Bio

E-commerce and supply-chain strategist. Chief technology & innovation officer. Experience and brand curator. Father of three and executive sous-chef/master mixologist to his beloved partner. Jean-Yves Martineau began his storied and colourful technology career as co-founder and CTO of Cactus Commerce, a world-class e-commerce solution provider in 1995. As an e-commerce visionary, Cactus grew from start-up of three to family of over 250 employees, within 10 years. In 2007, Jean-Yves was invited by Microsoft to jointly develop and market Commerce Server, Microsoft's e-commerce solution which was designed to replace cumbersome document and metadata management ''web sites'' with a high-performing, familiar to use and easy to manage e-commerce platform. Since his successful Cactus exit in 2010, Jean-Yves has been honing his digital vernacular in the entertainment and gaming sectors. At his core, Jean-Yves has a deep understanding at the rate in which technology travels; he believes that ''...we are about to experience 20,000 years of progress over the next 100 years, at today's rate...'' Specialties: Working with business partners across continents, building a brand, electronic marketing and communications, building experiences for user and consumers, and of course, working with lots of forward technology.