Technology executive with 25+ years leading engineering organisations across fintech, banking, and enterprise SaaS. Focused on AI adoption and transformation — connecting deep technical judgment to business outcomes. Track record of turning emerging technologies into operational advantage at scale, in VP Engineering and CTO roles.
- AI strategy, adoption and transformation — LLM integration, agent architectures, and AI-powered features shipped in production
- VP Engineering and CTO experience — technology strategy, roadmap ownership, and C-level partnership in fast-growing companies
- Building and scaling distributed engineering teams — hiring, upskilling, culture and process
- Cloud-native platform architecture on AWS — infrastructure as code, high-availability, fintech-grade environments
- 25+ years of software engineering depth: Python, Java, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, modern cloud stacks
- Business-oriented technical leadership — translating complexity into investment decisions and competitive strategy
Currently
- Completed the Wharton CTO Program — executive education in technology leadership and strategy (University of Pennsylvania, May 2026)
- Built invest-in.ai — an interactive map of the AI investment landscape, visualising the full AI value chain across application, models, infrastructure, chips, and energy layers
- Deepening expertise in AI systems, architecture, and strategy
Contact
Yves Lemaire
- Email: yves@savyvas.com
- Phone: +31 6 51 64 51 51
- LinkedIn: nl.linkedin.com/in/yolemaire