Andre Maisonneuve

Dr. Andre Maisonneuve, 62, has been a Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer since January 2002, and in addition to these positions was Chief Financial Officer and Secretary from January 2002 until February 2004.
Prior to this, he was Director, Executive Vice President and Secretary from July 2001 until January 2002.
He oversees key management and strategic decisions as well as marketing and sales activities, and interacts with major customers and suppliers to define the marketing and development strategies, focusing on customers' requirements.
He has over 30 years of experience in launching and managing information technology companies, both private and public.
Prior to joining our Company in 1999, from 1998 to 1999, he was Executive Vice President with Chataqua Inc., a computer based learning company.
From 1995 to 1998, he was Director General of CESAM, a multi media industry consortium.
From 1990 to 1995, he was Chairman of ADGA Inc., a software developer for computer based learning.
From 1987 to 1990, he was Chief Executive Officer of Telemus Electronics, a defense-electronics company selling core technology and products to the U.S.
Navy and large defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Teledyne Technologies and Ericsson.
From 1985 to 1987, he was an Executive Vice President at ACDS, where he was instrumental in implementing an international distribution network for a publicly held spatial-database company, where customers included EDS, Atlanta Gas and IBM.
From 1970 to 1985, he founded and managed CEGIR, an international information-technology and management-consulting company with customers in 14 countries and links with the major international development banks.
He has a Ph.D.
in Engineering and is a graduate of Harvard Graduate Business School.