Talend Board: Leading Provider of Open Source Integration Software


Bertrand Diard

Bertrand Diard
Bertrand Diard is Talend's cofounder and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Talend, he managed a Business Unit for one of Europe's largest systems integrators. In 1999 he cofounded a software company specializing in real-time 3D animation. He began his career in business development at Manpower Europe. Bertrand has extensive experience managing large integration projects.

Fabrice Bonan

Fabrice Bonan
Fabrice Bonan is cofounder and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Talend, as Technical Director of the integration practice for a large European systems integrator, he managed complex projects for large clients. Fabrice also cofounded an IT Asset Management software company, based in France with offices in Silicon Valley. Fabrice holds a degree in Computer Science from EPITA in Paris.

Matthieu Baret

Bernard Liautaud
Bernard Liautaud founded Business Objects in 1990 and was CEO and then Chairman until January 2008. With 6,700 employees, 45,000 customers, and $1.5 billion in revenue in 2007, Business Objects was the world leader in Business Intelligence and one of the 15 largest software companies in the world. Business Objects was the first European software IPO on Nasdaq in 1994. In January 2008, Business Objects was acquired by SAP for $6.7 billion, making it the third largest software acquisition at the time. Bernard is now a member of the SAP Supervisory Board.

Matthieu Baret

Matthieu Baret
Matthieu Baret joined Idinvest Partners (formerly known as AGF Private Equity) in 2005 and operates mainly in the sectors of telecommunications/media and cleantech. Before joining Idinvest Partners /AGF Private Equity, he was VP for corporate development and strategic planning at Italtel, a Milan-based subsidiary of Cisco and Telecom Italia and a leading triple-play solutions provider for carriers.

John Brennan

John Brennan
John Brennan joined Silver Lake in 2008 and is a Managing Director focused on the firm’s middle market strategy, Silver Lake Sumeru. He has significant experience as a senior executive in technology companies and in strategy consulting. Prior to joining Silver Lake Sumeru, John held senior management positions at Adobe Systems, Hewlett-Packard Company and Accenture Strategic Services. John holds degrees from Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Peter Gyenes

Peter Gyenes
Peter Gyenes has served as the non-executive chairman of the board of directors at Sophos, a global security software company, since March 2006. He also served as chairman and CEO of Ascential Software Corporation and its predecessor companies VMark Software, Ardent Software and Informix until its acquisition by IBM in 2005. He directed the development and growth of Ascential Software from a niche software business to the market leader in data integration software through product and strategy differentiation and technology innovation.