Romain Lhéritier

CEO, Ippon Technologies USA Ippon Technologies USA

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Romain Lhéritier is CEO of Ippon Technologies USA, the Richmond, Virginia business of Ippon Technologies, a Paris-based technology consulting firm established in 2002 that now has more than 700 people worldwide. He wrote the company’s announcements in 2014 when it opened an office in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom neighbourhood as its entry into the United States, and he was Managing Director of Ippon USA before taking the CEO title. In 2025 the US business earned the Amazon Web Services Financial Services Competency, its fifth AWS Competency.

Career Highlights

• CEO of Ippon Technologies USA, based in Richmond, Virginia.
• Announced in September 2025 that Ippon Technologies USA had earned the AWS Financial Services Competency, its fifth AWS Competency.
• Wrote the May 2014 announcement of Ippon’s 3,500-square-foot Shockoe Bottom office, the Paris-based company’s entry into the US alongside a New York presence.
• Managing Director of Ippon USA in Richmond by 2017.

Professional Journey

Ippon Technologies was established in 2002 as a Paris-based consulting and technology expertise firm. In March 2014 it opened its first US office, in Richmond, Virginia, and Lhéritier wrote the company’s announcements of the move: a 3,500-square-foot loft office at the Power Plant at Lucky Strike on East Cary Street in Shockoe Bottom which, along with a New York presence, marked “the Paris-based company’s entrée into the U.S.” A few months later he wrote about what Ippon USA had achieved in its first three months, and he continued to write for the company blog about the open-source developer community, including Spring and JHipster events.

By 2017 he was Managing Director of Ippon USA. Explaining the choice of Richmond to the Greater Richmond Partnership that year, he said Virginia was business-friendly from a tax standpoint and that, with the company’s target market on the East Coast, “when you look at Richmond on the map, it’s pretty central.” He described hiring above all for people who are “intellectually curious and wanting to learn.”

He now leads the business as CEO of Ippon Technologies USA. In September 2025 it announced the AWS Financial Services Competency. “Earning the AWS Financial Services Competency is a significant milestone for Ippon Technologies USA, marking our fifth AWS Competency and highlighting our team’s expertise in delivering tailored cloud solutions for the financial sector,” he said.

Outside work he runs marathons and has competed in triathlons.

Education

No education record was found in any first-party or press source reviewed.