Currently, Director Général of the Automotive and Surface Transportation Research Centre at the National Research Council Canada.He was acting as Vice-President of the Transportation and Manufacturing division overseeing the Aerospace and Automotive and Surface Transportation Reseach Centres at National Research Council Canada from October 2021 to July 2022.In October 2017, he was appointed the Director General of the Automotive and Surface Transportation Research Centre. He was leading the direction of the manufacturing and surface transportation R&D activities of the 4 research centre’s sites in Saguenay, Boucherville, Ottawa and London. He is also responsible for the development of the NRC’s newest advanced manufacturing research facility in Winnipeg, which opens in the fall of 2021.Experienced team leader oriented toward strategic planning, resource development and income generation.Diversified experience (over 18 years) in applied research, program management, project management, product development, customer support and management of resources in both public and private sectorsAdvanced expertise in powder metallurgy and more particularly injection molding of powders (PIM) of titanium and its alloys, titanium foams for medical applications, compaction steel powder for automotive application.Experience developing magnesium die casting alloy and material optimization for automotive applications.Experience in developing zinc products and support zinc users in the areas of energy storage and high strength steel protection against corrosion.Expertise in implementation of statistical tools for process analyses (6-sigma), design of experiments (DOE), validation of measurement systems and multivariate analysis of data (MVDA, ANOVA).Dynamic and effective communicator with over 50 publications as author or co-author.Specialties: Leading scientific team, Program management