Management
Pierre Blais
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pierre Blais joined MultiCorpora in April 2005 as the new President and Chief Executive Officer. Since his tenure, the company has tripled its operations, has won significant large government and enterprise accounts, and has opened a European office to better serve growing markets.
Pierre began his career as a computer programmer and in 1987 championed a business success story in Québec by providing dealership management software solutions (ERP) to the automotive industry. In 1993, he joined the North American leader in automotive software solutions, the Reynolds and Reynolds Company, where he led the Québec operations. In 1997 he was promoted to Vice President and General Manager of the Canadian subsidiary. Under his leadership, the Canadian operations doubled its revenue and earned reputable awards for service.
With entrepreneurial experience and the skills he acquired working 11 years for a large corporation, Pierre is leading MultiCorpora in its mission to become the number one software and technology expertise company in the language industry.
Daniel Gervais
Executive Vice-President and Co-Founder
As a co-founder of MultiCorpora, Daniel Gervais has over 15 years of experience in the software industry.
Daniel has been responsible for product development and technology strategies and initial commercialization stages of the company. He has played a key role in helping MultiCorpora grow its client base to several hundred commercial and governmental organizations across North America and Europe.
As Executive Vice-President, Daniel is second in command and currently leads the R&D, Customer Support and Professional Services Teams. He is responsible for operational infrastructure, ensuring that the right resources are in place for MultiCorpora's clients. Daniel acts as a very effective resource for defining and resolving systems and process issues. He is well-known in the industry as a thought leader in language technology and is frequently invited to speak at key industry events.
George Stamatakos
Director of Marketing
Mr. Stamatakos brings over twenty years of experience in sales & marketing of enterprise software solutions to MultiCorpora.
His broad base of experience spans product development engineering and design engineering through to client services, sales, and marketing. Over the past four years, George has worked closely with the sales and product management teams to develop effective, cost-efficient marketing management strategies that support the corporate business plan.
George brings MultiCorpora's vision to an international market and continues to generate increased visibility for MultiCorpora's unique technology platform.
Jean-Pierre Pesch
Director of Sales, EMEA
Jean-Pierre brings more than 18 years of experience in sales and marketing.
He was the former Sales Manager at Telelingua International where he led the domestic sales group and performed international sales. During his stay at Telelingua, Jean-Pierre managed to increase the company turnover by 20%.
Prior to Telelingua, Jean-Pierre held various sales and marketing positions within the telecom sector including at KPN Ram Mobile Data where he served as a Marketing Director responsible for the wireless data marketing strategy and where he successfully launched the first WASP (Wireless Application Service provider) services in Europe.
Prior to joining KPN Ram Mobile Data, Jean-Pierre worked for more than 7 years for the Polaroid Corporation within the digital imaging group where he held various positions including Account Manager, Product Manager and Distribution Manager.
Jean-Pierre holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from WIFOS Brussels and has a post-graduate degree in Marketing Business-to-Business from EHSAL Brussels.
Luc Parent
Director of Finance and Administrative Support
Luc Parent has nearly twenty years of experience in accounting and finance, and he received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Université du Québec en Outaouais in 1986. He is a certified accountant as well as a certified management accountant.
During the twelve years he worked for an accounting firm, Luc developed a solid expertise as an advisor to small to medium businesses of the Outaouais. Since 1998, he has occupied senior accounting and finance positions in two major enterprises of the Ottawa-Gatineau region: first with Les Entreprises David Lauzon Ltée., a hardwood floor manufacturer, then with Expographiq, an exhibition booth maker.
Luc Parent joined the MultiCorpora team in June of 2006. His great experience in finance, his fine analytical abilities as well as his strong desire to participate in the success of MultiCorpora are important inputs that continue to contribute to the development of the company.
Sylvain Bergeron
Director of Sales, North America
Joining MultiCorpora in October 2011, Sylvain brings more than 11 years of experience in leading sales teams to success. As the former regional sales manager at Ceridian, he led the Eastern Canada sales team, focusing on selling human resource solutions to corporate Canada. During his 4.5 years at Ceridian, Sylvain's responsibilities grew from managing a team of 5 in Quebec to a team of 21 in a large territory.
Prior to Ceridian, Sylvain held a sales management position at Insight, a leading global IT Reseller. Focused on selling IT solutions to corporate companies he developed and served the US market for 4 years. Young, passionate and dynamic, Sylvain's proven track record as a strong sales leader will drive MultiCorpora's success in North America, with a particular focus in the US.
Jose Rodriguez
R&D Manager
Jose has over 16 years of experience in the software industry, 10 of those with MultiCorpora's R&D team which he joined in 2001.
He has been leading MultiCorpora's R&D team since 2006 when he was first promoted to R&D Team Leader and later on to R&D Manager. He is currently responsible for overall system architecture, core technology development and overseeing the development team.
Jose holds a Masters in Computer Science from UCLV, Santa Clara, Cuba.
Shirley Coady
Product Manager
Shirley is MultiCorpora's Product Manager and is responsible for defining and maintaining the product roadmap, release management, standards conformance and product related internal communications.
She has a long history with MultiCorpora that started in 2002 as a Client Services Analyst and progressed to Professional Services Manager before becoming Product Manager in 2008.
During her career at MultiCorpora R&D Inc, she has amassed extensive experience in the implementation of MultiTrans in numerous national and international organizations of all sizes, and multiple departments within the Canadian government including the Translation Bureau.
Ms. Coady holds an Honours B.Sc. in Theoretical Mathematics and is a member of the Canadian Advisory Committee of the Standards Council of Canada for ISO TC37.
