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Benjamin Desmarais

Investor

Mentor at Amiral Ventures

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

About

Benjamin Desmarais is a Partner at Novacap. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of a network service provider company, leading the business from its 2007 founding through a successful exit in 2016. His experience spans business strategy, financing, startup development, and operational management.

Experience

  1. NovacapPartnercurrent2021 — presentBrossard, Quebec, Canada
  2. Stratus NetworksMember Board Of Directorscurrent2021 — present
  3. Talento AIStrategic Advisorcurrent2020 — presentGreater Montreal Metropolitan Area
  4. FÉRIQUEBoard Member and President of the HR commiteecurrent2019 — presentGreater Montreal Metropolitan Area
  5. Ni2Executive Chairman Of The Board2020 — 2021Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  6. Ni2Chief Executive Officer2019Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
  7. Self-EmployedFull time Dad2018 — 2019Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
  8. FibrenoireChief Executive Officer and co-founder2007 — 2018Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
  9. Openface InternetAccount Manager2006 — 2007
  10. Spectra Premium IndustriesAssistant - OEM Product Development2003

Education

  1. Polytechnique MontréalComputer Engineering2003 — 2008
  2. HEC MontréalBAA, Finance and IT1999 — 2002

Skills & more

Telecommunications42Corporate Finance7SIP1Cloud Computing11Product Development6MPLS14Entrepreneurship11Contract Negotiation3Ethernet8Optical Fiber3Customer Retention2Business Strategy20
+12 moreNew Business DevelopmentEmployee ManagementBusiness DevelopmentManaged ServicesProject ManagementSolution SellingStrategic PartnershipsUnified CommunicationsInternetPublic SpeakingTeam LeadershipCisco Technologies
  • Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning — Coursera

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Colleagues at Amiral Ventures

Aditya Pendyala
Mentor at Amiral Ventures
Charles Guay
Mentor at Amiral Ventures
Denis Sirois
Mentor at Amiral Ventures
Dominic Becotte
Managing Partner at Amiral Ventures
Éric Brunelle
Mentor at Amiral Ventures
Francois Arbour
Mentor at Amiral Ventures
Francois Tanguay
Mentor at Amiral Ventures
Frank Sullivan
Mentor at Amiral Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Benjamin Desmarais work?
Benjamin Desmarais is Mentor at Amiral Ventures.

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Also attended HEC Montréal104

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Shared employers

Also worked at Novacap5

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Also worked at FÉRIQUE1

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Also worked at Self-Employed9

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Also worked at Fibrenoire2

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