David Bernardi is a venture partner at Propulsion Ventures, a managing partner in ID Capital (a sister, early-stage fund), and the Head of Technology for Telesystem.  He has over twenty years of experience in telecommunications and software engineering, more than half of which he has gained in an operational environment.

Yves Eric Laliberté, President and CEO, StreamTheWorld, announced the appointment, adding that, “We are thrilled to have someone of David’s outstanding track record on our Board. His matchless experience in product and strategic planning brings a fantastic benefit to StreamTheWorld and its network.”

Over the course of his career, Mr. Bernardi has managed large software development teams in a multi site, multi-schedule environment. An industry leader, he was one of the first North Americans to have a software development team in India (1994) and, in terms of hardware development, he provided technical governance for the only non military data satellite constellation in the world. A consultant to Canadian and American telephone companies, he has analyzed and planned the reengineering of his clients’ processes to improve their competitiveness and efficiency.

For over twenty years, David Bernardi has overseen telecommunications and software products and strategies, negotiated complex, billion-dollar joint venture agreements in an international environment, built engineering and operations organizations from the ground up, and has provided technical and commercial guidance to numerous projects and start-ups.

Mr. Bernardi received Master's and Bachelor's (Honours) degrees in Electrical Engineering from McGill University and a Diploma in Arts (History) from Université de Montréal. He has held previous Board and advisory roles with numerous companies, among them: Audiokinetics, Colubris Networks, CVT Corp, Fox Group, Idilia, Metafoam, Microsigns, NCI Technologies, and Rololight.

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