About the author

Eric J. Bertrand

Eric is the CEO and a partner of Mod Op, a full service agency with offices in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Portland and Panama City, Panama. His focus at Mod Op is on strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, rationalizing operations, developing financial systems as well as launching the digital advertising group.
Prior to Mod Op, Eric was a PE/VC fund manager, having invested $400 million in 60+ companies over the past 20 years. Eric was a General Partner with Palisade Capital Management, where he jointly managed a private equity fund and venture capital funds.
Eric holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Studies from New York University. He graduated from Bryant University with a BS in Business Administration concentrating on Finance and Applied Actuarial Mathematics.
Eric has been a board of director member of 27 private and public companies as well as charities Unite For Sight and the Alive Inside Foundation. He has been a member of the Bryant University Business School Board of Advisors, the Wall Street Counsel and was recently honored with the Distinguished Alumni Service Award.