Partners for success
Thanks to their complimentary expertise, our team of professionals can provide you with proper and effective support at any stage of your business’ growth.
Direction
Marie-France plays a vital role… she holds the purse strings. She is always eager to loosen them for innovative projects that promise growth and success.
Passions: cooking and enjoying good times with friends, singing, reading, watching good movies with her family
Business Services
Martine Courtemanche
Director, Business Services – Life Sciences and Micro-Nanotechnologies
Martine Courtemanche
Director, Business Services – Life Sciences and Micro-Nanotechnologies
With her numerous combinations of expertise: Science & business, pharmaceuticals & medical technologies, start-ups & expansions, marketing & financing… Martine is a detective on the search for contacts, and for creative and pragmatic solutions.
Passions: reading detective novels, cooking appetizers and desserts, discovering new regions
Marc-Henri Faure
Director, Business Services – Quantum and Information Technology
Marc-Henri Faure
Director, Business Services – Quantum and Information Technology
Marc-Henri is an agent of change, his favourite subjects being entrepreneurship and technologies. A former entrepreneur, he is passionate about the smart cities and open data movement, as well as the social responsibility and sustainable development of businesses.
Passions: splitboarding, hiking, swimming, great food, and family
Nathalie Prince
B.B.A., Ec. D.
Director, Business Services – Advanced Manufacturing
Nathalie Prince
B.B.A., Ec. D.
Director, Business Services – Advanced Manufacturing
Nathalie has been working for Sherbrooke manufacturing companies for more than 20 years. She welcomes new businesses and helps them with their implementation efforts, in addition to supporting local companies with their projects to grow, relocate, innovate, etc.
Passions: the outdoors (hiking, skiing, sailing…), travelling, having good times with family and friends
An avid economist whose professional experience has been focused on technological SMEs, Nathalie oversees Sherbrooke Innopole’s investment portfolio.
Passions: reading, music, yoga, and animals
Anne-Marie is a very wise person. She informs, supports, and advises students from all disciplines on their way to exciting careers in Sherbrooke, by providing them with tools to success. Nothing pertaining to employability and education escapes her; she is also a master of acronyms.
Passions: music, cheesy old stuff, acronyms, and her son
Michelle loves people and strongly motivates them to attain their full potential. Her days are devoted to event organization, coordination, and promotion.
Passions: family, travelling, cooking, attending shows (comedy, plays, music), creative projects, and renovating
Myriam tackles labour issues as a seasoned rock climber would climb a wall. She brims with creativity when it’s time to search for innovative solutions to a talent shortage. A globetrotter, she goes all around the world to find the best candidates.
Passions: travelling, cooking and winemaking, climbing
Benjamin is at the service of the environment, nothing matters more to him than to bring change to the current system, one industrial symbiosis at a time! One person’s waste can become another’s raw material.
Passions: video games, board games, evenings around a campfire, and exploring new places
Jérémy is a team player who likes to analyze the game. His understanding of complex issues and his innovative strategies allow him to think outside the box when developing new initiatives. His competitive side pushes entrepreneurs to surpass themselves.
Passions: soccer, football, cycling, video games, board games, travel
Gabriel is a dreamer who knows how to chart his course and get down to business. Approachable, he listens to and is interested in his environment and community. His understanding of social and climate issues leads him to seek concrete solutions to today’s problems for the world of tomorrow.
Passions: mountains, music, people, utility bike
Jean-Marie LeVasseur
CD, B. Sc., MBA
Advisor, Business Services – Advanced Manufacturing
Jean-Marie LeVasseur
CD, B. Sc., MBA
Advisor, Business Services – Advanced Manufacturing
Jean-Marie is a long-distance runner with an adventurous spirit. Curious about nature, he is passionate about emerging technologies and their impact on the sustainability of organizations. He can often be found in his workshop repairing just about anything in his fight against obsolescence…
Passions: his grandchildren, piloting, coaching teenagers, curling, and hiking
Julie is an agent of change. Determined to support the socio-ecological transition, she uses her creativity and perseverance to develop new projects, sometimes each of a very different nature.
Passions: wild camping, Celtic dancing, scootering, roadtrip
In sprint or marathon mode, Marlene will contribute to the success of your site location plans. From an existing space to a new building, she will provide support all along the way and make each step of your journey easier.
Passions: running, mountain hiking, kayaking, travelling, singing, reading, and… rabbits
Communications
Christine is a communications artist. With poetry and flair, she sculpts ambitious projects from A to Z– from events to videos, including their design and marketing… all at the same time.
Passions: music, photography, movies, cooking, family!
Audrey is a ball of energy, fueled by creativity! Whether it is event management; video, photo or podcast production and realization; graphic design; redaction or translation, you can count on her.
Passions: Literature, cinema, music, cooking, languages and… cats!
Josiane is a multidisciplinary acrobat, always juggling social networks, the web, writing, graphic design, logistics…, and the unexpected, with creativity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
Passions: travelling, reading, discovering, cooking… and eating well and slo-w-ly
Administrative Services
Julie is the team’s most senior member; she knows all of the organization’s greatest secrets. She is the “specialist” when it comes to complicated puzzles to solve, like agenda management, and meeting organization.
Passions: family, volleyball, golf, walking, patio-BBQ-pool (to relax of course!)
Line is discreet by nature. She tackles mountains of numbers and prepares month ends with resolve, in a superb work environment.
Passions: hiking, horticulture, travelling, and family
June’s name suits her well! She has a sunny disposition and a warm smile for everyone, whether they are an employee, a client or a partner calling or walking through the front door. Like a ninja, she gets a hundred and one things done in the most subtle way, with professionalism and the utmost attention to detail in support of the entire work team.
Passions: Crossfit, hiking, books and movies
Danielle has many years of experience as an administrative and executive assistant. By joining the Sherbrooke Innopole team, she brings her support to the professionals in place. The assistance she offers aims to facilitate the work of everyone in the accomplishment of their tasks.
Passions: Cooking, hiking, reading, movies and cats (especially her little Lulu!)