Jan Christopher Arp
Jan is a fintech evangelist, passionate about improving society through finance and technology. He founded FormFintech that supports or has formed over 100 fintech startups. Prior to this, he worked as Head of Finance at District 3, helping 20 early stage teams raise more than $15 million, and was Head of Finance at bus.com, helping […]
Manuel Morales
Manuel Morales became the Chief AI Scientist at the National Bank of Canada in May 2018. The main task of this accomplished researcher from the Université de Montréal will be to head the research and implementation of technological solutions in the area of artificial intelligence at National Bank in order to improve customer experience. Manuel […]
Thomas Martinuzzo
Thomas Martinuzzo joined the Fonds de Solidarité FTQ in September 2016 as Senior Investment Advisor – Innovation. Thomas has worked in the field of innovation since 2006. He held several positions at Gestion Univalor, s.e.c, where he notably led the team of professionals who commercialize physical sciences and engineering inventions from Université de Montréal, Polytechnique […]
Serge Marchand
With 30 years of experience in the Québec research field, Serge Marchand has an impressive track record in the science sector. Before joining Génome Québec in January 2019, Serge served as the Scientific Director of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé from 2017 to 2019, an experience that helped him better understand and […]
Mélanie Lussier
Mélanie Lussier joined Aéro Montréal in October 2014 as Director of Market Development for SMEs & Supply Chain Management. Before joining Aéro Montréal, Ms. Lussier held several positions of increasing responsibility in the Supply Chain Department at Bombardier Aerospace for more than 15 years. Her current mandate as Vice President of Operations at Aéro Montréal […]
Andrea Lodi
Since 2014, Professor Lodi has held the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Data Science for Real-Time Decision-Making at Polytechnique Montréal—the nation’s leading research chair in the field of operations research. Internationally recognized for his work on mixed linear and nonlinear programming, Prof. Lodi is focused on developing new models and algorithms to quickly and efficiently […]
Françoys Labonté
With more than 25 years of experience in the IT sector, Françoys Labonté has been the Executive Director of CRIM since 2015. He has a solid scientific background combined with several years of experience in the development and commercialization of innovative technologies in the field of information technology. After obtaining his Ph.D. from the Polytechnique […]
Marc Gilbert
Marc Gilbert is a core member of the Industrial and Consumer practices at The Boston Consulting Group. He is a member of BCG’s Operations practice and he leads the firm’s Montreal office. He also spends time advancing artificial intelligence (AI) in Canada. Marc is a core member of BCG’s Centre for Canada’s Future. In that […]
Marie-Lise Dion
Marie-Lise Dion is the Director of Business and Strategic Initiatives at Montréal InVivo. Montréal InVivo is the Greater Montréal’s Life Sciences and Health Technology Cluster (LSHT), a non-profit organization for economic development within the industry. It aims to create a business environment that fosters innovation and development of public and private organizations in the LSHT […]
