François LAVIE

CTO @ RentalReady

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

I build a PMS for short-term rental operators. Not for demos. I’m CTO at RentalReady, the operator-led PMS powering professional STR operations across Europe and beyond. I’ve been a CTO from day one. After EPITA and a stint at Morgan Stanley, I co-founded BnbLord in 2015 as CTO and helped scale it into a leading property management company in France and Portugal, before its acquisition by GuestReady in 2019. Working side by side with operators for years taught me one thing: PMS aren’t broken. They’re just rarely built with operators in mind. Property managers don’t need more features. They need fewer workarounds. So we built the PMS we wished operators actually had: • native OTA integrations • automation shaped by real workflows • AI that reduces operational load instead of adding noise • synchronization you can actually trust Today, RentalReady is used by professional property managers worldwide who want software that understands operations, not just listings. Always keen to exchange with: • operators scaling fast • proptech builders allergic to hype • partners who believe hospitality tech should start in the field

Experience

  • Chief Technology Officer at RentalReady
    May 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • GuestReady Group (7 yrs 4 mos)
    • Chief Technology Officer
      Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

    • VP of Engineering
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Chief Technology Officer at BnbLord
    Jun 2015 - Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    At bnbLord - we manage vacation rentals with the help of technology. Check-in, cleaning, check-out, pricing, listing optimization… we take care of everything! As our business is always expanding - we are looking for new talents to join our technology-driven team ! If you know python/web development (html/css/javascript) and you are looking for new challenges, contact me.

  • IT Associate at Morgan Stanley
    Jul 2014 - Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Algorithmic and electronic trading production support - Monitor Equity Orders executions and routing, Compliance, Back Office, and Crossing systems to catch and fix problems as they occur - Design, develop and deploy internal monitoring system and automated infrastructure checks, system health and orders executions. - Communicate with multiple departments and manage incidents impacting the trading system. - Proactively identify areas for stability improvement in the software/hardware stack as well as operational processes - Work closely with development staff to reduce single points of failure and improve stack performance.

  • Cash Equity Support Analyst at Societe Generale
    Jan 2013 - Jun 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Front & Middle Office IT support on Cash Equity business (Program Trading, DMA & DSA flows and facilitation) : • Order management and Execution Systems (Fidessa) • Exchange/Client Connectivity (FIX protocol) • Middle office allocation/booking • Interfaces (Unix/Sybase and Tibco) & Report (Business Object) Main responsibilities : • Incident / Request management - direct contact with business users (front-office, middle office, COO, compliance) development teams and business analysts) • Participation in the amelioration/automation/creation of processes both for the business or production services activities • Preparation and deployment of releases • Monitoring improvement (development of new samplers/alerts on ITRS)