Acquisio :: Board of Directors

Martin LeSauteur

Martin LeSauteur is the CEO and President of Acquisio Inc. - Prior to joining Acquisio Martin was President and CEO of Nurun, a global interactive communications agency. Mr. LeSauteur was also President of Flow Systems, which provides collaborative catalogue management solutions. Prior to this Martin was a partner and President of Socom, one of Montreal's leading interactive agencies.

Alexandre Taillefer

Alexandre Taillefer is the co-founder and CEO of Stingray Digital, a media company based in Montreal that owns and operates The Karaoke Channel, the largest karaoke company in North America and Europe, as well as Galaxie, the leading broadcast radio stations available on TV in Canada. A seasoned entrepreneur in the development of software and digital media and the founder of Nurun, now owned by Quebecor Media, as well as the founder of Hexacto, a wireless gaming company, now owned by EA Mobile, he is also Chairman of the Board of l'Opera de Montreal.

Marco Dodier

Marco Dodier is President of Gesca Digital Investments, a division devoted to gathering investment and incubation projects in the field of new media.

Under Mr Dodier's leadership, the company's development strategy aims to improve its competitive position through the consolidation of its presence in Canada's digital space.

Marco Dodier's mandate is to locate, examine and negotiate new businesses opportunities related to the new media industry. He also oversees the development of new projects within this division, and accompanies them as they grow and prosper.

Before joining Gesca Digital Investments, Marco Dodier co-founded a number of companies in the Internet field. Among these ventures is Cesart, a web-design and strategy firm with over 100 employees, purchased by Bell Canada in 2005. At Cesart, he played a pivotal role as strategic planner, decision-maker and negotiator. He also co-founded Cescom, a company specializing in IP communications and Cesart International, offering integration services to cable distributors for high-speed Internet access.

An engineering graduate of the Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres and recognized as a "marketing engineer", Mr Dodier is also known for his innovative thinking. He was a recipient of the highest distinction at the provincial level, the Krashinsky Award, a show of recognition from the province's top technology specialists.

Luc Filiatreault

Prior to joining Nstein as President and Chief Executive Officer, Luc Filiatreault worked in the Information Technology industry for nearly twenty years. He is the former President and CEO of PG Mensys Information Systems, a provider of computerized management solutions for municipalities (acquired in March 2007 by Harris Computer Systems, a division of Constellation Software); a founder of NordTech Aerospace, a publicly-traded Canadian aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company; a former President of BellZinc (a subsidiary of Bell Canada); and a co-founder of Informission Group (which grossed over $100 million in sales before being acquired by Quebecor in 2000). In 2005, Mr. Filiatreault was named to the Toronto's Globe and Mail's prestigious list of "Top 40 under 40."

Marc Poirier

Marc Poirier is a professional Search Engine Marketer with more than 11 years experience in the search industry. He is co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Acquisio.

Previously, he was president of Canalytics, a boutique SEM and SEO agency, as well as one of the most active Google Analytics Authorized Consultants in the world today. Prior to Canalytics, he held various management positions at email marketing software vendor Komunik, Internet consultancies marchFIRST, and Normal Solutions.

Richard Couture

Before co-founding Acquisio, Richard was Vice President of Technology for Komunik, a firm which specializes in the development of sophisticated software for Relational Marketing.

Previously, while working for Nomino Technologies, Richard headed the implementation of a Search Engine project now widely used by Government of Quebec websites. He has also been the Director of Technology for MarchFIRST, leader of Nurun's Ebusiness department and Director of Technology for Normal Solutions.

Apart from being a Marketing Technology solutions specialist for over 15 years, Richard has a Master's degree in software development and a bachelor degree in Informations systems from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.

Richard is a proud father of two who not only enjoys playing Hockey and Soccer himself, but also loves coaching his children's minor league sports teams.

Benoit Allaire

Before co-founding Acquisio, Benoit took part in the development of Komunik's technological platform as the lead architect. For the first 3 years of Komunik's existence, Benoit made a significant impact on the company's technological architecture.

Over the course of his career Benoit has occupied numerous technical positions for prestigious companies such as Nurun, (Intellia), Normal solutions, Cognicase and nStein Technologies. These positions gave him a solid experience base for developing technological platforms, Ecommerce interfaces and Database management software.

In his free time Benoit enjoys high-risk sports such as base jumping, white water rafting, hang gliding and sky diving. hot tub.