Gerard Metrailler

Gerard Metrailler

Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area
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Gérard Métrailler is a C-Level Leader in the technology, SaaS, and software industries with extensive P&L, global go-to-market, portfolio strategy, product-led growth, and marketing expertise.

As a turnaround tech executive and operator, Gérard has a proven track record of delivering growth, profitability, and value creation. He focuses on strategic clarity, organizational transformation, and operational excellence in B2C, B2B, and B2B2C, from SMBs to Fortune 500 and from consumers to education & government.

At Corel Corp (now Alludo), Gérard led the successful transition of CorelDRAW, the #1 alternative to Adobe, from a perpetual licensing model to a SaaS/Subscription offering combining cloud, AI, mobile, and desktop. Most recently, he was part of the Executive leadership team (Chief Product Officer role) that transformed Corel Corporation from a packaged software company into a recurring-revenue industry leader through organic growth and M&A, delivering a $1.1B valuation exit with the acquisition by KKR.

🔹Strategic clarity delivering products- and GTM-led growth through company-wide alignment
🔹International B2C, B2B, and B2B2C go-to-market expertise through direct sales & partners
🔹Extensive M&A expertise from target identification through due diligence and successful integration
🔹Authentic people leader, develops accountability-driven, geographically distributed A+ teams
🔹Expert communicator in English, French, and German

Gérard is open to relocating (North America or Western Europe) or working remotely.

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Experience

  • Altium® Graphic

    Altium®

    San Diego, California, United States

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    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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    Ottawa, Canada Area

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    Ottawa, Canada Area

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    Ottawa, Canada Area

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    Ottawa, Canada Area

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    Ottawa, Canada Area

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    Ottawa, ON, Canada

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    Ottawa, ON, Canada

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    Ottawa, ON, Canada

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    Maidenhead, United Kingdom

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    Maidenhead, United Kingdom

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    Maidenhead, United Kingdom

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    Lausanne Area, Switzerland

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    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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    Waltham, MA, USA

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    Waltham, MA, USA

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    Munich Area, Germany

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    Munich Area, Germany

Patents

  • Software product piracy monetization process

    Issued US 9,836,730

    A method includes a step of providing a computer readable non-transitory storage medium comprising a computer readable code as a software product configured to run on a local computer and configured to perform a software piracy monetization process. The software product includes one or more configurable features having a feature property, the feature property including a state. The method further includes running the computer readable code on the local computer, and collecting, by the software…

    A method includes a step of providing a computer readable non-transitory storage medium comprising a computer readable code as a software product configured to run on a local computer and configured to perform a software piracy monetization process. The software product includes one or more configurable features having a feature property, the feature property including a state. The method further includes running the computer readable code on the local computer, and collecting, by the software product running on the local computer, hardware fingerprint data from the local computer. The method further includes connecting with a computer feature server, and determining if the software product is legitimate. If not, the method includes a step of sending a message to the local computer. The message includes instructions to change the state of a feature property of the software product to alert a user that the software product is not legitimate.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • German

    Full professional proficiency

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