Bernard Slede

Bernard Slede has over 10 years of experience in business development, partnerships, and board roles. In 2020 they joined Vonage as the Global Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, where they drive global partnership outcomes, builds internal and external alignment, and drives programs and thought leadership to maximize the adoption and use of Vonage technology. From 2016-2019, they held roles as Business Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator, Advisory Board Member at Cloudalize, Advisor Silicon Valley at CICL - The Center For Innovation Commercialization LLC, Head Of Business Development at Dolby Laboratories, Founder and Managing Partner at Breakthrough Venture Partners, EVP of Business Development at Voxeet - In-flow Communications, Independent Board Director at Timely, Senior Vice President Business Development at wtfast, and Board Member at iText Software. During their tenure at Breakthrough Venture Partners, monthly recurring revenues grew 4x. At wtfast, they initiated and closed deals with router companies representing 70% of the market and closed a marketing deal with Gigabyte for 16M bundles a year. At iText Software, they drove the company to grow revenues 10x and reviewed M&A options before the company was acquired by Hancom in January 2016.

Bernard Slede has completed a Master's Degree in Business from HEC Paris, an MBA Exchange Program from McGill University in Corporate Strategy and Marketing, an MBA Exchange Program from Esade in New Technology Management, an Exchange Program from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chemical Engineering, and attended Lycee Louis-le-Grand.