Summary
Philippe Back is a versatile technology leader with 12+ years of experience blending business strategy, software engineering and organizational change to help teams work smarter and get things done. Based in Belgium, he combines hands-on skills—from Pharo/Amber Smalltalk and IoT explorations to Hadoop, R and Sparx Enterprise Architect expertise—with a long track record as consultant, CTO and founder at High Octane and other ventures. Currently contributing to a Generative AI Competence Center and continuing Sparx EA consulting, he helps organizations adopt practical AI and architecture practices. An advocate of open source and developer education, Philippe publishes a newsletter and YouTube content and has been featured on industry podcasts, revealing a talent for translating technical depth into usable process and culture improvements.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Civil Engineer, Mechanics, CIM, Civil Engineer, Mechanics, CIM at Faculté Polytechnique de Mons