Patrick Bertagna is the Founder, Chairman, President and CEO of GTX Corp, and he is also the Co-Inventor of the company’s patented GPS Footwear technology. His career spans 27-plus years of building companies in both technology and consumer-branded products. Mr. Bertagna began his career importing apparel from Europe and later went on to design and manufacture a line of clothing, accessories and footwear in over 20 countries. With sales exceeding $27 million, Mr. Bertagna’s line sold to U.S. retailers such as JCPenney and Neiman Marcus. In 1993 Mr. Bertagna transitioned into the world of software technology and founded Barcode World, Inc., a supply chain management application company that enables the accurate tracking of consumer products from design to retail distribution. Within four years, the company had more than 450 premier branded accounts, with a staff of 40-plus in the U.S., Eastern Europe and India. After selling his company, Mr. Bertagna combined his two past careers and founded GTX Corp in 2002. Mr. Bertagna was born in the South of France and is fluent in French and Spanish. He has formed alliances with Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, AT&T, Sports Authority, Federated stores, Netscape and GE, and he has been a keynote speaker at numerous industry trade shows and conferences.
