Bertrand is Entrepreneur in Residence at Red River West and brings 20+ years as Tech Entrepreneur, Exec, Senior Adviser to VC funds & Business Angel.

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Co-Founder at App Annie, he led the business as CEO from 2010-2018, and as Chairman from 2010-2020, resulting in $100M+ ARR, 400 employees across US, Asia and Europe, as well as $150M+ raised from IDG Capital, e-Ventures, Greycroft, Sequoia, IVP, Greenspring among others. He started the business in China in 2010 before moving the HQ to San Francisco in 2014.

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Prior to App Annie, he was VP Mobile at Gomez (Boston/Beijing) sold for $295M to Compuware (now Dynatrace) while in dual IPO track. Earlier he was also COO at Zandan (Paris) sold to Keynote Systems. Bertrand started his career as co-founder and CEO/CTO of the French startup Arkadia Netsystems.

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Bertrand lived in SF, Beijing, Shanghai, Philadelphia, Paris and now Seattle. He holds an MBA from Wharton, and an MSc from ISEP in France.