SPEAKER’S PROFILE

Bertrand Perez has been involved in the software and telecom industry since 1993 and became interested in blockchain in 2014 while working as Senior Director at Paypal. With a background in Computer Software Engineering and Computer Applications, he has decades of experience in managing and guiding large technical teams, specializing in architecture and services with 24/7 constraints.Prior to moving to Web3 Foundation in 2021, Bertrand was COO of Diem, a blockchain-based payment system to enable universal access to financial services (formerly Libra). He also set up and was managing director of the Libra/Diem Association.Web3 Foundation’s mission to deliver an internet where users control their own data, identity, and destiny is in line with his long-standing professional goal to offer the best services using the technologies and networks of the present and future.