About The Speaker
Ben Piquard
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 sprl) and I help various customers with innovations and startups projects. I am the CEO of LeanSquare, a startup seed investment fund in Liège.(Meusinvest group) In the week-ends, I am an amateur Trails and marathons runners (Ran 30+ marathons since 2000) and I play Saxophone in a small Jazz band at the Academy of Music of Rixensart.