// Fractional CTO & Game Director

Alexis
Montoro

Tech & Product Leader — Gaming × AI × Startups

10+ years building teams, shipping products, and scaling tech — from AA game studios to B2B SaaS. I lead distributed teams across 4 time zones, ship games on Steam, and build with Claude Code daily.

📍 Lyon, France → Open to SF Bay Area relocation

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About

Pragmatic builder,
inspiring leader

I founded and led IMV Studio to create Seven Cities — a futuristic action RPG inspired by Diablo. From creative vision to Steam launch, I managed a distributed team of 15 across France, US, Canada, and Taiwan.

I'm also a Claude power user — 200+ hours building with Claude Code, designing AI-powered developer workflows, and implementing AI strategy for startups in the energy sector.

As a Fractional CTO, I help startups scale their tech, structure their teams, and ship real value fast.

10+

Years of XP

15+

Team members led

Time zones managed

🎮

Game Development

Unity HDRP, C#, AA production pipelines, Steam launches

🚀

Startup Advisory

Architecture, DevOps, product-market fit, team scaling

🤖

AI Integration

Claude workflows, MCP tools, AI-powered automation

Projects

Games I've shipped

From creative direction to Steam launch — I build games with distributed teams and modern tools. My latest project is built entirely with Claude Code.

🚧 In Development

Space Olympus

Multiplayer strategy — Greek gods × space warfare

🤖 Built with Claude Code

50,000+ lines of C# developed via AI-assisted workflow. Architecture docs, context files, real-time pair programming.

Competitive multiplayer where demi-gods battle to succeed Zeus. Choose your divine faction, manage resources, and conquer in 20-30 min matches.

Technical Challenges

Server-Authoritative Netcode Anti-Cheat Architecture 6 Interconnected Systems Dynamic Faction Theming

Stack

Unity 6 Netcode for GameObjects Unity Gaming Services

✓ Shipped on Steam

Seven Cities

Futuristic Action RPG — Diablo meets cyberpunk

Lead a team of 15 across 4 time zones (France, US, Canada, Taiwan). Built the entire production pipeline with Unity HDRP. Managed €450K+ budget from prototype to Steam Early Access.

Leadership Challenges

15 Contributors 4 Time Zones €450K+ Budget Steam Launch

Stack

Unity HDRP C# Addressables Steamworks

View on Steam →

💼 Work for Hire

GT Manager

Racing Management Simulation

Contract development for an external client. Delivered a complete racing team management game — from game design consulting to full Unity implementation.

Delivered

Full Game Development Game Design Consulting Steam Integration

View on Steam →

My AI Workflow

How I build with Claude

Filesystem connector + Unity

I use Claude's Windows app with the filesystem connector to give Claude direct access to my Unity/C# codebase. This enables real-time collaboration on complex game architecture.

Context files — ARCHITECTURE.md, CONVENTIONS.md, CURRENT_STATE.md that Claude reads before each session

Screenshot debugging — I paste compilation errors directly, Claude sees the stack trace and suggests fixes

Architecture-aware edits — Claude understands the existing patterns and proposes code that fits the project style

Iterative refinement — Back-and-forth on complex systems like multiplayer netcode, maintaining consistency across 50K+ lines

200+

Hours with Claude Code

50K+

Lines of C# produced

Game systems built

Developer (me)

Fractional CTO

Startup advisory & AI strategy

I help startups scale

2-3 days/week, I work with early-stage teams to structure their tech, implement AI workflows, and ship faster.

🔍 Tech stack audits & architecture

🤖 AI integration strategy

👥 Team mentoring & hiring

🚀 DevOps & CI/CD setup

Volterres

AI Strategy — Energy Sector

Leading AI implementation with Claude. Designing end-to-end workflows from ClickUp tickets to automated PRs via Claude Code.

Optiago

Fractional CTO — B2B SaaS

Tech stack audit, DevOps restructuring, mentoring mixed senior/junior team, scalable architecture for product-market fit.

Journey

Career highlights

2025 – Present

CTO (Part-time)

Volterres — Energy Sector

AI strategy implementation, Claude integration, developer workflow automation.

2020 – Present

CEO & Founder

IMV Studio — Game Development

Founded studio, shipped 2 games on Steam. 15 contributors, 4 time zones, €450K+ budget.

2022 – Present

Fractional CTO

Multiple Startups

Tech audits, DevOps, architecture, team mentoring for early-stage B2B SaaS.

2018

CTO

Yuco — Paris

Led 15 engineers. Migrated monolith to microservices. Deployed on GCP/Kubernetes with CI/CD.

2016 – 2017

Technical Manager

AKKA Digital Solution

Scaled team from 1 to 7. Projects for Airbus Defense & Space, Thales. Distributed team across US/Asia.

AlexisMontoro

Pragmatic builder,inspiring leader