UAS Centre of Excellence
Team and Board of Directors
The CED team can count on its many competent employees who together have decades of experience in various fields. The activities of the CED are governed by a Board of Directors including private and institutional members.
Our team
Marie-Joëlle Turcotte
Principal Operation Coordinator
Philippe Landry-Simard
Technical and Security Advisor
The Board of Directors
The Board of Administrators is composed of administrators elected during the General Assemblies
Host members
Alain Fortin
President
Conseiller municipal
Ville d’Alma
Marie-Joëlle Turcotte
Administrator
Coordonnatrice principale aux opérations
Aéroport d’Alma
Private Members
Mathieu Dallaire
Administrator
Conseiller en marketing numérique
Eckinox
Mathieu Boulianne
Vice President
Président
Spectral Aviation
Company operating drones and offering specific services in the fields of agriculture, building inspection and aerial photography
Sébastien Long
Administrator
Responsable des ventes
Microdrones
Company focused on the distribution and operations of drones and providing solutions to the mining, gas, petroleum and agricultural sectors
Pascal Chiva-Bernard
Administrator
Président-directeur général
ARA Robotique
Company that develops an innovative, reliable, easy-to-use, robust and secure drone for industrial and commercial applications.
Normand Landry
Secretary-Treasurer
Administrateur
Explorer Solutions
Airport site planning and development company with experience in aeronautical, aerospace and economic development
Stéphane Bouvier
Administrator
Président
EXO Tactik
Company offering an air support service specializing in public safety
Institutional Members
Jean Martel
Administrator
Executive Director
Centre de géomatique du Québec
Christophe Volat
Administrator
Full Professor and Director of the Anti-icing Materials Laboratory
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Steeve Noreau
Administrator
Director
Centre québécois de formation en aéronautique
One of a kind institution in the country dedicated to pilot training
Olivier Larouche
Observer
City councilor
Ville d’Alma