Jean-Baptiste Guthertz — Founder & Fractional CTO
I Help CEOs Cut Operational Costs by Automating What Shouldn't Be Manual
With or without AI — and I'll tell you which.
Problems I Solve
Operational Inefficiency Limiting Growth
Your business faces interconnected challenges that are holding back your potential
Sound Familiar?
How many hours does your team burn every week re-entering the same data across systems that don't talk to each other?
If your best ops manager left tomorrow, would your processes survive — or are they held together by one person's memory and a spreadsheet?
What's it actually costing you to have skilled people doing work a script could do in minutes?
Key Value Delivered
From €400K losses to €300K gains: Complete business turnaround
Completely restructured Nobo's operations and business model to reverse a €400K annual loss. Through aggressive cost optimization and strategic repositioning, I introduced a new revenue stream that now generates 50% of total company revenue, resulting in €300K in yearly recurring revenue — while the team kept growing throughout the turnaround.
Hired and structured 50+ person tech teams myself across high-growth companies
Personally recruited over 50 tech professionals across high-growth companies, including France's fastest-growing company in 2023. At the first, I built and structured the tech team from the ground up; at the second, I scaled the engineering organization through rapid growth. Designed hiring processes to ensure quality fits and implemented workflow structures that reduced tech team costs while maintaining output.
Cut €1M from operations through ERP migration and AI automation
Designed and executed a comprehensive operational cost strategy for a large retail company. Led ERP migration to streamline workflows and integrated AI solutions that eliminated 50% of manual workload, generating up to €1M in savings.
How I Diagnose Your Business
5-Year Vision Alignment
Understand where the CEO and board want the business to be in 5 years.
Current Stack Audit
Map every existing tool, system, and workflow in use today.
Low-Value-Add Function Mapping
Pinpoint which roles and processes add the least value relative to their cost.
Deep Dive on Priority Processes
Detail the exact workflows behind those functions.
Strategy Proposal
Present simple, effective recommendations for board / C-level validation.
Execution
Implement the validated plan with the team.
How I Work
Honest analysis, not upselling
If a process doesn't need AI, I won't sell you AI. Some fixes are a €500 workflow change, not a €50K platform — you get the recommendation that fits your ROI, not my invoice.
Business context drives solutions
Before touching any tool or stack, I map how your business actually runs — org chart, decision points, bottlenecks. Automation that ignores how people work fails within 6 months. That's why for missions over one month, I keep an exclusive focus on your business.
Specialized expertise on demand
If your fix needs a data engineer, an ERP specialist, or an AI/ML expert, I bring the right person from my network — you get the outcome, not a generalist guessing.
My Rates
Strategic Consulting
Best for: a specific bottleneck you need diagnosed fast
$6,000
Enough to map your automation opportunities and prioritize by ROI
A one shot mission, 4-6 days on a specific problem
Fractional Leadership
Best for: ongoing execution support without a full-time hire
$10,000
Past engagements at this level have driven €300K–€1M in annual savings
Monthly commitment: 8 days dedicated to your business
Transformation Mission
Best for: a full operational overhaul across multiple teams
$10,000 – $50,000
Scoped after a free diagnostic call
3 to 6 months commitment with 1-3 days a week with your teams