M&A Technical Due Diligence: What CTOs Are Actually Supposed to Do
Most M&A due diligence checklists are written by people who've never opened a terminal. Here's what technical due diligence actually looks like when a CTO runs it.
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I'm Anouar, Group CTO at EBRAND and CIO at Namespace Group, based in Luxembourg. I build cloud-native infrastructure, digital risk protection platforms, and software products. I also work as a fractional CTO for companies that need senior technology leadership without the full-time commitment. Pragmatic engineer. Terminal-first. People-first leader.
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