Francis Beauchemin

Vice-President of the Board of Advisors

Successful leader in innovation and implementation of intelligent solutions, Francis Beauchemin has worked for over 20 years in the high-tech and telecommunication industries. He acquired a broad experience, namely through his various management positions in large enterprises such as Microsoft Corp., CISCO, AVAYA and Check Point. His current position in Director of Technology Sales for Eastern Canada at Microsoft, the world player in the field of information technology (IT).

His expertise brought him to offer forefront solutions as well as a set of knowledge to the management team of several large-scale Canadian and international organizations in the field. His greatest strength is the ability to introduce new technological strategies on the market in order to help organizations to fulfil their potential. Francis is also specialized in unified communications, which bring together interpersonal communication, collaborative work tools and computing environment.

Honest and dedicated to customer satisfaction, Francis has a remarkable work ethics and successfully achieve all of his commitment. It is his concerns for social issues and his determination to contribute to youth development and fight against poverty that led him to be involved as the Vice-President of the Idea entrepreneurial education Board of directors.