Guillaume Montard
About Guillaume Montard
Guillaume Montard is the Founder and CEO of Bearer, a company he has led since 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. He has a background in engineering and web marketing, and he also serves as an investor in several other companies.
Work at Bearer
Guillaume Montard serves as the Founder and CEO of Bearer, a position he has held since 2018. Under his leadership, Bearer has focused on innovative security solutions, particularly in the realm of code security. Montard has been instrumental in redefining code security through automated business impact prioritization. He emphasizes sensitive data flow analysis to assist security and engineering teams. Montard has also played a strategic role in assessing and remediating security risks and vulnerabilities in code. His efforts contributed to the milestone of 50,000 downloads of Bearer CLI, showcasing the tool's impact in the industry.
Education and Expertise
Guillaume Montard has a diverse educational background. He studied Engineering in Information Technology and Electronics at ESIEA - École d'Ingénieur·e·s d'un numérique utile, where he earned a Master's degree from 2003 to 2008. He furthered his studies at Grenoble Ecole de Management, achieving a Specialized Master in Webmarketing & Information Systems from 2007 to 2008. Additionally, he attended Wrexham University for a Summer School program in System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management, completing a Cisco CCNA course in 2004.
Investment Roles
In addition to his role at Bearer, Guillaume Montard is actively involved in various investment capacities. He has been an investor at Upflow since 2018 and at Kard since 2019. Montard also invests in multiple startups, including Easop and elba since 2022, Orus since 2021, and comet since 2017. He is a Limited Partner at Weekend Fund and daphni, both since 2017, and has been involved with Orbit since 2019. His investment activities span across different sectors, reflecting his commitment to supporting innovative ventures.
Contributions to the Security Community
Guillaume Montard has made significant contributions to the security community. He participated in a webinar discussing advanced Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solutions with industry experts. Montard has also written articles on integrating SAST into development workflows, focusing on enhancing Developer Experience. He gave a talk at OWASP Lisboa, where he discussed reevaluating SAST, further showcasing his expertise and commitment to improving security practices within the software development lifecycle.