Stephanie Rochelemagne

CTO | Technology & Product Leader

Bilingual CTO (US/French) with 13 years scaling a SaaS platform from startup through acquisition. Ruby on Rails, AWS, AI-enabled engineering, and distributed teams across continents.

Open to conversations with founders, CTOs, and recruiters about senior engineering leadership and fractional CTO engagements.

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About Me

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I am a technology leader with 23+ years of experience, including 13 years scaling a SaaS platform from early startup stages through successful acquisition.

As CTO, I define and execute long-term technology strategy, build and lead high-performing teams, and ensure operational excellence and reliability.

I focus on aligning engineering delivery with business goals, fostering a culture of ownership and collaboration, and continuously improving systems to support growth and stability.

Location: Eden, Utah, United States

Work Authorization: Dual US/French citizen. Eligible to work in the US and EU.

Leadership Philosophy

I believe technology leadership is about clarity, accountability, and team ownership.

I strive to create environments where engineers can deliver with confidence, communicate openly, and solve complex challenges together.

I actively guide the adoption of AI-enhanced workflows, ensuring teams leverage emerging tools thoughtfully to improve productivity, quality, and long-term innovation capacity.

Selected Achievements

  • 13 years scaling noCRM.io from early-stage startup through acquisition by Positive Group
  • Sustained 99.99% uptime across distributed Rails/AWS infrastructure
  • Reduced infrastructure costs 15-20% through architecture optimization
  • Led migration from managed PaaS (Engine Yard) to self-managed AWS with full IaC
  • Bilingual leadership across US and French engineering cultures
  • Independent iOS app developer (App Store published)

Experience

CTO

noCRM by Positive

February 2013 - Present · Remote from Eden, UT

  • Lead a distributed engineering team of 4 developers across France and the US, working asynchronously across time zones with strong delivery discipline and operational ownership.
  • Architected and scaled the technology strategy from early-stage startup through acquisition by Positive Group, evolving the engineering organization over 13 years.
  • Led full migration from managed PaaS (Engine Yard) to self-managed AWS with infrastructure-as-code (OpenTofu/Terraform), GitHub Actions deployment pipelines, and automated AMI builds.
  • Engineered a reliability-first culture that achieved and sustained 99.99% uptime, supported by proactive monitoring, structured incident management, and a fully tested Disaster Recovery framework.
  • Optimized infrastructure strategy and resource allocation, reducing operating costs by 15–20% while strengthening system performance and scalability.
  • Drive organizational adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices: evaluated leading AI coding tools, selected and rolled out Claude Code across the team, and trained engineers on AI-assisted development workflows including code review and testing.
Ruby on Rails AWS OpenTofu/Terraform CI/CD Claude Code Distributed Teams

Project Leader

CGG Veritas

January 2002 - June 2012 · Houston, Texas

  • Led multi-disciplinary technical projects in seismic data processing and geophysical software development across international teams.
  • Managed project lifecycles from requirements through delivery, balancing technical depth with stakeholder coordination.
  • Drove software adoption and training programs across global departments at one of the world's largest geophysical services companies.
  • Built foundational expertise in large-scale data systems, scientific computing, and Java enterprise development.
Java Scientific Computing Large-Scale Data Systems Project Management Global Deployment

Side Projects

Rewards Card Wallet (iOS)

2024 – Present

Solo-developed loyalty card and Apple Wallet app published on the App Store. End-to-end ownership: iOS development, App Store optimization, marketing site, localization (English/French), and ongoing feature development.

Swift iOS Apple Wallet App Store Localization

Skills & Technologies

Leadership & Strategy

Engineering Team Leadership Mentoring & Collaboration Stakeholder Alignment & Product Roadmapping Technology Strategy & Governance

Cloud Platforms

AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, SSM) High Availability & Scalability Disaster Recovery Planning

DevOps & Infrastructure

IaC (OpenTofu / Terraform) CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Capistrano) SRE & Automation

AI & Engineering Excellence

AI-Assisted Development Claude Code (team-wide rollout) AI-Enhanced Code Review & Testing AI Tooling Evaluation & Adoption Strategy

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus Grafana ElasticSearch Filebeat Cloud Monitoring & Alerting

Datastores & Performance

SQL MySQL Redis Optimization Database Performance Tuning Cost Optimization

Education

Master Degree Equivalent

Computer Science Applied to Geology

2000 - 2001

University Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris, France

Master Degree Equivalent

Underground Water: Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology

1999 - 2000

University Joseph Fourier - Grenoble, France

Bachelor Degree Equivalent

Geology and Geophysics

1995 - 1999

University of La Rochelle - La Rochelle, France

Languages

English:
Full Professional
French:
Native Speaker

Get in Touch

Or email me directly: stephanie@rochelemagne.com

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