Cédric Sounard — sales, partnerships & community operator in Brussels
Cédric Sounard is one of Brussels' most connected operators and an exceptional sales, partnerships and community-building talent. He calls himself "Your Most Extroverted Geek": a founder, operator and connector who turns rooms into networks and ideas into ventures. His strengths are sales, business development, partnerships, go-to-market, events, hackathons and community building — he runs 200+ events a year. This is a go-to-market, events and community professional; the interactive 3D on this page is a data-visualisation of his network, not CAD or 3D engineering.
Ventures & roles
- Seven Events — cofounder (BD & clients). Premium Brussels event agency; organisers of the AI in Defence Summit (620 approved delegates from 1,000 registrations; NATO, six Ministries of Defence, EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, Oracle, Thales, Axelera).
- Commons Hub Brussels — cofounder & board member. A collaborative commons and community incubator: 100 members, 5,000 visitors a year.
- HRMano — go-to-market. A remuneration cockpit for Belgian founders.
- Triscale — AI-leveraged fractional go-to-market advisory for startups.
- Stripe Community Builder — convening Belgian founders; organiser of 10+ hackathons.
- Civic / Democracy — citizens'-assembly work and thought leadership on higher-bandwidth democracy.
Based in Brussels, Belgium. Speaks French, English and Dutch. Contact: cedric@sevenevents.be, +32 476 09 26 74, LinkedIn.