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Patrick Ostiguy

Investor

Mentor at Amiral Ventures

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

About

Patrick Ostiguy founded Accedian, a network performance monitoring company that grew to 300 employees and $80 million in annual revenue while serving over 300 telecom carriers across 64 countries; he served as CEO before becoming Executive Chairman in 2019, leading the company through acquisitions in Sweden and France and its 2023 sale to Cisco. Earlier in his career, he co-founded Avantas, which was acquired by EXFO for $100 million in 2001, and was part of the initial team at Positron Fiber Systems, which was acquired for $200 million in 1998. Ostiguy has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications and networking technology and currently serves as Entrepreneur in Residence at Centech Mtl.

Experience

  1. Centech MtlEntrepreneur in Residencecurrent2026 — presentMontreal, QC
  2. Québec TechMembre du Comité Aviseur Entrepreneurcurrent2026 — presentMontreal, QC
  3. Amiral VenturesFounding Investor, Advisor, Member of the LPACcurrent2024 — presentMontreal, QC
  4. Bridge Growth Partners, LLCSenior Advisorcurrent2023 — presentMontreal, QC, Canada
  5. Triptyq CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2022 — presentMontreal, QC
  6. LiiferLead Director and Investorcurrent2021 — presentMontreal
  7. AYE3D Inc.Investor and Member of Advisory Boardcurrent2021 — presentMontreal, Quebec, Canada
  8. AccedianFounder & Executive Chairman2019 — 2023Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  9. AccedianFounder, President & CEO2004 — 2019Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  10. EXFOProduct Management & Business Development, Protocol group2001 — 2004Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  11. Avantas NetworksProduct Management & Co-Founder1999 — 2001Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  12. Marconi PLCProduct Management, MAS transport group1998 — 1999Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  13. Positron Fiber SystemsProduct Management1995 — 1998Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  14. VideotronSystem Engineering Manager1995Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Education

  1. Université de SherbrookeB. Eng., Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering1990 — 1994

Skills & more

Strategic PlanningIPTV1LTE5Executive AdvisoryExpert AdvisorEthernet16Telecommunications27Product Management26IP11Wireless33Broadband6Cloud Computing1
+12 moreGo-to-market StrategyIntegrationMobile DevicesMultiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)Product MarketingSolution SellingStrategic PartnershipsVoice over IP (VoIP)VoIPEngineeringManaged ServicesMobile Communications

Languages English · French

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