Early 2012, Camille Gagnon is proud to announce the arrival of two new associates at Innovitech: Clément Fortin, President and CEO of the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Québec (CRIAQ) and Sylvain Cofsky, Executive Director of Green Aviation Research & Development Network (GARDN).Innovitech insures the administrative portage of CRIAQ since 2003 and is also linked to GARDN through a CRIAQ-GARDN agreement. The already existing partnership between the three organizations finds itself even more strengthen, pushing Innovitech towards a strategic renewal and a steady growth.
Dr. Fortin combines a vast and remarkable career in the aerospace sector. First
of all, as a pilot in the Canadian Forces where he accumulated more than 1600
flight hours on training reaction and fighter planes. Then, as the Head of
Mechanical Engineering Department at École Polytechnique de Montréal, he
contributed to create the first aerospace engineering bachelor’s degree in
Québec. More so, in 1980, Clément Fortin founded Polyplan Technologies Inc., a
spin-off of Polyvalor and a leader in Manufacturing Process Management (MPM).
“In the same breath as Roland Doré and André Bazergui, Clément Fortin brings a
vast university experience as well as a fine appreciation of innovation
challenges. Additionally, a previous F-15 pilot, he is passionate about
aerospace and as founder of Polyplan, he brings an amazing entrepreneurship
experience” says Camille Gagnon on the nomination of Mr. Fortin.
In August 2009, Sylvain Cofsky integrated Innovitech’s team and assumed the
general manager role for GARDN. Previously, Mr. Cofsky was, for five years, a
key actor at NanoQuébec, organization financed by the Quebec and Canadian
governments in order to structure the development of nanotechnologies in Quebec.
Today, he considers his nomination as an opportunity to have greater connexions
to projects as well as complementary networks. At Innovitech, the project that
stands-out to Mr. Cofsky is the Quartier de l’innovation project in
collaboration with ÉTS. “Create a house for innovation in Montreal, a coffee
machine where all the innovation organizations can gather, corresponds to an
extraordinary challenge” mentions Sylvain Cofsky with enthusiasm.
The Innovitech team is thrilled to welcome them and wishes both of them great
success in their future realizations.