Romain Eude — Fractional CTO
5x CTO · 2x Founder · Exit Founder · 25+ years
Romain Eude is a fractional CTO who gives founders senior technology leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time executive. Over 25+ years he has been a CTO five times and a founder twice, and as CEO of Utelly — a media-tech and content-discovery business — he led the company to a successful exit. He is based in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and works bilingually in English and French.
That mix of founder, CEO, and repeat-CTO experience is what he brings to each engagement: he has sat in the seat, carried the accountability, and made the calls on architecture, hiring, and technical due diligence that determine whether a company scales or stalls.
Career highlights
- Fractional CTO to startups and scale-ups, providing senior technology leadership without the full-time cost.
- 5x CTO across media-tech, content discovery, and SaaS businesses.
- 2x founder — built companies from the ground up, not just joined them.
- CEO of Utelly (media-tech / content discovery), which he led to a successful exit.
- 25+ years building, scaling, and mentoring engineering teams.
- Based in Hilversum, Netherlands; works bilingually in English and French.
What I do now
Today I work as a fractional CTO through 941 Consulting, embedding with founding teams one to two days a week to set technology strategy, de-risk architecture and hiring, and prepare for fundraising and due diligence.