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Olivier Bernard - Arm- Director, High Performance IoT

Biography :

Olivier Bernard, based out of Silicon Valley, has over 25 years of experience in marketing, strategy and engineering and has been involved in the IoT/M2M space since 2005. He is currently Director of Strategy for the IP Product Group (IPG) at Arm, responsible for identifying and building opportunities for long term growth and monitoring the industry landscape for threats and opportunities to Arm's overall strategy. Prior to joining Arm, he was the Executive Vice-President for Maestro Wireless, a Hong Kong based design and manufacturing house dedicated to Machine to Machine/IoT cellular gateways where he led the company's market entry in the Americas. Before 2008, he spent three years with eRide, a GPS start-up where he built the sales and marketing organizations from the ground-up. Additional experience includes various management positions in Business Development, Strategic Marketing and Engineering for CEL (NEC Electronics), Litton Industries and California Amplifier. His technology experience includes multiple telecommunications platforms and semiconductor devices, domains where he has authored dozens of technical articles and is a regular speaker at industry conferences. Mr. Bernard received a diploma of Engineer from ESIEE, France and an MSEE from the University of Southern California. He also holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.