Romain Lhéritier
CEO And Co-Founder at Ippon Technologies USA
Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolRomain Lhéritier is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with 12 years of U.S. experience building and scaling Ippon Technologies USA from startup to a 100+ person consulting firm serving heavily regulated enterprises across the East Coast. As CEO and co‑founder he blends hands‑on technical insight with strategic business development, personally driving market entry, client relationships, and a culture of continuous learning. His early engineering roots—spanning CERN, CGI and Telecom Paris—give him deep fluency in systems, automation and developer productivity that inform pragmatic, secure solutions for complex domains. He also brings corporate IT leadership experience from Genworth, where he pioneered REST APIs, microservices and vendor-managed delivery while overseeing multi‑million dollar budgets. Active in the Richmond business ecosystem, he advises regional economic development and mentors European startups entering the U.S., a role that leverages his transatlantic perspective. Quietly curious and a lifelong student of leadership, he pairs technical credibility with a talent for turning regulatory complexity into competitive advantage.
12 years of coding experience
Classe Préparatoire Scientifique, Classe Préparatoire Scientifique at CPGE JoffreMaster of Computer Science Computer Science, Master of Computer Science Computer Science at Télécom ParisMBA General Management and Strategy, MBA General Management and Strategy at William & Mary – Raymond A. Mason School of BusinessNorwegian University of Science and Technology
English, French, German
Github Skills (2)
social-media9
jekyll4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dynamicguy/openskye
Oct 2013 - Jan 2014
The Skye ILM Project
Contributions:24 commits in 2 months
ippontech/tatami
Feb 2014 - May 2015
An Open Source enterprise social network
Contributions:6 commits, 1 push, 10 comments in 1 year 3 months
social-networksocial-mediasocial-enterpriseenterprise
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