| Gerard works for Verdiem Corporation, a green tech company of Kleiner Perkins whose software monitors and reduces
energy consumption of corporate IT networks. He is the founder of Seattle Networking Guide and publishes also Seattle Spin, the widest circlulation weekly email newsletter on What's Happening in Seattle.
Gerard started his career negotiating
international technology transfer
deals
while
studying at
Seattle University.
He has lived and worked on three continents, and
traveled
to over 40 countries - among his favorite are Switzerland, France, India and Thailand.
Following a six-year
stint with Philip
Morris Europe, Gerard
co-founded
one of Switzerland's first
Internet and web development firms with clients like
Honda and the
International Committee of the Red Cross.
In 1995, he joined Swisscom to help lead the company's international
expansion in South Asia. He was responsible for investments in Indian GSM wireless
startup companies, which were acquired
by Vodafone for US$19 billion in 2007.
Gerard has conducted MBA workshops at UW Business School and serves
local organizations such as the World Trade Club, Seattle Swiss Society, OneWorld Now!, the World Affairs
Council, TiE-Seattle, WTIA, CityClub of Seattle, Seattle Peace Concerts, Knowledge as Power and his son's daycare.
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