CEE
Engineering leadership mentor for CEE
You lead engineering at a CEE scale-up. The playbooks you read are written for Silicon Valley: bottomless hiring pools, doubled salaries, patient boards. Prague, Warsaw, Bratislava and Budapest run on different constraints.
I mentor 1:1 across the region. Been in the seat: built the Mews engineering org through Series C, led engineering at Manta before IBM acquired it, mentored 300+ leaders from staff engineer to CTO.
- 3,400+ sessions
- 300+ engineering leaders
- 2,000+ ELC community
- 9.2/10 across 300+ reviews
Why CEE needs its own leadership playbook
Most engineering leadership content is recycled US thinking. I translate. Comp bands, board expectations, the talent market, what a Series B in CEE can actually afford: my mentoring starts from the market you operate in, not the one TechCrunch writes about.
My mentees lead engineering at Mews, Apify, Rohlik, Ataccama, Kiwi.com, Vendavo and Česká spořitelna. 3,400+ sessions across 17 countries, most of them in this region. Whatever you are stuck on, someone in this exact market was stuck on it before you.
The largest engineering leadership network in CEE
The Engineering Leaders Community I founded is 2,000+ engineering leaders across Central and Eastern Europe: 12 in-person meetups a year, 120+ leaders in the room each time. The 2026 ELC Conference brought 500+ into one hall, with speakers from Netflix and Stripe.
That network is part of the deal. When your VPE quits at 11pm, someone in the community has handled the same fire. Stuck on a hire, a reorg, or a comp question anywhere in the region? I can usually point you to three people who solved it last year.
What mentees say
“Marian was part of helping scale up our technical teams from 35 to 100 people during his time with Mews. One of his key successes was around creating visibility on engineering output and ensuring we were able to more effectively reach our goals.”
“Allowed us to drive a higher level of strategic thinking across the engineering organization.”
“Marian helped me to stabilize and mature our engineering in Apify after a period of growth. Mainly, he changed how I view my role and the role of the engineering department in the organization.”
Frequently asked
Which countries do you mentor in?+
Mentees across Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Baltics and beyond: 17 countries so far. Sessions run online; in person in Prague and at ELC events.
What languages do sessions run in?+
English, Czech, or Slovak. Most CEE mentees mix English tech vocabulary with their own language; that works fine.
Can my company pay for it?+
81% of my mentees are company-funded. The invoice goes to your employer with full VAT details ready for procurement. Pricing is public at marian.coach/pricing.
How is this different from a US-based CTO coach?+
A US coach optimizes for a market where you can double salaries and hire from a bottomless pool. I mentor from inside the CEE market: its comp bands, its investors, its talent constraints. And the 2,000+ leader network comes with it.
How much does engineering leadership mentoring cost?+
Public pricing: 430 EUR per 60-min session, 2,166 EUR for a 6-session first quarter, or a 790 EUR/month sparring retainer. Companies get prepaid packs at 292 EUR per session. Full details at marian.coach/pricing.
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Free 30-min intro. No pricing conversation on the first call. We figure out if we can move your specific problem forward. That is it.