Jean-Christophe Bonis The Founders Bernhard Friedl Founder, Chairman Co-Founder, CEO A futurist, entrepreneur, TED speaker, writer, A pragmatic realist, entrepreneur, investor, vivid passionate about new technologies and tireless traveler and polyglot, Bernhard has co-founded globe-trotter, Jean-Christophe was recognized in several companies in Europe and North America. 2019 among the most influential French experts As a native German he brings basic business in the field of artificial intelligence across the knowledge and decade long hands on planet. experience to the table. After a career as VC, he decided to leave After a career as a C-level executive, he decided everything to give a meaning to his life. He to re-focus on passing on his knowledge to the travelled the 5 continents to meet the different next generations of entrepreneurs and has cultures impacted by today’s digital challenges. engage as a mentor and investor in the market. An entrepreneur committed to the ecosystem of In addition to these functions, he serves as a successful start-ups, he led for 10 years a start- supervisory board member of stock listed up studio dedicated to projects in the field of companies. artificial intelligence (anomaly detection, computer vision, smart city and industry 4.0). His background in computer science combined with the knowledge of an MBA in Finance In March 2022, as a response to the war in provided him with the deep understanding Ukraine, he established NGO Team4UA and HIT necessary to assess the potential of new (Humanitarian Innovative Technologies). technologies in todays and tomorrow’s markets. Jean-Christophe is co-author of “24h of Growing companies from the ground up, (Startup innovations, wake up it’s already tomorrow”, from to IPO), Bernhard is familiar with the challenges the DUNOD editions, Nov 2018, France. a company faces through its lifecycle.