About Us
PINQ², the Quebec Digital and Quantum Innovation Platform, supports companies, SMEs and start-ups by helping them de-risk their digital transformation while supporting their innovations.
About Us
Our value proposition
As a digital innovation lab, we foster collaboration between industry and academia and training talents of tomorrow.
Our unique value proposition in Québec makes it internationally attractive by offering quantum & classical computing aligned on industrial software and security standards as well as simple and fluid user experience.
PINQ² supports you
De-risking business innovation
Our mission
Support companies, SMEs and start-ups by helping them de-risk their digital transformation and innovation.
Our vision
To become a digital innovation accelerator for Quebec businesses in priority areas, such as environment, energy, finance, manufacturing and health.
Our values
Integrity : At PINQ² we have absolute respect for ethics and moral values in all the actions and projects we undertake.
Trust : We are convinced that transparency both internally and externally forms the basis of strong relationships and partnerships.
Collaboration : We work in harmony with our teams, our customers, our partners and our ecosystem to achieve common goals by sharing ideas, skills and efforts.
Innovation : The constant search for new ideas and approaches to solve problems and improve existing processes drives us every day.
PINQ²
Our promises
Accessible service : We help you secure financial support from granting agencies, a key piece to the realization of your digital and quantum advancement. You thus benefit from support that enables you to have sustainable and affordable solutions, along with a unique computing power guaranteed over time.
Confidentiality : Before, during and after your project, we ensure the confidentiality and security of your data.
Adapted support : Personalized support offered by a team of experts dedicated to your project. In addition to listening to your needs, we identify the most optimal resource for achieving your objectives.
Autonomy : We accompany you in the development of your solutions by aligning closely with the standards of your industry, as well as imparting the necessary skills for you to continue your digital and quantum advancement autonomously.
PINQ² talents
Executive committee
Marie-Claude Messier
General Manager
Lyse Le Gal
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Mickaël Camus
Chief Technology Officer
Business development and strategy team
Alexandra Borie
Director of Business Development
Marie-Eve Boulanger
Program Manager
Victoria Bernard
Communication and marketing
Technology team
Christophe Pere
Scientific Director
Didier Cotton
Security and Governance Director
Mathieu Thery
Director of Operations and Infrastructure
Matthieu Fortin-Deschênes
Product Director
Mohammad Kashfi
Quantum Developer
Maxime Paiement Marchand
Product Manager
Patrick du Boucher
Senior Cloud Architecture Advisor.
Sagarika Ghosh
Quantum Product Director
Finance and operations team
Sabrina Larivière
Lead - Legal Affairs and Operations
PINQ² resources
Board of directors
Vincent Aimez
Vice-rector for promotion and partnerships at the University of Sherbrooke
Vincent Aimez is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and is vice-rector for partnerships and valorization. As vice-rector, he notably manages the University's Innovation Entrepreneurship Partnerships strategy, including the business partnerships group (GPA) which facilitates links between the UdeS and its partners at all levels. He is in charge of major projects for the UdeS such as the DISTRIQ and TECHNUM innovation zones. He also contributed in collaboration with the MEIE to the establishment of the Digital and Quantum Innovation Platform (PINQ2) and the Integrated Innovation Chain bringing together the Quantum Institute (IQ), the Interdisciplinary Institute of Technological Innovation (3IT) and the MiQro Innovation Collaboration Center (C2MI). He is currently working on the development of the solar technology park at the University of Sherbrooke, in partnership with Hydro-Sherbrooke. as a researcher, he is the co-founder of the CNRS International Joint Unit “Laboratory Nanotechnologies Nanosystems (LN2)” which has become a point of contact between Europe and North America in the field of micro-nanotechnologies.
Dominique Bérubé
Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University
Dominique Bérubé is Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University. A strategic leader with cross-sector expertise in the academic, research, and innovation ecosystems, Professor Bérubé has over 22 years of experience in research funding and innovation administration. She has led the creation of large-scale research initiatives and major research infrastructure projects, as well as the implementation of major funding programs, while demonstrating leadership in initiatives promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion.
A member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, she holds a PhD in environmental sciences from the Université du Québec à Montréal, as well as a master's and bachelor's degree in metallurgical and materials engineering from Polytechnique Montréal. Previously, Professor Bérubé was Vice-President of Research and Graduate Studies at Concordia University, Vice-President of Research at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and Associate Vice-President of Research at the Université de Montréal.
Ghyslain Goulet
President of ACET
Ghyslain Goulet is CEO of the Accelerator for the Creation of Technological Businesses (ACET Banque Nationale) and manager of the Quantacet fund.This manager has 25 years of experience in strategic support for managers of large companies, technological SMEs and economic development. He is a dynamic leader recognized for his business acumen, his ability to understand issues, his mobilization skills and his ease in developing trusting interpersonal relationships. He stands out for his results orientation.
Sarah Jenna
Co-Founder & CEO MIMS.ai
As co-founder and CEO of MIMs (My Intelligent Machines), Sarah Jenna leverages her expertise in cellular and microbiological genomics to provide life sciences companies with cutting-edge integrative genomics skills to enable them to develop personalized medical care and more efficient agricultural processes. Sarah received her doctorate in cell biology and microbiology from Aix-Marseille University in France in 1998. Since 2006, she has also been director of the Integrative Genomics and Cell Signaling Laboratory at UQÀM.
Alain Lavoie
President of LexRock.IA
For more than 25 years, Alain Lavoie has been a leader very involved in the ICT ecosystem in Quebec. He is an expert in the world of digital transformation, information management and natural language processing (NLP).
In 2019, he co-founded LexRock AI: a platform using artificial intelligence, allowing the analysis, extraction and comparison of information from unstructured documents, intended for different sectors of activity (-Finance-Insurance- Legal - Cybersecurity). The LexRock AI platform notably allows the anonymization of information, thus offering a solution helping companies comply with data protection rules.
Alain is mainly recognized for defending the interests of SMEs in information technology and sits on numerous committees and boards of directors.
Julie Lavoie
Partner and Business Sector Lead at Levio
Julie is a partner and Business Sector Lead at Levio. Levio is a business transformation and IT firm and one of the fastest growing companies in Canada. It now has nearly 2,000 employees in 5 countries.
Julie has over 24 years of experience in the financial institutions sector in executive roles. Before joining Levio, she was Leader of the Small and Medium Business Sector in Canada for TD Bank. She led a team of advisors in Canada who supported clients with their business needs, earning JD Power recognition in 2022 as the financial institution offering the best customer satisfaction to SMEs. Before joining TD in 2020, she was Senior Vice-President, Transformation, at the National Bank of Canada. She oversaw the acceleration of business efficiency, digital reach, large-scale project management and cultural transformation of this organization, bringing new ways of working. Previously, she led contact centers and served as vice president of human resources focused on talent, leadership and engagement. Before joining the financial industry, she was a labor and employment lawyer.
David McFarlane
Associate, FGS Longview
David is a dynamic, motivated and resourceful leader with over 20 years of experience in business and corporate development, as well as politics. His exceptional track record of completing investment projects is a testament to his successful negotiation skills. He has developed and negotiated partnerships with institutions, governments and businesses in Canada, the United States and Europe. He succeeded through hard work, a little luck, some business acumen, and an ability to understand people, macroeconomic and political influences, and global trade and investment flows.
After a long career including key leadership roles in the private and public sectors, David joined FGS Longview as an Associate in September 2022. From 2011 to 2016, David worked at Investissement Québec, notably as Director of the London Office for almost 5 years. From 2016 to 2020, David served as Director of Policy and then Chief of Staff to Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development in Ottawa. In this role, David was responsible for delivering an innovation-driven industrial policy to Cabinet and the Prime Minister, leading to the launch of a series of new programs such as the Superclusters initiative, and the Strategic Innovation Fund. His other responsibilities included managing telecommunications policies and the Investment Canada Act.
Isabelle Turcotte
Co-founder and CEO for ALL IN
CMO and VP of Canada's AI Ecosystem for Scale AI
An influential figure in the artificial intelligence ecosystem, Isabelle Turcotte has over 30 years of experience in strategy, value creation, and growth stimulation for multiple companies in the technology, telecommunications, and professional services sectors.
Isabelle founded ALL IN – Canada's largest AI event – where she serves as Managing Director, in addition to her role as CMO and VP Ecosystem for Scale AI, Canada's global artificial intelligence innovation cluster. She previously served as Regional Marketing Leader at Deloitte (2017-2019) and Vice President of Global Marketing and Strategy for Tata Communications / Teleglobe (2004-2016).
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Our engagement
Sustainable development
Green data center and carbon footprint tracking.
Our data center is located in the former convent the Grey Nuns convent of Mont-Ste-Famille, in the Estrie region, at Humano.
Eco-friendly data center
An innovative project was set up by Humano to recover the heat generated by our high-performance computing center aimed at heating surrounding homes by capturing the heat emitted by our equipment, thus demonstrating our commitment to our energy transition and innovation environmental.
Carbon footprint
In partnership with Exaion, we will have the privilege of benefiting from new technology allowing our customers and partners to monitor their carbon footprint associated with their calculations in real time.