Johanne Bouchard

Summary

Johanne is a governance strategy expert, a serial entrepreneur, a former C-Level executive, a visionary, a thought leader, a strategic thinker, a technologist, a marketing strategist and globalization expert, dynamic motivational and motivated leader. She is adamant about exemplary governance and leadership. As a board governance and leadership advisor with extensive organizational/change management experience, Johanne built a client-base with senior executives & boards across industry sectors. Expert in strategic alignment, board dynamics and board composition, she excels in her role as confidante, one-on-one advisor to boards and CEOs. -Her early career as engineer evolved into marketing through her savvy for computer technology. Recruited by Oracle and Ingres during the flamboyant growth of databases, she successfully led and built North-America's marketing programs, and built Industry Marketing, International and Global Marketing for the 2nd largest database company in the world. - In 92, she founded and self-funded her own management consultancy (BOSS) to advise leading high tech companies about the need to globalize, to brand consistently worldwide and to increase their reach internationally in Europe, Asia Pac and Japan. She ultimately grew her venture into a multi-million dollar business. She has deep/extensive international market and operations experience. - 25 years in high tech B2B enterprise software, mid-market, peripherals and manufacturers. Clients included fast growing tech companies and execs of Fortune 500 and Global 2000. Adaptec, ATG, Compaq, Conner Peripherals, Dell, Documentum, Ericsson,Platinum, SAP, SUN, Unisys,Visio. Worked with VCs for whom she did due diligence about technology and leadership teams. - A B2B Marketing expert and in her leadership roles as VP Int'l, CMO and VP Marketing, she successfully built and led marketing pre-through and POST IPO and helped repositioned public companies. Worldwide network.