Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Experience in business advisory capacity, professional services, advisor on Innovation Transformation, change/project roadmap in industry. Vastly experienced marketing executive for the technical field, instrumental in establishing and improving market position by creating and executing strategies to capture sales and market share, on the local and the international market. Skilled in management and revitalization of brands and increasing marketing efficiency. Strong technical capacity and analytical ability. Speaker, columnist, technical writer, has been involved in several organisations as an administrator, board of directors, and technical advisor. Involved for over 25 years in projects using information technology applications in manufacturing in Canada and overseas. Has been CEO for many years, for the Centre de Geomatic du Québec, a Technology Transfer Centre specializing in Geomatics (CCTC), and Groupe Uni-Spec. Worked among other mandates with Hydro-Quebec, Alcan Research Center (now RTA), Bombardier and Régie d'Assurance Agricole. Contribution and lecture in leading annual international conferences in the domains of innovation management and new product development. He has developed customers base in several countries such as Norway, Iceland, Dubai, Australia, USA, Scotland, Saudi Arabia, ..., from scratch. Major implication for the development of a suite of logistics and traceability in manufacturing. We have been mentioned several times in the media as an ideal solution, as a monitoring tool manufacturing and quality control in the food industry (HACCP / GMP), especially as part of the solution following the listeriosis crisis. Implementation of mobile solutions (software + electronics) for Aluminum Smelters. For example, the measurement of the current distribution in the electrolysis cells, and recognized as the best in its class worldwide and used in many countries. Extensive experience in system identification, ADC, bar code, RFID.
Bring experience and expertise in business and corporate development, coupled with his industry relationships will accelerate our efforts to commercialize a portfolio of products. Support local alignment of sales, sales support, product development, product management and program implementation activities with the customer-focused strategy. Follow up and execution assistance of international strategy and particularly to the Middle East, Europe and South America. My primary focus in this company is to open new markets, assign the right resources for each customer in order to better promote sales, and expand our portfolio to improve our service to existing and new customers.
Special adviser at QualiTech. He joined QualiTech in October 2023 with the merger of Maestria and QualiTech as a special adviser and he is also involved in the integration process of the two companies. QualiTech is 25years+ experience in the aluminium industry and well recognized worldwide for his manufacturing executions systems (MES) in casthouse, SMART acquisition systems, automation and IT consulting in general.
▶ ALUMINUM SMELTERS SOLUTIONS: mVa and Cicero - new tools for better pot and potline control ANODE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT Smart ACD control solution Millivolt Anodes (mVa) tool, including a lightweight fork, bluetooth and built-in memory, pre-programmed sequence of measurements and automatic data transfer to process control. Measurements are displayed, stored, and later transfer. Can be operated by one operator only. In addition, the mobile mVa has the capability to determine itself on the spot a normal or abnormal measurement and even allows seeing if an anode is unstable, using customizable software trigger parameters. Mandatory in many smelter because of operational improvement. Mention by TMS and NTNU in the Aluminum Electrolysis Course literature. Improve Current Efficiency (may reach 1% improvement or better) VAS/CICERO: The solution for smart diffusion of messages and alarms throughout the smelter plant. Intelligent messages and alarm management Support multilingual messages, synthesized voice and REAL VOICES. Can receive broadcast requests through a web service, a socket, a web page or any device Security control and operational information on the plant-floor ▶ LOGI-TRACE: Complete traceability of finished products from raw materials. Tool that meet the requirements of certification and audits. Modular traceability to each stage of the manufacturing process to be able to trace the raw materials and batches corresponding content in the finished product and forward this information to the shipping and delivery without accumulation of paper documents. Performs production data management in real-time, quality control and non-compliance management, including precise management of inventories, and perfect control upon receipt, processing and shipping by allowing a massive reduction of paper work. Balance and interface equipment. Links with ERP or accounting system, Management cost (loss). Reduce the administrative burden.
The Geomatics Centre of Quebec (CGQ) is an organization that has the status of college center for technology transfer (CCTT) member of Trans-Tech. The Geomatics Centre of Quebec (CGQ) is a technology transfer centre specialized in geomatics and affiliated with Cégep de Chicoutimi. Its mission is to increase performance of public and private organizations by encouraging the use and development of geomatics through applied research and development, technical support and information diffusion. The professional approach of CGQ allows its partners to benefit from cutting-edge expertise and have access to custom services from a dynamic and innovative team. For more information, visit www.cgq.qc.ca.
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