Bernard Ong

Bernard Ong is a strategic partnerships and technology business development executive currently leading AI partnerships at IBM, focusing on the watsonx platform. Previously, they held roles at Navigant as a Managing Consultant, where they led dispute resolution for large-scale infrastructure projects, and at Botticelli Capital Partners LLC as a Buy Side Equity Research intern. Bernard also worked as a field engineer at Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc., managing operations for significant infrastructure projects, and gained consulting experience at Bain & Company. They are pursuing an MBA at Columbia Business School.