
Multiple greenfield setups — kept attrition under 5% in competitive markets. Teams that stick and deliver.
Turned loss into profit
Identified €2.5M revenue opportunity, repositioned the offer, built advisory services. P&L, budgets, and “how do we make this work?” — I've sat on your side of the table.
Built first cloud-native product on AWS
Made the engineering centre a strategic asset that contributed to company valuation. I know what 0-to-1 looks like and how to connect it to revenue.
Platform transformation for 300+ engineers
Introduced DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate), redefined success around adoption and reliability. Agile and delivery at scale.
OKRs and KPIs that link tech to business
With VP Engineering and VP Product at Kiwi.com and in other roles. Advised enterprise clients on agile transformation, technical architecture, and product delivery.
€4M+ annual engineering budgets
Across multiple teams — so I understand margins, trade-offs, and the cost of “one more initiative” when resources are finite.
That mix — organisation building, delivery and OKRs, and business impact — is what I bring to advisory today: no long engagements, no big-consultancy overhead. One clear priority, a path that fits your context.
Where I come from
Engineering and product leadership in scale-ups and enterprises.
Flixup (Co-Founder & CPO, B2C reskilling)
Deutsche Telekom (Head of IoT & Connectivity — 6 to 40+, advisory, mentoring)
Kiwi.com (Site Lead, platform — R&D centre, platform for 300+ engineers)
Eleveo (Managing Director & Engineering Director — 0 to 35+, AWS MVP to €1M+ ARR)
T-Systems (Head of Development Academy; Head of Application Development, 40+ engineers, IoT, CI/CD)
Siemens Healthcare (Team Lead, Scrum Master)
Interim leadership (Senacor, Hotovo) — assessment, strategy, delivery reset
Education & certifications
Languages: Slovak (native), English (fluent), German (fluent)
How I work with you
Fixed-scope engagements, clear deliverables, honest advice.
I help you get one clear priority and a 90-day plan — so you can align the team, fix OKRs or delivery, and use AI where it actually saves or earns — without a big consultancy or open-ended project.
Fixed scope
Clear boundaries, no open-ended discovery.
Clear deliverables
One priority, 90-day plan, no vague decks.
Honest advice
Straight talk — what works and what doesn't.
No pitch · No obligation
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