The people behind
the images.

Original website photography

The portraits, blog photography, maps and research illustrations were recovered from Jean-François Gagné’s former WordPress website. Original captions and credits are retained where present. Third-party images retain their respective rights; inclusion here does not grant a new reuse license.

Web Summit 2019

Photograph of Jean-François Gagné at Web Summit in Lisbon, 6 November 2019, by Vaughn Ridley / Web Summit via Sportsfile. Original source. Licensed CC BY 2.0. Display crops may vary by screen size. No endorsement is implied.

Video thumbnails

Recording thumbnails identify and link to the original videos published by Web Summit, Collision, Startupfest, the Gouvernement du Québec and the Musée d’art de Joliette. They remain the property of their respective publishers.

• DeepSeek ébranle la Silicon Valley — Radio-Canada · Zone économie — original recording thumbnail. Rights remain with the publisher.
• Building Element AI—and what comes next — Video Analytics 101 · Florian Matusek — original recording thumbnail. Rights remain with the publisher.
• What’s new at Canada’s biggest AI startup? — Ask AI — original recording thumbnail. Rights remain with the publisher.
• The human side of digital transformation — Portulans Institute · Bruno Lanvin — original recording thumbnail. Rights remain with the publisher.
• Public trust, privacy and COVID Alert — Amber Mac — original recording thumbnail. Rights remain with the publisher.
• Putting AI to work — GIC Insights — original recording thumbnail. Rights remain with the publisher.
• Element AI at AIFest 2017 — Startupfest — original recording thumbnail. Rights remain with the publisher.

LinkedIn portrait

The small profile portrait comes from Jean-François Gagné’s public Nera announcement.

Editorial illustrations

The glass, paper and ribbon illustrations were generated with OpenAI’s image-generation tool for this website. They are conceptual illustrations, not photographs of people, workplaces or products.

Company imagery

Inside Element AI

Photograph by Claude-Simon Langlois. Office design by Linebox Studio. Original image recovered from Jean-François Gagné's Element AI archive. Display crops vary by screen size; rights remain with their respective owners. Original source.

ServiceNow headquarters

Photograph by Donny Gonzo, 24 January 2019, via Wikimedia Commons. Display crops vary by screen size. Original source. CC0 1.0.

JDA supply-chain imagery

Original corporate presentation imagery from JDA Corp Template - Alternate Covers, recovered from Jean-François Gagné's archive of JDA marketing materials. The source does not identify the photographer. Display crops vary by screen size; the image retains its respective rights.

Company marks

Original company logos identify the organizations discussed in the career stories.

• Nera — Original transparent logo supplied by Jean-François Gagné.
• Pendulum — Original wordmark from a company presentation supplied locally; only the logo is reproduced.
• CIMA+ — CIMA+ official website. Source ↗
• ServiceNow — Transparent vector wordmark from ServiceNow company artwork, preserved via Wikimedia Commons. Source ↗
• Element AI — Original company symbol recovered from the former WordPress website.
• Real Ventures — Real Ventures publication on Medium. Source ↗
• JDA Software — Historical JDA wordmark, sourced from company material via Wikimedia Commons. Source ↗
• RedPrairie — Original wordmark from the RedPrairie Hy-Vee case study. Source ↗
• Planora — Original RGB company logo recovered from Jean-François Gagné’s personal archive.
• Logiweb — Original blue company logo recovered from logiweb.ca through the Internet Archive, captured 8 April 2003. The original 188 × 72 GIF replaces a reduced 81 × 52 archive copy. Source ↗

Recognition & community imagery

Organization marks identify the communities and publications discussed. Editorial portraits and illustrations retain their respective rights.

Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 portrait and program mark

Portrait and original program mark from the official honouree profile. The publisher does not identify the portrait photographer alongside the image. Original source ↗

Fast Company profile illustration

Artur Tenczyński / Fast Company. Original numbered artwork accompanying the 2019 Most Creative People profile. Shown as an editorial preview linking to the publisher. Original source ↗

Calcul Québec mark

Original English-language organization mark from Calcul Québec’s website. Original source ↗

Typography

Manrope and the supporting locally hosted font assets are distributed under the SIL Open Font License. License notices accompany the font files.