About Us
Laurent Le Gourrierec, Managing Director
Laurent created Kerroch Advisory to bring to startups and larger companies his knowledge and practice in corporate and business development.
Most recently, Laurent was Global Alliance Director at Equinix, in charge of the partnership with Oracle, with expertise in data center infrastructure. Prior, he was Partner Programs Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he defined the strategy for new AWS partner cloud programs and piloted their development. Laurent is a Foreign Trade Advisor to the French government, helping companies grow their business in France and the U.S.
Previously, Laurent was Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Nokia, where he created and grew $100M+ sales alliances with Systems Integrators like Accenture, Atos, EY, and Infosys; IT firms like Dell, HPE, and VMware; and Verticals like Bosch and Altran. He also initiated partnerships with AWS and Microsoft. In parallel he actively participated in the Boards of three Venture Capital firms: Team8 Ventures (focused on cyber-security, based in Israel), Innovacom, and I-Source (both targeting early stage, based in France). Prior, Laurent led the investments and acquisitions team at Alcatel-Lucent, conducting Due Diligence, assessing 400+ startups and pursuing 10+ transactions each year.
Laurent moved to the U.S. in 2001 and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
He graduated from CentraleSupelec (MSEE, major in Electrical Engineering) and has furthered his education with a Certificate in Corporate Governance from SciencesPo as well as a Certificate in Innovation & Entrepreneurship from Stanford University.
Expertise includes:
Business & Corporate Development Executive | Strategic Partnerships
Sales Channels & Alliances | Cloud | ISV | GSI | Telco | Growth Strategy | Go to Market
