Valerie Bertele
Global Director of Growth at BairesDev
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Global Director of Growth
2024 - Current
BairesDev is your partner for precise, rapid outsourced software development.
Strategic Advisor
2024
Frontier tech. New approach to AI based on digital biology.
General Partner
2019
Early-stage venture fund in San Francisco.
San Francisco & Lisbon based VC investing in fast-growing early-stage tech-companies aimed at the global market.
Business Development / Partnerships / Account Management
2019 - 2023
Working with Alphabet/Google on the vendor side responsible for Growth, Client Relationship/Engagement, as well as Business Development including opening new countries and locations for Google and GCP Partnerships.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Head of Growth
2021 - 2023
Digital Transformation > B2B Sales, Business Development, Partnerships and Alliances, Global Expansion, Go to Market Strategy
Senior Account Manager | HCLS | Global Google Programs
2019 - 2021
Google Program Management including Business Development of existing and new opportunities Google Cloud HCLS strategy
EPAM leverages its core engineering expertise as a leading global product development and digital platform engineering services company.
Raised $75,000,000.00 from Da Vinci Capital and Renaissance Investment Management.
Territory Manager (Sales and Business Development + Clinical Support)
2017 - 2019
- 2018 Country Top Achievers Award nomination in Business Development - Responsible for 2 states, one of them is the biggest state - NSW, covering 32 hospitals - Managed projects for setting up complex Capital Equipment installations, working with external Public and Private Hospitals’ teams and internal cross-functional teams - Provided expert clinical and technical assistance in Electrophysiology Managed Sales and Business Development of RHYTHMIA™ Advanced Cardiac Mapping System, including Hardware and unique Software, featuring a continuous cardiac mapping algorithm that rapidly processes a high volume of data in order to create high-definition electro-anatomical 3D maps of heart chambers, valves, and vessels.
Boston Scientific Scimed is develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used principally to treat cardiovascular disease.
Invited Scientist/PhD candidate (Immuno-Oncology)
2016 - 2017
Cancer Division, Immunobiology of Cancer I dropped out to study data science, Python, machine learning, and AI. Invited for a PhD project: Immunotherapy. Coevolution of tumour and the immune system in osteosarcoma development and progression. Genomic instability and checkpoint blockade (PD-1 pathway).
Founder (Exit)
2011 - 2016
Moved to China and started a company after learning Chinese language in 4 month. Sold after leaving China. Delivered multiple cross-functional projects managing the full process from scouting to closing the deal. Activities include Chinese market research and expansion, establishment of sourcing entities, supply chain, logistics, QA/QC, process improvements, strategy. Last years work moved towards eCommerce, We Chat and other Chinese Social Media Platforms, Chinese consumers behavior, Marketing Consulting, Digital Marketing, Content Strategy, Social Media Marketing.
Education
Stanford Executive Program (SEP)
2023 - 2024