Ben Piquard
Chief happy culteur in Genval, Belgique
Ben Piquard
Chief happy culteur in Genval, Belgique
I am a Senior Business Development and Interim Manager. I am focusing on Innovations, Startups and Digital transformations of the Economy.
I graduated in 1992 from HEC Business School in Liege and worked 15 year for Software Coporations in Sales, pre-sales and bus dev positions (for Business Objects (BI), Siebel (CRM), PeopleSoft (HR), SAS (Analytics), Microsoft (CRM))
Between 2008 and 2014, I have been the director of the Microsoft Innovation Centers in Mons and Brussels and launched initiatives like the MIC Boostcamps (for young entrepreneurs) or the MIC Internships programs.
Since 2014, I have my small consulting company (PI4Mgt srl) and I help various customers with innovations and startups projects. My main customer is LeanSquare, a start-up Investments fund, where I have been CEO and Executive Advisor for more than 10 years, helping hundreds of start-up to get funded.
In the week-ends, I am an amateur Trails and marathons runners (Ran 50+ marathons since 2000) and I play live music (singer, guitar, saxophone) in a friendly Band, les Z'Alchimistes 🎷