A peer network for senior technology leaders in Switzerland

Romandy CTO is a peer network of CTOs, VPs of Engineering, founders, and senior tech decision-makers across Geneva and Romandy. Membership is by application.

We host evening events in English with expert speakers on AI, software architecture, engineering leadership, and technology strategy. Talks are practitioner-led — focused on real lessons from the field rather than product demos.

Past speakers from

  • Cigno

And technology leaders from across Switzerland's innovation ecosystem.

The ledger

Network members500+
Events hosted27+
Community rating4.8 / 5

What we do

  • ·01Regular evening events with expert talks and open Q&A
  • ·02Networking with peers who face the same challenges
  • ·0327 events hosted since October 2022
  • ·04Topics: AI-driven development, agentic commerce, quantum computing, computer vision, EU AI regulation, DevOps, recruiting, entrepreneurship, and more

Who joins

  • ·01Chief Technology Officers
  • ·02VPs and Directors of Engineering
  • ·03Heads of IT and Infrastructure
  • ·04Technical co-founders
  • ·05Senior architects and engineering managers

Our members lead technology teams at startups, scale-ups, multinationals, and international organizations across Switzerland and beyond.

Apply to join

You apply, we check the fit, and you end up in a room where everyone else answers for the same kind of decisions at their own company. Events are open to attend; the network is by application.

The community pitch

Who's in the room.

Who joins, what a typical evening looks like, and what you actually get out of being in the room.

For visitors deciding whether to apply.

Who’s in the room

People who run technology, in one room.

Regular evenings across Romandy, in person.

The origin

Where it came from.

How the network started, the gap it's trying to fill, and why it's built as a vetted private community rather than a public meetup. More narrative.

The role

Few jobs ask for so much, from so few people, with so little to compare notes against.

A CTO carries strategy, operations, technology and craft, all at once.

The team

Who's behind the community.

Romandy CTO is run by volunteers, alongside their day jobs. It belongs to no company. Peers organise it for peers: no sales pitches, open exchange, and a shared interest in making technology in Romandy stronger.

Yann Albou

Yann Albou

Co-founder and CTO

SoKube

Co-founder and CTO of SoKube in Geneva since 2020, with a long-standing focus on DevOps.

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Anthony Dupre

Anthony Dupre

Senior Partner Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services

More than 25 years building software products and leading engineering teams, now focused on applying generative and agentic AI to software development.

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Gwen Gourevich

Gwen Gourevich

Engineering Manager

Merkle DACH

Technology and engineering leader with 25 years of experience building teams and scaling digital platforms, from startups to global enterprises.

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Ludovic Lafole

Ludovic Lafole

Co-founder and Head of Technology

Sunzu

Co-founder of Sunzu, which builds AI personas from real behavioural data so product teams can test ideas before running user research.

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Yoann Lemain

Yoann Lemain

Founder and Head of Product

Sunzu

Founder of Sunzu, an AI tool that gives product teams user insights faster, in the Techstars Boulder Fall 2026 cohort.

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Yves Verbruggen

Yves Verbruggen

Senior Program Manager

Antaes Consulting

Senior IT leader with more than 15 years of international experience in IT operations, portfolio management and digital transformation.

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David Vinkenroye

David Vinkenroye

Division Manager

Antaes Consulting

Division Manager at Antaes Consulting in Geneva since 2021, previously at Capgemini and Expedia.

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