Bedard

Bob Bedard ’75 is currently President and CEO of deFacto Global, Inc., a financial and operations analytics software company serving mid-market to large corporations. His career has centered on developing products, services and businesses based on emerging information technologies for IBM, The Bank of New York, Prodigy Services and CBS. He also started several technology companies including deFacto Global and holds patents in the areas of electronic payments and data analytics. Mr. Bedard is an active entrepreneur helping develop an Artificial Intelligence ecosystem throughout NYS’s Capital Region and a member of Upstate Venture Connect (UVC). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science degree in Business Administration from Columbia University.