Board Members

Alan Shuster

Chairman

Biography

Alan Shuster joined Blast Radius over 12 years ago, and has held various leadership positions throughout the organization.

As Executive Vice President based in Vancouver, Canada, Alan focuses on North American client service, with a particular emphasis on account growth and business development. Alan serves as executive sponsor of several leading accounts including Bacardi, Novartis and Disney.

Alain Paquin

CEO

Biography
Awards

Founding President and CEO of Komunik Corporation (TSX:KOM), positioned as a market leader in Communication Resource Management and sold in 2009.

Alain Paquin achieved $100M in revenue within 5 years and Komunik became the fastest growing company in Quebec ranking 2nd in Canada with Profit 100.

He has been involved with strategic development activities and marketing at an international level since 1990 with clients such as the International Monetary Fund (Washington), Bell Canada (Montreal), the World Bank (Washington), the United Nations (Geneva), Boeing (Seattle) and many more.

He worked on the implementation of various information management projects for Desjardins and Société Générale du Golf de Guinée in Togo (West Africa), amongst others.

He participated in the start-up and growth of several companies in the technological, marketing and Internet industries including FokusGroup, Ardilog, Axys and NetClub.

Alain Paquin also taught e-commerce at the HEC (University of Montreal), spoke at several conferences and received many awards for the outstanding quality of his work.

Among other recognitions, he has been nominated for the Marketing Personality of the Year and the Arista-Sunlife Award. He also received a Mercure Award in 2001. He was the recipient of the prestigious recognition Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2004. In 2006, he was recognized as the Personality of the Year by the Relationship Marketing Association. In 2007, he was voted CEO of the year by his peers at CEO Vision organized by the Quebec Technology Association (AQT). Furthermore, he has been named IT personality of the month for March 2008 by the FIQ, an important IT network in Quebec.

Alain Paquin, CEO of Komunik, Wins CEO Vision "CEO of the Year'' Award

Christian Chagnon

Director

Biography

Christian Chagnon is the managing partner and co-founder of IUGO Ventures, founded in 2000 and specializing in private investment ventures involving the development of new technologies. Mr. Chagnon was Senior Vice-President, Strategic Planning and Technology at Groupe Vidéotron Ltd. Since 1998, he has served concurrently as the financial advisor for Sojecci Ltd., the Chagnon family holding company, handling investments in venture capital funds in North America and Europe. He sits or has served on the boards of several privately held companies, the Fondation de l'Hôpital Sainte-Justine and the Fondation Lucie and André Chagnon. In addition to his outstanding acumen as a corporate administrator, Mr. Chagnon brings to Whatsnexx leading-edge business expertise and an unmatched network of international financial contacts. He also holds a Computer Science (B.Sc.A.) degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Université Laval.

Réjean Asselin

Director

Biography

Réjean Asselin has over 25 years of engineering, consulting, management and entrepreneurial experience primarily in the telecommunications and IT industry. Prior to joining BDC, he provided management consulting services in the high tech sector. Mr. Asselin was the Founder and CEO of Mobiway Inc., a GPS navigation and wireless communications start-up company. Previous to that, he founded and operated a wireless telecommunications engineering practice. He also held various technology and management positions within two large consulting firms, namely SNC and CGI.

Mr. Asselin holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences (Electrical Engineering) from Université Laval and is a member of the Ordre des administrateurs agréés du Québec (Adm.A.).

Jean-Sébastien Cournoyer

Director

Biography

Jean-Sébastien Cournoyer (JS) has been in high technology since the mid nineties. He is currently President of Zanura, a venture accelerator and technology incubator with operations in Canada and Asia that he co-founded in late 2008. JS is also a Partner at MontrealStartup, a Montreal-based technology seed fund that he co-founded in November 2007. Prior to Zanura, JS was an investment professional with VantagePoint Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund with $4.5B under management. Prior to VantagePoint, he was responsible for the venture capital investment activities of la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP) in IT.

Prior to CDP, JS was an angel investor, CFO and Vice President, business development at Terrascale Technologies Inc., a storage software company he seeded and joined as employee #4 and that was sold to Rackable Systems (NASDAQ: RACK). Prior to Terrascale, JS was with Innovatech Montreal and co-founded two internet companies in the Boston area from 1999-2001.

JS is an active entrepreneur and angel investor with investments and/or advisory relationships in many startups in digital media/internet and cleantech. He also sits on the board of MyVirtualPaper, DoubleV3 and ADAPT, a leading digital media conference.

Normand Bélisle

Director

Biography

In 2000, Normand Bélisle founded Inpix, a company that provides complete digital marketing solutions for its customers.

Normand Bélisle has worked for more than 20 years in the communications field. As a member of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec, his career has included positions such as President of Québec-Livres (distribution and edition of books), President of Productions Pixcom (television production) and President of Quebecor Multimédia (interactive services and edition).

Today, Inpix clients include Best Buy Canada, Future Shop, Vraktv, TD Assurance, RDS, Essilor, TV5 and Naya.

Normand Belisle’s vision is to combine the power of relational marketing and the richness of digital content to create a memorable and enduring experience for his clients' brands.

Martin Le Sauteur

Director

Biography

Martin Le Sauteur joined Acquisio as President and CEO of the company in April 2008. Martin is a seasoned chief executive with in-depth expertise in both software development and interactive marketing.

Before joining Acquisio, Martin was Executive Vice President, North America of Nurun, one of the top 50 interactive agencies in the world. While there, he helped developing and implementing innovative business solutions both for Nurun and the company's clients. In addition, Martin oversaw the human and operational resources for Nurun's North American offices (Montreal, Toronto, New-York and Atlanta).

Prior to Nurun, Martin was the former head of the software division for Mediagrif, a B2B interactive technology firm based in Longueuil (Quebec), Canada, and was also president of Flow Systems, Inc., an enterprise-level software provider based in Chicago and Montreal.

Martin studied in advertising and design in Montreal and Atlanta. He began his career in communications agencies. He rose to the rank of partner at Socom, a Montreal-based agency, where his fresh perspective on Internet applications and his eye for interface design helped make Socom an industry leader. In 1998 Socom merged with Intellia, forming the nexus of the company that would become Nurun Inc.

Denis Gadbois

Director

Biography

Denis Gadbois is the founder of Le Petit Bélier Inc. (LPB), a Canadian based private investment firm focusing on new technologies and Internet based applications.

He is also the co-founder of Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc. (MDF), a pioneer in B2B electronic trading platforms, a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada, where he acted has Chief Executive Officer from the day the company was created, in February 1996 until December 2008.

MDF developed and manages multiple Internet based exchanges, regrouping worldwide buyers and sellers in industries like electronic components, diamonds and wines and spirits. It also exclusively operates the Government of Canada online procurement system and owns many governments and agencies procurement systems in the United States.

Denis Gadbois has over 20 years of experience in the computer and information technology industries. His entrepreneurship and business acumen naturally led him to start a company where he could imprint his style and apply his strong determination and foresight. Under Denis Gadbois’ leadership, MDF has become one of the world’s top B2B e-business companies. A man of vision, he has successfully anticipated market trends and identified business opportunities with huge international growth potential. Furthermore, the new business model that he has developed for MDF has also transformed business practices, namely in the electronic components and computer equipment industries, where MDF currently operates several transaction-based e-business networks.

For many years, MDF has been named one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 program and has been recognized by Deloitte as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies in 2002 and 2003.

His designation in strategic functions also illustrates his social commitment. He has been a member of different committees such as the "Centre de promotion du logiciel québécois", dedicated to the promotion of Québec softwares, the Research, development and technologies committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Montreal and the Table d'influence de HEC Montréal on the strategic use of IT in corporations.

He has also been a Board Member of CANARIE Inc., Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network, which deliver economic, social, and cultural benefits to Canadians. Its ultra high-speed network is used by more than 39,000 researchers at nearly 200 Canadian universities and colleges, research

institutes, hospitals, and government laboratories throughout the country. Major funding of its programs and activities is provided by the Government of Canada.

Denis Gadbois holds a bachelor's degree both in Commerce from HEC Montréal and in Education from the Université du Québec de Montréal. He is 52 years old.

His experience managing fast growing and profitable technology companies, his leadership in leading an Initial Public Offering (IPO), his execution of many acquisitions, his knowledge in developing international markets and his large network of contacts around the world are key attributes to support the success of growing companies with innovative solutions and products.

Alan Shuster

Alain Paquin

Christian Chagnon

Réjean Asselin

Jean-Sébastien Cournoyer

Normand Bélisle

Martin Le Sauteur

Denis Gadbois

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