I'm Romain Pradier, a Fractional CTO and Innovation Lead with 20+ years of experience building and scaling digital products, platforms, and immersive experiences for global luxury and beauty brands and large agencies. I operate at the intersection of strategy, product, and engineering—framing problems, designing roadmaps, leading delivery, and shipping solutions across web and mobile, AR/VR, automation, and AI-enabled workflows. I have a track record deploying in multi-market environments, managing high-stakes stakeholder relationships, leading teams, and applying pragmatic, sustainable tech practices. How I work: I turn ambiguity into delivery by clarifying the problem, aligning stakeholders, designing a pragmatic path, and shipping in iterative cycles. I balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability with a responsible tech mindset.

Romain Pradier

I'm Romain Pradier, a Fractional CTO and Innovation Lead with 20+ years of experience building and scaling digital products, platforms, and immersive experiences for global luxury and beauty brands and large agencies. I operate at the intersection of strategy, product, and engineering—framing problems, designing roadmaps, leading delivery, and shipping solutions across web and mobile, AR/VR, automation, and AI-enabled workflows. I have a track record deploying in multi-market environments, managing high-stakes stakeholder relationships, leading teams, and applying pragmatic, sustainable tech practices. How I work: I turn ambiguity into delivery by clarifying the problem, aligning stakeholders, designing a pragmatic path, and shipping in iterative cycles. I balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability with a responsible tech mindset.

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I’m Romain Pradier, a Fractional CTO and Innovation Lead with 20+ years of experience building and scaling digital products, platforms, and immersive experiences for global luxury and beauty brands and large agencies. I operate at the intersection of strategy, product, and engineering—framing problems, designing roadmaps, leading delivery, and shipping solutions across web and mobile, AR/VR, automation, and AI-enabled workflows.

I have a track record deploying in multi-market environments, managing high-stakes stakeholder relationships, leading teams, and applying pragmatic, sustainable tech practices. How I work: I turn ambiguity into delivery by clarifying the problem, aligning stakeholders, designing a pragmatic path, and shipping in iterative cycles. I balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability with a responsible tech mindset.

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Innovation Director at Buzz Brothers
September 20, 2018 - April 30, 2022
Defined innovation strategy and translated it into prototypes, MVPs and production releases Delivered immersive websites, AR/VR experiences and mobile products with strong execution discipline La Vaudoise x Stan Wawrinka (Instagram AR): shipped an interactive AR filter reaching 3M+ users in 3 weeks Strengthened engineering workflows across Docker, cloud operations, and full-stack delivery (JS/Python)
Freelance | End-to-End Delivery Lead (Product / Producer / Developer) — AR / Beauty Tech at Coty
May 2, 2022 - Present
Led ideation, delivery and rollout of AR virtual try-on experiences for global brands (incl. Burberry) Deployed across 20+ markets, collaborating with retail, marketing, product, and infrastructure teams Owned the full chain: product framing, implementation, QA, go-live, and operational enablement Delivered training and adoption support for business teams (process + tooling)
Co-founder | Fractional CTO & Consulting at Kally
March 1, 2023 - Present
Boutique consulting (duo) helping organizations navigate complexity and ship reliable, responsible digital systems. Fractional CTO & delivery leadership for product/platform initiatives (strategy → execution) Operating model support: governance, documentation standards, team rituals, delivery acceleration Responsible tech: sustainable delivery practices, pragmatic AI/automation enablement Product Strategy advisory for a Global Luxury leader. Engineering organization audit for a mid-sized enterprise.
Freelance | Production Director (Immersive / VR) at DV
April 1, 2016 - August 31, 2018
Owned end-to-end production of cutting-edge VR experiences showcased at international festivals Led 50+ person organizations (dev/creative/product/marketing), owning staffing, budget, planning and delivery Ran event production and touring logistics for festival/salon showcases with the same production rigor Awards: FWA Cutting Edge Award (2016); Digital Dozens Breakthrough Award (2019)
Freelance | Technical Project Director at Chanel
May 1, 2014 - April 4, 2016
Led delivery of Chanel Boutique App to support Fashion Advisors in stores (inventory, cross-boutique stock, specific items, couture) Added pre-order workflows and complex product constraints Outcome: 100% adoption by Fashion Advisors; reported time savings and +10% increase in pieces sold Contributed to SAP Hybris migration initiatives and native retail app prototyping

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Retail, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Consumer Goods