Bernard Liautaud is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for nlyte Software, the leading provider of data center performance management solutions.

Prior to nlyte Software, Bernard Liautaud founded Business Objects in 1990 and was CEO for 15 years then Chariman until January 2008.  With 6,700 employees, 45,000 customers and $1.5 billion of revenue in 2007, Business Objects was the world leader in Business Intelligence and one of the 15 largest software companies in the world.  Business Objects was the first European software IPO on Nasdaq in 1994.  In January 2008, Business Objects was acquired by SAP for $6.8 billion, making it the third largest software acquisition at the time.

Bernard is now a member of the SAP Supervisory Board and its strategy committee.  He is also a member of Cap Gemini's board and its strategy committee.  He has received a number of distinctions including "Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur" in 2007 in France, Time Magazine Europe's Digital Top 25 and BusinessWeek Stars of Europe 0f 2002, Top 10 CEOs in North America by Chief Executive Magazine in 2001.

Bernard holds a Diplôme d'Ingénieur, Ecole Centrale de Paris and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Stanford University.