Summary
Paul Govereau is a technology leader and entrepreneur with a track record of founding and leading engineering-driven companies, currently serving as CTO and Managing Partner at Potamus Trading LLC and Managing Partner at Cooper River Technology. Based in Lexington, MA, he combines seven years of recent hands-on experience with decades of earlier software and leadership roles spanning Oracle, Akamai, Microsoft, and startup ventures. His background blends deep technical credentials—MS and PhD work in Computer Science at Harvard and a BS in Physics from MIT—with practical product and trading systems experience. Paul has repeatedly moved between startup founding, technical leadership, and trading technology, suggesting a talent for translating research-level thinking into production systems. He is comfortable operating at the intersection of strategy and implementation, running small teams and shaping technical roadmaps. A less obvious strength is his ability to span domains from low-latency infrastructure to business-facing trading operations, making him effective in both R&D and revenue-generating roles.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at Harvard University