Guy Laliberté

Desjardins is the largest financial cooperative group in Canada. Desjardins offers complete banking services to nearly 6 million members and clients. The "Caisse Desjardins de Saint-Hubert" has 82 employees in three branch offices, an asset of 450 M$ and a business volume of 877 M$.

As President and Chairman of the Board at the Desjardins site in Saint-Hubert,
- Ensure the integration of the cooperative values
- Establish the strategic orientations and policies
- Establish the business and operation plan
- Hire and supervise the General Manager
- Control the financial and risk management processes
- Ensure the customers/members satisfaction
- Represent the establishment in the community and within the Desjardins federation

You want to know more, go to http://www.desjardins.com/en/votre_caisse/equip...

We provide management consulting services to high technology and defense companies. Our services cover market positioning, internal restructuring and equity fundraising in order to reach aggressive growth challenges. Most of our clients are start-ups and SME but we also have supported large companies in strategic growth projects. We are there to help you quickly reach your objectives.

Metafoam designs, manufactures and commercializes open-cell copper foam wick structures through innovative patented and patent-pending manufacturing processes and technologies. Metafoam focuses on the electronic thermal management market and, more specifically, on heat pipe and vapor chamber components. Metafoam facilities are located in Canada and China.

As COO, I am responsible for the daily operations of the company by leading the employees in reaching corporate objectives.

Metafoam is supported in its efforts by Telesystem (ID Capital), iNovia Capital, M&M Investments and the BDC.

As the Canadian representative of the international Rheinmetall Defense Group, this company offers a wide range of products to the Canadian defence market. As the center of expertise for weapon stations, provide state of the art weapon systems to the international defence market. ISO-9000 certified

Reporting to the Vice-President, my responsibilities are :
- Profit & Lost Responsibilities of the Business Line (Sales: 20 M$/year, 40M$/year bookings)
- Strategic Alliances & Business Development Coordination
- Sales channels implementation
- Supervision of the Project/Product Management Team
- Product Manufacturing & Distribution
- Product Marketing & Management
- Product Development Roadmap (5-years)
- R&D Tax Credit Claims

To have an idea of the type of solution we are offering, go to http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/news-no...

Desjardins is the largest financial cooperative group in Canada. Desjardins offers complete banking services to nearly 6 million members and clients.

As a member of the board of directors, my role was to :
- Ensure the integration of the cooperative values
- Establish the strategic orientations and policies
- Establish the business and operation plan
- Hire and supervise the General Manager
- Control the financial and risk management processes
- Ensure the customers/members satisfaction
- Represent the establishment in the community and within the Desjardins federation

You want to know more, go to http://www.desjardins.com/en/votre_caisse/equip...

echnopôle Defence and Security (TDS) is a unique business network focussed on meeting users’ needs and delivering concrete results. By bringing together Canadian businesses, universities and research centres, TDS fosters strategic partnerships to promote the adoption of innovative technologies in the field of defence, security and public safety

As member of the board, setting the policies for the organization and :
- Creating or updating the mission and vision statements
- Determining the organization’s programs and services
- Approving the strategic plan
- Monitoring the organization’s operations

Reporting to the Vice-President, Programs:
- Supervision of the Project/Product Management Team.
- Oversee and coordinate the execution of strategic projects (internal & external).
- Implementation of the business strategy for the product line.
- Research & Development Coordination (Product Portfolio)

Consulting firm offering business analysis, technology audit, product marketing and capital fundraising services to high technology and telecommunication companies.

When I started at Embrase, the company was just beginning. My role was to structure the company, put processes in place, coordinate the everyday efforts of the team and bring value to our main clients by offering my expertise in product innovation, business management and legal negotiations.

a) Enterprise Operational Managament (Legal, Finance, Administration, etc.)
b) Day-to-Day Management of the project teams such as :
- Market Assesment of current or upcoming products including competition and market value (TAM, PAM, SAM)
- Product Marketing Projects
- Assessment of technology before investment
- Organizational and Management Audits
- Support for Due Diligence
- Support in Capital Fundraising (VCs, BDC, Fuinancial Angels, etc.)

Company offering a telecommunication product line and custom turnkey engineering services in software and electronic design; ISO-9001 certified.

- General Manager of the embedded system division.
- Profit & Loss (P&L) responsibilities for the division.
- Responsible for the management of the engineering, project and manufacturing teams as well as the coordination of the sales and marketing efforts.
- Responsible to reach corporate revenue and cost reduction goals.

Responsible for the strategic planification, cost reduction efforts, R&D coordination, sales and marketing structure.

- Initiate and launch the Project Management Office (PMO) in the company.

- Responsible to create and structure the project management best practices in the company R&D, operations and manufacturing departments.

- Management of all projects of the embedded systems division including a team of 8 project managers.

- Member of the team to prepare the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Mindready in December 2001.

Responsibe to deliver within cost and schedule the projects under my reponsability. Management of R&D, manufacturing and operation teams.

Project Management (Software, hardware, mechanical)
Product Certification (CSA, UL, FCC, CE, etc.)
Product Manufacturing Management

Project Management (Software, Hardware, Firmware)

Electronic Engineer (Design & Project Management)

Electronic Engineer