Global CTO/CPTO & Board Advisor
Non-Executive Director
The technology executive PE and VC investors call on when a portfolio company needs to scale, transform, or exit at pace. Available for full-time, fractional, and interim CTO/CPTO engagements — and for Non-Executive Director and Board Advisory appointments.
Profile
Edwin Poot is a Global CTO and Board Advisor specializing in PE- and VC-backed portfolio companies. He has built, scaled, and exited technology businesses across fintech, sustainability, e-commerce, and energy — operating at the intersection of engineering strategy, product innovation, and investment value creation.
With a track record spanning Thredd, Nubank, Booking.com, and his own founded-and-exited venture Energyworx (Gartner Magic Quadrant Visionary), Edwin brings boardroom gravitas and hands-on engineering depth to every engagement.
Areas of expertise
Languages: Dutch (native) · English
Four pillars
Driving measurable growth through technology strategy, team expansion, and operational rigour in high-velocity environments.
Engineering cost efficiency, reliability, and delivery velocity — turning infrastructure into a competitive advantage.
Building API-first, cloud-native platforms that scale internationally and accelerate time-to-market for new products.
Guiding technology due diligence, integration planning, and exit readiness for PE and VC portfolio transactions.
Experience
A track record of building and leading technology organisations at global scale.
Thredd
Leading technology strategy and engineering at Thredd, a PE-backed SaaS issuer processor. Grew the engineering organisation from 100 to 300+ engineers while delivering a 30% reduction in infrastructure costs. Driving 50% year-on-year international expansion across issuer processing markets globally.
Dayrize
Built the sustainability impact scoring platform from the ground up. Established API-first, cloud-native architecture enabling rapid integration with global retail and supply-chain partners. Hired and led a cross-functional product and engineering team.
Nubank
Drove global platformization across lending, credit cards, and crypto at one of the world's most valuable fintechs. Led cross-border product and engineering initiatives spanning Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, establishing reusable platform capabilities at unprecedented scale.
Booking.com
Defined and executed global architecture strategy at one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms. Responsible for architectural governance, platform modernization roadmaps, and engineering standards across hundreds of independent teams.
Energyworx
Founded and scaled Energyworx from inception to exit. Built a cloud-native energy data intelligence platform recognised as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Visionary. Led all product, technology, and commercial strategy through multiple funding rounds, international expansion, and a successful exit — backed by Gresham House.
Capgemini · Vattenfall · Alliander
Foundational engineering, architecture, and consulting roles spanning enterprise technology, energy sector transformation, and large-scale systems integration.
Board & Advisory Positions
Publication
Reflections on Leadership, Innovation, and Building Next Generation Platforms
AI & Engineering
Nothing has shifted the "physics" of software engineering quite like the move toward Agentic Engineering. Here's how the role of a CTO is evolving — and what engineering leaders need to understand about this paradigm shift.
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AI & Engineering
How we leverage AI tools like Amazon Q and Snyk across the full development lifecycle — from code generation and security scanning to incident triage — to accelerate delivery and future-proof our engineering platform.
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Platform
Our transition to AWS serverless — Lambda, DynamoDB, and cloud-native services — and what it means for scalability, cost efficiency, and building a next-generation fintech platform that can grow without limits.
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Way of Working
How we implemented Objectives and Key Results across our engineering organisation to sharpen alignment, improve focus, and create real accountability — without losing the pace that a growth-stage fintech demands.
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Engineering
A comprehensive delivery framework combining Feature-Driven, Outcome-Driven, and Behaviour-Driven Development alongside Domain-Driven Design and monorepo architecture — built to ship faster without sacrificing quality.
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Recommendations from colleagues, direct reports, and clients across Edwin's career.
Edwin has an exceptional grasp of complex systems and is able to cut through technical noise to focus on the changes that genuinely improve the architecture, engineering and operability foundations of a platform. His credibility with engineers comes from that depth of understanding, and he leads architectural evolution in a way that is both practical and impactful.
Edwin is a truly wonderful leader and a great boss. He has the ability to balance high-performance with respect and kindness and always has the back of everyone on his team. I always feel my ideas and opinions are heard and respected. He also brings energy and fun to the environment, which goes a long way to making work much better.
Edwin has been a constant source of inspiration, fostering an environment where ideas are valued, contributions are encouraged, and quality is uncompromising. His leadership is highly effective at all levels; he seamlessly navigates between the technical specifics of immediate problems and the strategic vision for the future. It has been a privilege to work with him, and highly enjoyable. His impact on the team and my development will resonate long into the future.
Edwin is a great leader — has great visions and knows how to implement them fast and of high quality. He gets his hands dirty and is always there ready to provide support and discuss! He knows when to step in and when to give each team member the freedom to make the best decisions. He always strives for high quality work, ensuring an amazing tech stack but also balancing with the speed of execution.
Edwin served as an exceptional mentor to me. His software development expertise is unparalleled, but it's his ability to adapt and innovate that truly sets him apart. His passion for work is contagious, inspiring me to seek long-term solutions and grow as a professional. Even with his busy schedule, he took time to guide me patiently through all kinds of challenges.
Edwin is an example of how a leader can balance hard work, strategy and being fair with his direct reports. He is passionate about the work he does and learns the inherent business quickly, designing strategies that help in the short, medium and long term. He knows well how to set expectations and shield his directs from external interference so they can focus on what is really valuable.
Edwin is extremely ambitious, and his ambition is contagious. He has the uncanny ability of getting decision makers into a room to enable moving forward. He scales his influence by building relationships with a vast variety of stakeholders and makes everybody feel heard. He has shown me the way in which one can have an outsized influence as an IC.
Edwin is a true visionary for the Energy & Utility industry. He has a deep understanding of the challenges brought on by the Energy Transition and how core business processes are being affected. Through his relentless drive and love of technology, Edwin has designed and built Energyworx with a serverless architecture, run by a lean and mean team leveraging Platform-as-a-Service technologies. Edwin is the hardest worker I've ever met.
Edwin's creativity is inspiring. His far-reaching vision of how energy data will be consumed, and his deep understanding of the cloud technology resulted in the creation of a flexible and cutting-edge meter data management solution with great potential to grow as the electric grid keeps changing. Edwin has provided the critical hands-on supervision to ensure the needs of business users are met.
I've never met someone who works as hard as he does. I really admire his dedication and his passion in his work. If he takes on a project, he's dedicated for the full 100%. He took the time to teach me the skills I needed and was honest and direct.
Edwin has been a real asset to us in our work in establishing a SOA platform and way of working. Edwin manages to mix deep technology knowledge with great enthusiasm, dedication and a personality that makes him really easy to work with. I warmly recommend Edwin.
Edwin is a highly skilled Java and SOA expert, besides being a great coach, motivator and team player. I admire his perseverance, dedication and passion in his work. I can highly recommend him and would grab any opportunity to work with him again.
Edwin is an architect with excellent knowledge of IT architecture strategy and SOA solutions and has broad knowledge of current IT developments and the effect of technology upon business. This knowledge in combination with his development skills makes Edwin a good interlocutor with managers, developers, architects, business and operators. Edwin never walks away from a challenge.
Edwin is a real expert in the area of Service Orientation. As Enterprise Architect SOA he brought Nuon to a higher level. The comprehensiveness and his deep knowledge of IT, EAI and SOA is unrivaled, giving Nuon new ways of doing things. Besides, Edwin is just a very good guy — always in search for a result, but in a very nice manner.
Edwin is a true professional and expert on the SOA and integration area. With his extensive experience and his enthusiasm he is capable of bringing complex situations back to logical and easy to understand building blocks. Furthermore Edwin has the skills to communicate and bring messages across on board level as well as "work floor" level.
Edwin is a true, dedicated professional, capable of bridging the gap in what business wants and what state-of-the-art technology has to offer. Working with Edwin, you automatically get infected with his passion for IT solutions and technology in general!
Edwin is not only a great guy for a beer and a laugh, but also a great person to work with. His passion and perfectionism ensure the creation of great internet applications and solutions. He just doesn't think in problems, only solutions! You can call him inventive, a visionary, strategic, motivated or early-adopter — it's all true.
I've worked for Edwin as a customer and later as an employee — the latter because I believe Edwin has the right attitude towards information technology. A keen strategist when it comes to application of proven IT solutions and a visionary, always a step ahead of the pack when it comes to cutting edge technology.
I've known Edwin for quite a long time and I've worked with him as a colleague and as his employee. All this time our co-operation was very good and pleasant. I've always admired Edwin for his expertise, sharp analytical skills and his power of persuasion. Furthermore, Edwin is always very well-informed about new developments in his discipline and the way he sinks his teeth in new projects is impressive.
I had the pleasure of working with Edwin recently and I can confidently say that he is an exceptional professional. His extensive experience and skills in GreenTech, FinTech, and Technology in general are truly impressive. As a GreenTech recruiter, I speak to top-notch candidates within this industry on a daily basis, and I can say with conviction that Edwin represents the perfect candidate with whom anyone would want to work.
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Available for full-time, fractional, and interim CTO/CPTO roles — as well as Non-Executive Director, Board Advisory, and technology due diligence engagements for PE and VC portfolios.
