Robert Mejlerö is a senior technology leader with over two decades of experience in building and scaling development teams, driving digital strategy, and aligning tech execution with business outcomes. His professional path reflects a pragmatic, hands-on approach to leadership, formed through years of delivering real results in high-pressure environments across Europe and the United States.
With deep operational experience as a CTO, project manager, agile coach and product strategist, Robert combines executive-level thinking with ground-level action. Whether leading in-house teams or acting as a fractional CTO, his work is marked by structure, transparency and execution focus. He does not rely on hype or inflated frameworks. Instead, he prioritizes clarity, simplicity and responsibility across every layer of the tech organization.
Over the past 22 years, Robert has operated in a wide range of companies, from startups and mid-sized SaaS businesses to large multinationals and regulated enterprises. His focus has consistently been to bring technology in direct alignment with product and business objectives.
Snapshot:
Robert has operated as CTO across several businesses including Annanow AG, Hotelcard AG, NU Technology AG, Lanterna Education, and Zmags. He is also founder and principal consultant at The Mejlerö Company GmbH, offering fractional CTO services to growing tech companies across Europe and the US .
Robert’s leadership is defined by precision, not posturing. His approach is rooted in three areas:
Strategic Technology Execution
Developer Team Leadership
Agile Product Delivery
Cloud and Infrastructure
Robert’s book, The CTO Playbook, outlines a realistic and often blunt guide for anyone working in, or leading, software development teams. Rather than following a consultant-style framework, the playbook lays out his accumulated knowledge on five essential dimensions: People, Work, Tech, Leadership and Communication.
Some key beliefs extracted from the playbook:
He also emphasizes offboarding as a cultural ritual. It’s not just about removing access. It’s about framing the exit properly, maintaining morale, and respecting the human side of transition.
Robert is driven by outcomes. That means getting things live, not endlessly debating the roadmap. His background in both product and engineering gives him the ability to interpret business needs with technical clarity. His style is direct, structured and respectful — with a preference for clarity over consensus.
In conversations and meetings, he doesn’t talk over engineers or underplay business risk. He bridges. He clarifies. He pushes for momentum.
He leads with one question: What is going to drive real value this quarter?
Robert lives in Engelberg, Switzerland with his wife and youngest son. When he’s not scaling tech teams or rebuilding platforms, he sails. The structure, rhythm and unpredictability of sailing often reflects how he thinks about software: you’re always adjusting course, responding to conditions, but staying aligned to your destination.
He holds a Swiss C-permit and works fluently in English, Swedish and German. He is available for on-site or remote work depending on the engagement and client needs .
If you need a CTO who will quietly reorganize your product development into something that actually ships, Robert Mejlerö is a strong fit. If you need someone to coach your junior leaders, define your architecture strategy, or reset your developer hiring approach, he’s already done it — repeatedly, across industries and cultures.
He won’t waste time on theatre. He’ll spend it building the conditions where good developers thrive and products go live.
For leadership guidance, CTO advisory, or fractional engagement, contact Robert Mejlerö at [email protected] or visit ctotmc.com.
Explore his approach in The CTO Playbook, available on Kindle and iBooks, or connect via LinkedIn to view his full background.
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