Peter Bernard

A Dad of three kids with technology on my mind.

The Digital Dad site was created by Peter Bernard to address the needs of Digital Dads around the world.

About Peter Bernard
During the last 15 years, Peter Bernard has held a variety of pioneering positions in the mobile industry and has been granted several patents and has patents pending in areas including power management, electronic imaging and mobile security.

Currently, Mr. Bernard works at Microsoft and is involved in a number of initiatives regarding mobile and embedded devices.

Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Bernard was Chief Product Officer at Insignia, responsible for directing the definition, implementation and evolution of Insignia's products and marketing messages for mobile operators and device manufacturers.

He served for three years on the Java Community Process Executive Committee, one of fifteen people that drive the definition of "what is mobile Java" and was actively involved in the QUALCOMM BREW eco-system .

Prior to Insignia, Mr. Bernard served as Vice President of Products and Marketing at E-Color, a high performance image server software company, transforming the company from PC OEM software to internet infrastructure provider for leading retailers such as Bloomingdale's and L'Oreal. E-Color now powers Sprint PCS Vision's photo sharing service as part of Lightsurf, Inc.

Previous to E-Color, Mr. Bernard was responsible for marketing and product strategy at Phoenix Technologies for firmware solutions targeted at mobile consumer electronics and industrial devices. Mr. Bernard was also responsible for mobile PC firmware products, pioneering Phoenix NoteBIOS, the company's flagship mobile product that became the de facto power management firmware solution for mobile PCs.

Mr. Bernard holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Boston University.