Pat Bernard

Pat Bernard

Vice President of Global Alliances

Pat Bernard brings to Zapata her expertise in building, advancing and managing global channel and alliances organizations at companies such as Siebel, Hyperion, Saba and Medidata. In her former roles, Pat successfully led the transformation of partner businesses across start-ups, companies needing realignment and ones with accelerated growth, to achieve measurable business impact. Throughout her career, Pat has also been a Partner Consultant at companies including Salesforce/Vlocity and early in her career, Pat served as a U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer. Pat holds an Executive MBA from Boston University and a BA in Mathematics from Connecticut College.

Question & Answer

What’s your superpower?

Understanding other people’s superpower 😉

If you could meet anyone, who would it be and why?

Winston Churchill. His actions changed the world for good…and he had a great wit!

What are people often surprised to know about you?

MANY years ago, I was offered (and declined) a job as a Crypto Mathematician by the “numbers group” at the National Security Agency (NSA).