Ghislain Lafrance

EXFO, Inc. engages in the provision of test, monitoring, and analytics solutions for fixed and mobile communications service providers, webscale companies and equipment manufacturers. It offers field network testing, optical benchtop kits, tunable filters, network simulation and load testing, and switch and utility module. The company was founded by Germain Lamonde on September 18, 1985 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

TeraXion, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets photonic products. It offers static and tunable dispersion compensators, laser components, specialized lazer modules, and optical filters. The company was founded by Alain Chandonnet, Alain-Jacques Simard, Martin Guy, and Ghislain Lafrance in 2000 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

National Optics Institute provides business applications for optics and photonics. Its services include specialty optical fibers, graded reflectivity mirrors, infrared simulation, laser collimation, gold black deposition, spectrometer design and feasibility studies. The company was founded on December 13, 1985 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium, Inc. operates as an business-led photonics exchange organization. It acts as an vehicle for Canadian industry to manage information on the possibilities of photonic applications and to match industry needs with opportunities. The company was founded on April 1, 2012 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.