Olivier Bernard

Olivier Bernard has a diverse work experience spanning various companies and roles. Olivier is currently working as the Presales Director for France in the Industries department at KX since September 2021. Prior to this, they were the Director of Pre-Sales Consulting for the Southern EMEA region at VANTIQ from March 2018 to August 2021. Before that, Olivier worked as the Director of EMEA Presales Engineering for the IT Opsvision & MailGate product lines at Axway from May 2017 to February 2018. In 2016, they served as a Global Account Executive at Turbonomic, where they successfully launched sales activities in France and achieved revenue growth of 1M within the first year. From 2011 to 2015, Olivier worked at VCE as a Partner Account Executive and a Senior vArchitect in the EMEA region. Olivier co-founded and served as the CEO of Optigreen consulting from 2010 to 2011, focusing on IT Strategy and Governance in Sustainable Development. Olivier also worked at Kappa Consulting as the CTO and Associate Director from 2008 to 2010, where they built the Consulting activity as a new Business Unit and served as the CTO of the IDF Agency. In 2004, they started their journey at VMware, where they held multiple roles including Technical Alliance Manager for EMEA, Technical Account Manager and Architect specializing in virtualization for the South EMEA region. Olivier's early career includes positions at sun microsystems as a Consultant in production organization and as a Technical Account Manager for operators and media markets. Overall, Olivier Bernard has demonstrated extensive experience in pre-sales, consulting, account management, and strategic partnerships throughout their career.

Olivier Bernard has an education history that includes obtaining an MBA in Business Administration and Management from ESCP Business School in 2007. Olivier also received an MBA in Business Administration from the same institution in the same year. Prior to that, Bernard attended ESIEA - ÉCOLE D'INGÉNIEUR·E·S D'UN NUMÉRIQUE UTILE from 1993 to 1998, where they earned a degree in Engineering with a focus on Automation and Computer Science. In addition to their formal education, Bernard has obtained several certifications, including VMT-ACE from Turbonomic in 2016, ITIL - V3 from HP Education Services in 2007, and VCP from VMware in 2006.