Dale Bertrand

Dale Bertrand

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Founder and CEO
United States

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  • Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs
    Entrepreneur In Residence
    Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs
    Oct 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year)
  • Hustle Fund
    Hustle Fund - Startup Mentor
    Hustle Fund
    Jun 2020 - May 2022 (2 years)
    Hustle Fund is a venture capital fund investing in fast-executing teams at the pre-seed and seed stages.
  • global
    500 Startups - Startup Mentor
    global
    Jan 2017 - Current (9 years 7 months)
    500 Startups is a leading global venture capital seed fund and startup accelerator. They manage $200M in assets and invest in 1300+ technology start-ups.
  • Trade Hounds
    Equity Advisor
    Trade Hounds
    Nov 2016 - Feb 2018 (1 year 4 months)
    Trade Hounds is a website with the same scope as LinkedIn, but is better catered to blue collar workers and the companies that want to hire them.
  • G
    Founder and CEO
    Greenway Media Publishing
    Sep 2011 - Dec 2015 (4 years 4 months)
    Online publisher in the education space focused on students seeking advanced degrees. Sold in 2015 to focus on consulting and advising.
  • V
    Co-Founder and CTO
    Vaulted Health
    Sep 2011 - Sep 2012 (1 year 1 month)
    We help nurses find fulfilling employment with help from other nurses. Our first products include a platform for nurses to share their experiences working with specific agencies/employers and a common application for agency jobs.
  • GRABCAD
    Marketing Consultant
    GRABCAD
    May 2011 - Nov 2018 (7 years 7 months)
    Responsible for growing the user base by crafting a search engine marketing and user generated content strategy. During my first 9 months at GrabCAD, we grew our SEO traffic 10x to 5.7 million monthly pageviews and 130,000 members. I created a popular webinar series to solicit member feedback, developed PPC advertising campaigns and conducted phone interviews with engineering managers in our target market.
  • FireSpark
    Founder and CEO
    FireSpark
    Dec 2008 - Current (17 years 8 months)
    As the founder of Fire&Spark, I’ve made it my mission to make SEO work like it should—driving eCommerce, SaaS, digital health, and tech brands toward explosive growth and market dominance. The old playbook—chasing rankings and meaningless traffic—won’t get you there. My focus? Strategies that turn SEO into a weapon for driving real business impact. 🔥 I work with clients to identify what’s broken. We turn technology advancements and shifts in consumer search behavior into a competitive advantage for your brand. But a strategy on paper isn’t enough. I make sure your team—marketers, developers, and stakeholders—are aligned and executing with laser focus. What makes us different? Full transparency and unstoppable momentum. No mysteries. No was
  • Pixability
    Director of Marketing
    Pixability
    Sep 2008 - Aug 2010 (2 years)
    Responsible for traffic acquisition strategy with emphasis on rapid testing, including search engine marketing, PPC, media buying, landing page optimization, email marketing and campaign performance analysis.
  • L
    Co-Founder and CTO
    LeadGathercom
    Dec 2006 - Apr 2009 (2 years 5 months)
    LeadGather.com connects vendors in the wedding industry to potential customers.
  • T
    Principal Engineer
    Technology Startups
    Jun 2001 - Jul 2008 (7 years 2 months)
    During this period, I joined a few technology startups as an early employee (Pixel Magic, ChipWrights and SiCortex) working as a software and hardware engineer, one of which was acquired by Qualcomm.
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  • Brown University
    MS, Electrical Engineering
    Brown University
    Jan 2001 - Dec 2002 (2 years)
  • Brown University
    BS, Electrical Engineering
    Brown University
    Jan 1995 - Dec 1999 (5 years)
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