Frode Lundgren is a seasoned technology leader and founder based in Trondheim, Norway, currently serving as CTO and Founder of Vespa.ai. He brings deep expertise in search, ad-tech and large-scale production systems from senior engineering leadership roles at Fast Search & Transfer, Yahoo and Verizon Media. Known for shaping architecture, teams and delivery as a Director and Sr. Director of Engineering, he bridges hands-on engineering with strategic technical leadership. An NTNU MSc, he combines academic grounding with decades of practical experience in distributed search and real-time platforms, and has returned to a product-focused founder role to drive Vespa.ai’s technical vision.
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