2025–present
Nera
Founder & CEO
AI agents can write software quickly. The harder question is whether they are building what a team actually meant. At Nera, that is the problem we are working on.
The work and contributionCareer
Building companies.
Connecting ideas to practice.
My work spans entrepreneurship, enterprise software, AI product strategy and public service. The constant is turning technical possibility into something people can use.
Research is a beginning.
Usefulness is the test.
I co-founded and led Element AI, then led AI strategy and product management at ServiceNow. Before that, I worked on optimization at Planora and led product and innovation at JDA.
Today, I’m building Nera: a way for software teams to keep human intent present as AI takes on more of the work.
Alongside building companies, I have contributed to AI policy in Europe and Canada, mentored founders, and written about talent, governance and human agency.
500+
People at Element AI at its scale
US$102M
Element AI’s Series A · 2017
40+
Product lines in the JDA portfolio
The work, in context
A career spent building.
June 2024–March 2025
Pendulum
Chief Product & Strategy Officer
At Pendulum, I worked on product and strategy for AI in supply-chain planning: forecasting demand, responding to uncertainty and helping organizations make better operational decisions.
The work and contributionNovember 2022–May 2024
CIMA+
Strategic Advisor, AI & Digital Transformation
Through Corporation JFKR, I advised CIMA+ on AI and digital transformation, connecting a firm-wide strategy to the work of its engineering teams.
The work and contributionDecember 2022–present
Corporation JFKR
Independent AI Strategy Advisor
My independent advisory work connects AI capabilities to product decisions, enterprise adoption and organizational change.
The work and contributionJanuary 2021–March 2022
ServiceNow
VP, AI Strategy & Product Management
After ServiceNow acquired Element AI, I led AI strategy and product management for the Now Platform, helping connect research, products and teams to a much larger enterprise software business.
The work and contribution2016–January 2021
Element AI
Co-founder & CEO
We founded Element AI in Montréal to help organizations put advances in artificial intelligence to work. The challenge was to bridge research and the messy reality of enterprise adoption.
The work and contribution2015–2016
Real Ventures
Entrepreneur in Residence
After JDA, I joined Real Ventures as an entrepreneur in residence to explore what to build next.
The work and contribution2013–2015
JDA Software & JDA Labs
Chief Product Officer; Chief Innovation Officer
At JDA, I led product strategy across more than 40 product lines, then founded and led JDA Labs, the company’s innovation organization headquartered in Montréal.
The work and contributionJuly 2012–January 2013
RedPrairie
VP, Center of Excellence
After RedPrairie acquired Planora, I led a Montréal-based center of excellence in advanced analytics and optimization.
The work and contribution2007–2012
Planora / Omega Optimisation
Product leadership; President & CEO
At Planora, we combined operations research, AI and applied mathematics to improve workforce planning and scheduling.
The work and contribution2002–2007
Logiweb
Product & commercial roles
My early work at Logiweb connected software products to real operational needs. It laid the foundation for the companies and product organizations I would help build later.
The work and contributionBeyond company roles
Recognition & leadership communities.
Recognition of the work, and communities that connect it with a wider world.
World Economic Forum · Class of 2019
Young Global Leaders
Selected for the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders community in 2019. A leadership community bringing together people from business, public service, research and civil society.
About the 2019 class
Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 · 2018
Canada’s Top 40 Under 40
Named a 2018 honouree while leading Element AI.
The 2018 recognition came during the early growth of Element AI, where I was Co-founder and CEO.
View the honouree profile
Fast Company · 2019
Most Creative People in Business
Recognized for Element AI’s approach to synthetic data and turning research into practical applications.
Harry McCracken’s profile for the 100 Most Creative People in Business looks at using synthetic data to help develop AI systems.
Read the Fast Company profileLa Presse · 2017
Personnalité de la semaine
A profile by Marie-Claude Lortie on building Element AI, published as La Presse’s personality of the week.
Read the profile in FrenchService & participation
Boards & communities.
Former board member
Calcul Québec
Past board service with the organization supporting advanced research computing in Québec.
Next Generation Business Leader
Business Council of Canada
Featured among the Council’s next-generation business leaders in its 2017–2018 annual report, while leading Element AI.
Council annual report · 2017–2018Through Element AI · Company membership, 2017
Partnership on AI
Element AI joined Partnership on AI in 2017, contributing to the wider community working on AI’s impact on people and society.
Membership announcementSupporting the next generation of founders
Founder mentoring through FounderFuel and the wider startup community has been another way to share the experience of building companies.
Entrepreneurship & mentoringPolicy & public service
European Commission AI HLEG, GPAI, Canada’s COVID Alert Advisory Council, parliamentary testimony and industry consultations.
Explore the contributions
A little more personal
Always something
to learn.
Beyond software, my interests have included drumming, cycling, hockey and Olympic weightlifting. I’m also a father, a mentor and—as my old bio admitted—a terrible cook.
That curiosity carries into the work: ask better questions, learn from the people around you, and keep building.
Say hello