Hugues Gontier

Hugues Gontier is currently an Advisor at Code For Fun. Hugues has also held positions at ECOVACS ROBOTICS and BlueFox.io in the past.

At ECOVACS, they served as the Director of Marketing for Americas from January 2018 to April 2020. In this role, they were responsible for product marketing, channel marketing, branding, PR, events, advertising, digital, social, and e-commerce. Under their leadership, the brand grew from #5 to #2 in the U.S. market share rank and achieved 498+% growth within the first year.

At BlueFox.io, they served as the Chief Marketing Officer from January 2016 to December 2018. In this role, they were responsible for developing and executing the overarching marketing strategy, B2B and B2C product marketing, digital marketing, PR, events, advertising, website, e-commerce, social media, and partnership development activities. Hugues also played a key role in the company winning Best Startup of the Year award from the French American Chamber of Commerce as well as Best Technological Start-Up from the City of Sunnyvale.

Hugues Gontier graduated with a business management degree from Amiens Business School. Hugues then went on to study finance at HEC Montreal, where they earned their major in finance.