People: EXFO Inc (EXFO.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Germain Lamonde

 1985 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Pierre Plamondon

 53 1996 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance

Luc Gagnon

 2007 Vice President - Manufacturing Operations and Customer Service

Jon Bradley

 2010 Vice President - Sales, EMEA

Joseph Soo

 2011 Vice President - Sales, Asia-Pacific

Dana Yearian

 2007 Vice President - Sales, Americas

Etienne Gagnon

 2010 Vice President - Test and Measurement Division

Claudio Mazzuca

 2012 Vice President - Systems and Service Assurance Division

Sylvain Rouleau

 2012 Vice President - Human Capital

Stephen Bull

 1999 Vice-President - Research and Development

Benoit Ringuette

 2004 General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Pierre Marcouiller

 2011 Lead Independent Director

Claude Seguin

 2013 Director

Pierre-Paul Allard

 2008 Independent Director

Darryl Edwards

 2011 Independent Director

Guy Marier

 2011 Independent Director

Randy Tornes

 2013 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Germain Lamonde

 Mr. Germain Lamonde is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Exfo Inc. Mr. Lamonde a company founder, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of EXFO since its inception in 1985. He has also been Chairman of the Board since EXFO went public in 2000. Responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of EXFO, Mr. Lamonde has grown the company from the ground up into a wireline and wireless telecommunication test and service assurance industry. Mr. Lamonde has served on the board of directors of several organizations such as the Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations, the POLE QCA Economic Development Corporation and the National Optics Institute of Canada (INO). Germain Lamonde holds a bachelor's degree in physics engineering from the University of Montreal's School of Engineering (École Polytechnique), a master's degree in optics from Université Laval in Quebec City, and is also a graduate of the Ivey Executive Management Program offered by the University of Western Ontario.

Pierre Plamondon

 Mr. Pierre Plamondon is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance of Exfo Inc., since January 1996. He is responsible for accounting, financial reporting, legal services, investor relations and information technology services. Prior to joining EXFO, Mr. Plamondon served as Senior Manager for Price Waterhouse, now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, from September 1981 to December 1995, in Canada and France. Pierre Plamondon holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a license in accounting, both from Université Laval in Quebec City. Mr. Plamondon has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1983 and a member of the Board of Directors of SOVAR Inc. (Société de valorisation des applications de la recherche de l'Université Laval) since December 2000. Over the years, he also served on the Board of Directors of several non-profit organizations, and he is currently a Board member for the Fondation de l'Université Laval.

Luc Gagnon

 Mr. Luc Gagnon is Vice President - Manufacturing Operations and Customer Service of Exfo Inc. He was appointed Vice-President, Manufacturing Operations in May 2003 and, in May 2007, he also took on the vice-presidency of the Customer Service department. He is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of all manufacturing activities, which include production, purchasing, product engineering, quality assurance, planning, manufacturing engineering, product configuration, transportation and customs, as well as material resources. In addition, he must ensure that there is an ongoing and efficient relation between the manufacturing process and the end customer. Prior to his nomination in 2003, Mr. Gagnon held the position of Production Director since 2000. Before joining EXFO, he had similar roles in several other high-technology companies. He worked for Mendes from 1999 to 2000, for C-MAC from 1997 to 1999, for STERIS from 1993 to 1997 and for MITEL from 1985 to 1993. Luc Gagnon holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and master’s degree in engineering, both from the Université de Sherbrooke, in Canada.

Jon Bradley

 Dr. Jon Bradley is Vice President - Sales, EMEA of Exfo Inc., since June 2010. He is responsible for managing telecom sales, both direct and indirect, and for the execution of sales strategies in the international arena. He manages an accomplished and diverse sales and distribution team. As a member of the Strategy and Management Committees, he also develops corporate strategy for EXFO. Prior to his appointment as Vice-President, Sales, EMEA, Dr. Bradley held the positions of Vice-President, International Sales, from 2007-2010, Sales Director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) territory from 2003 to 2007, and Regional Sales Manager from 1999 to 2003. Before joining EXFO in 1999, Dr. Bradley was employed as Sales and Marketing Director by Queensgate Instruments (UK) from 1997 to 1999 and as Sales Engineer by Lambda Photometrics (UK) from September 1993 to September 1997. Jon Bradley holds an honors degree in chemistry, as well as a Ph.D. in Raman spectroscopy from the University of Durham in the United Kingdom.

Joseph Soo

 Mr. Joseph Soo serves as Vice President - Sales, Asia-Pacific of Exfo Inc. He is responsible for managing telecom sales, both direct and indirect, and for the execution of sales strategies in the Asian market. As a member of the Strategy and Management Committees, he also develops corporate strategy for EXFO. Mr. Soo has market knowledge and sales experience in the telecom industry, as he has been Asia Pacific sales teams for test and measurement providers for the last 15 years. Namely, he was Vice-President of Asia Pacific Sales at Fluke Networks from 2010 to 2011. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice-President of Rohde & Schwarz Asia Pacific Regional, where he held various management and sales positions at different Rohde & Schwarz locations since he began there in 1997. Earlier on, Mr. Soo began his career as a Senior EMC Engineer at Astec Power Pte Ltd in 1990. Joseph Soo is fluent in English and Chinese and has lived both in Asia and the US. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and has attended several executive MBA courses at the Singapore Institute of Management.

Dana Yearian

 Mr. Dana Yearian is Vice President - Sales, Americas of Exfo Inc., since March 2007. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Yearian held the position of Vice-President, Telecom Sales, North America. He is responsible for managing telecom sales, both direct and indirect, and the execution of sales strategies across North, Central and South America. Mr. Yearian oversees all sales-related functions for the EXFO sales organization throughout this territory, including sales operations, global management and partner programs. As a member of the Strategy and Management committees, he also helps develop corporate strategy. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Yearian held senior executive sales positions at Spirent Communications Service Assurance Division. In 2003, Mr. Yearian founded The Katrixx Group, which provided consulting and contracting services to high-technology companies. Before founding his company, Mr. Yearian worked as Vice-President of Sales at Acterna Corp. (from 1991 to 2003), where he led both North American and International sales and support operations. Prior to working for Acterna, Mr. Yearian held various executive positions, namely at Toshiba America, Silicon Sensors (Advanced Photonix, Inc.) and Impell Corporation (ABB Ltd.). Dana Yearian holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and has completed MBA course work at DePaul University, also in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Etienne Gagnon

 Mr. Etienne Gagnon is Vice President - Test and Measurement Division of Exfo Inc., since June 2010. He is responsible for EXFO's wireline business units (Optical, Transport and Datacom, Access) and Corporate Marketing (CTO Office and Marketing-Communications). From May 2003 to May 2007, he was EXFO's Vice-President, Optical Business Unit and Customer Service, and in May 2007, he took on the responsibility of all of EXFO's telecom business units (Optical, Transport and Datacom, Navtel Product Group, Access). Mr. Gagnon began his career as a design engineer for Bombardier/Canadair, where he worked on the Canadian Regional Jet project between 1990 and 1993. Later, he held the position of Business Development Manager for France Telecom in Hungary. In 1994, he joined EXFO's European office as a Regional Sales Manager, and in 1996, he was brought back to Quebec City to head the OSP marketing group. Mr. Gagnon then went on to become the director of EXFO's Outside Plant division in 1998, and remained in that function until 2000, when he joined TeraXion, an optical component manufacturer based in Quebec City, as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing until returning to EXFO in early 2003. Étienne Gagnon holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Montreal's School of Engineering, and a master's degree in European business from the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications in France.

Claudio Mazzuca

 Mr. Claudio Mazzuca serves as Vice President - Systems and Service Assurance Division of Exfo Inc. Prior to this appointment, he held the role of Director of EXFO's Transport and Datacom business unit since 2006. In this role, he was responsible for the development and execution of business and product strategy for this business unit, which now is a player in the Ethernet and next-generation packet transport test market segments. Mr. Mazzuca began his career as a systems engineer for Nortel Networks, where he worked on the launch of the 10G High-Speed Transport and DWDM product line, and later on Nortel's Preside Network Management solution. He then moved to technology startup Hyperchip Systems as Senior Product Manager, focusing on the development of metro and core IP routers and switches, and associated OEM components. In 2004, he joined EXFO's Transport and Datacom business unit as Product Line Manager for the next-generation SONET/SDH products, and in 2005, was promoted to Group Manager for the entire Transport and Datacom product line. Claudio holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Concordia University and a master's degree in business from McGill University in Montreal.

Sylvain Rouleau

 Mr. Sylvain Rouleau serves as Vice President - Human Capital of Exfo Inc. As such, his main responsibility is overseeing the human resources department, and, more specifically, his mandate is to transform EXFO into an organization that optimizes its human capital and, in turn, surpasses its objectives. Mr. Rouleau has over 25 years' experience in human resources and has held several executive positions in a variety of international organizations. Namely, before joining EXFO, he was Senior Vice-President, Human Capital at Kruger since February 2009. From 2003 to 2009, he worked for the Alcan Group - Bauxite & Alumina as Vice-President, Human Resources, Communications and Corporate Affairs. Prior to that, he managed human resources teams for Nortel Networks as well as several divisions of the General Electric Company, such as GE Power Systems, GE Medical Systems and GE Aircraft Engines, both in Canada and abroad. Sylvain holds a master's degree in organizational psychology (O.D. and Complex Systems) from the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada.

Stephen Bull

 Mr. Stephen Bull is Vice-President - Research and Development of Exfo Inc. He joined EXFO in 1995 as an Engineering Manager (project management) for the Advanced Optics group. From September 1997 to December 1999, he held the position of Assistant Director of Engineering responsible for all the software development. Mr. Bull was then appointed EXFO's Vice-President of Research and Development in December 1999. Today, he manages a department that includes more than 760 engineers and technicians spread out over three continents and nine locations. He is responsible for EXFO's product development initiatives and manages the Project Management Office and related processes. Prior to joining EXFO, Mr. Bull was General Manager and Managing Director of Space Research Corporation, a military engineering company in Belgium, from June 1986 to March 1990, as well as of Taurus, an IT consulting firm, from 1990 to 1995. He is currently the President of the Institut de développement de produits (an institute dedicated to the advancement of product development practices) and a member of the Product Development Management Association (PDMA). He speaks regularly at conferences on product development. Stephen Bull holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Université Laval in Quebec City, and is a certified New Product Development Professional from the PDMA.

Benoit Ringuette

 Mr. Benoit Ringuette is General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Exfo Inc., since April 2004. Prior to joining EXFO, Mr. Ringuette practiced mainly in commercial, corporate and securities law from 1998 to 2003 as an associate in the law firms of O’Brien, Flynn Rivard in Quebec City and Desjardins Ducharme Stein Monast in Quebec City. Mr. Ringuette has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1998. Mr. Ringuette holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Law and a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Laval University in Quebec City, Canada.

Pierre Marcouiller

 Mr. Pierre Marcouiller is Lead Independent Director of Exfo Inc., since January 2011. Pierre Marcouiller has served as the company Director since May 2000. Mr. Marcouiller is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Camoplast Solideal Inc. a world design, manufacturing and distribution of off-road tires, rubber tracks, undercarriage systems and wheels and a NA leader in under-the-hood plastic components and assemblies for the automotive industry. Prior to joining Camoplast, Mr. Marcouiller was President and General Manager of Venmar Ventilation Inc. (1988-1996), where he was the controlling shareholder from 1991 to 1996. Mr. Marcouiller is also a Director of Canam Group Inc., an industrial company specialized in the design and fabrication of construction products and solutions in the commercial, industrial, institutional, residential, and bridge and highway infrastructures markets. Mr. Marcouiller also holds directorships in other privately held companies. Pierre Marcouiller holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and an MBA from the Université de Sherbrooke. He is a Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Camoplast Solideal Inc.

Claude Seguin

 Mr. Claude Seguin has been appointed as Director of Exfo Inc., effective February 13, 2013. Mr. Seguin, who has an track record of working as a senior executive in the private and public sector, is currently Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development and Strategic Investments at CGI Group Inc., a provider of information technology and business process services. In this role, Mr. Seguin is responsible for all merger and acquisition activities. Prior to joining CGI in 2003, Mr. Seguin was President of CDP Capital - Private Equity, a unit of the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec. From 1992 to 2000, he held the position of Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Teleglobe Inc. Mr. Seguin also had a career in the public service, culminating with the title of Deputy Minister of the Quebec Finance Ministry for five years. He sits on several boards including COM DEV International Ltd. (retiring), HEC Montreal and Centraide of Greater Montreal. Mr. Seguin holds a master's degree and Ph.D. in Public Administration from Syracuse University. He also earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from HEC Montreal.

Pierre-Paul Allard

 Mr. Pierre-Paul Allard is Independent Director of Exfo Inc., since September 10, 2008. He has been a board member of many other technology companies in Canada and in the US. Today, he is also an active philanthropist for l’Institut de Cardiologie de Québec. Mr. Allard is presently Vice-President, Sales and Operations, Global Industries for Cisco Systems Inc., where he has held several senior management positions over the last 18 years. More recently, Mr. Allard was President and CEO of Cisco Systems Canada. Currently, he is responsible for all field operations of Cisco’s Global Enterprise Client segment, focusing on new business models, market transition opportunities and increased customer satisfaction. Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Allard worked for IBM Canada for 12 years. In 2002, Mr. Allard co-chaired the Canadian e-Business Initiative, a private-public partnership aiming to measure the role e-Business plays in increasing productivity levels, job creation and competitive position. In 1998, he was the laureate of the Arista-Sunlife Award, for Top Young Entrepreneur in Enterprise, by the Montreal Chamber of Commerce. In 2003, he received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, which highlights contributions to Canada. In the same year, he was also awarded the prestigious Trudeau Medal from the University of Ottawa, Tefler School of Management. Pierre-Paul Allard holds a bachelor’s and masters’ degree in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, in Canada. Vice-President, Sales and Operations, Global Industries for Cisco Systems Inc.

Darryl Edwards

 Mr. Darryl Alexander Edwards is Independent Director of Exfo Inc., since September 1, 2011. He brings to EXFO more than 30 years of telecommunications experience gained from a number of senior executive leadership positions; from 2009 to 2011, he was the Chief Executive Officer of AIRCOM International, the company through to business sale. Mr. Edwards was previously at Nortel Networks for 17 years, where he held various executive officer positions, including President of EMEA Sales from 2006 to 2009 and in 2009 President of Global Sales (Carrier Networks). He also was the Chief Executive Officer for two of Nortel’s key joint ventures, first in the Middle East and later in Germany. Prior to his time at Nortel, Mr. Edwards spent 13 years at GEC-Plessey Telecommunications where he worked in engineering, quality assurance and international sales. Mr. Edwards has held a number of chairs, including Chairman of the Board of Nortel’s interests in Turkey, Nortel Netas, which was listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. He also was a member of the Advisory Counsel to the Turkish government between 2004 and 2008, and previously served on the UK Government Broadband Stakeholders Group and the Information Age Partnership. Darryl Edwards holds a Higher National Certificate (Physics) from Birmingham Polytechnic in the UK.

Guy Marier

 Mr. Guy Marier is Independent Director of Exfo Inc. Formerly President of Bell Québec (1999 to 2003), Mr. Marier completed his 33-year career at Bell as Executive Vice-President of the Project Management Office, before retiring at the end of 2003. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Marier headed Bell Canada International’s investments and projects in Saudi Arabia and, for the three following years, served as President of Télébec. He then returned to the parent company to hold various senior management positions. Guy Marier holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Montreal and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Randy Tornes

 Mr. Randy Tornes has been appointed as the Independent Director of EXFO Inc. Mr. Tornes, who has nearly 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, has held a number of senior management positions with network equipment manufacturers such as Juniper Networks, Ericsson and Nortel Networks. Mr. Tornes is currently Head of Sales, AT&T at Juniper Networks and previously spent more than two years at Ericsson, also working with AT&T. He spent most of his career at Nortel Networks, culminating with the position of Vice-President of Sales, GSM Americas. Mr. Tornes also served as member of the Board of Governors at 3G Americas LLC. Mr. Tornes holds a bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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