Didier Leconte

Current

President and General Manager at MSBi Valorisation

Past

Manager, Business Development, Sciences & Engineering at Univalor at Gestion Univalor
Director at Baton Simulations
Research Director / Commercial Director at NGTC (Natural Gas Technologies Centre)

Technology Transfer Professional at GDF Quebec
Project Manager at Gaz de France (GDF), Research Division (formely DETN)

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Education

Université du Québec à Montréal
Université Paris Nord- Paris 13
Université Paris Sud (Paris XI)

Recommended

5 people have recommended Didier

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Investment Management

Websites

Didier Leconte’s Summary

Interests:
The roads to market deployment of technologies.

Professional experience:
- Innovation and technologies (from research to commercial deployment)
- Managing (people, budgets) to get things done

Motto:
Why doing it the way it has already been done?

Didier Leconte’s Experience

President and General Manager

MSBi Valorisation

(Privately Held; Research industry)

March 2009 — Present (10 months)

MSBi Valorisation (“MSBiV”) provides its academic partners and affiliated entities, the financial resources and complementary expertise needed to accelerate and facilitate the commercialization of high potential technologies. Partner institutions include McGill University, Université de Sherbrooke and Bishop's University, as well as their affiliated hospitals, research institutes and technology transfer entities.

MSBiV brings industry knowledge and relationships to the existing effort of bridging the gap between discoveries resulting from university research and the marketplace.
Manager, Business Development, Sciences & Engineering at Univalor

Gestion Univalor

(Privately Held; Research industry)

April 2004 — March 2009 (5 years )

Univalor is the one-stop shop for accessing worldclass technologies and expertises from Université de Montréal and its affiliated schools and most of its medical research centres.

If you are looking for your next competitive advantage or your next new venture, contact me!
Director

Baton Simulations

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2008 — February 2009 (6 months)

Baton Simulations is revolutionizing the way clients will capture their investment in ERP systems, by providing effective means to learn, teach, implement and use their ERP systems. http://batonsimulations.com/
Research Director / Commercial Director

NGTC (Natural Gas Technologies Centre)

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

March 2000 — April 2004 (4 years 2 months)

The Natural Gas Technologies Centre is carrying out research and development activities dedicated to the natural gas industry.

NGTC is one of the unique private research centres worlwide dedicated to the natural gas industry.

More info at www.ctgn.qc.ca
Technology Transfer Professional

GDF Quebec

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

February 1996 — March 2000 (4 years 2 months)

Technology Scouting
Technology Transfer
Technical Support
Project Manager

Gaz de France (GDF), Research Division (formely DETN)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Utilities industry)

September 1990 — February 1996 (5 years 6 months)

Snapshot of Gaz de France on December 31, 2006:
- Europe's No.1 distributor of natural gas,
- the longest high-pressure natural gas pipeline network in Europe,
- one of Europe's most diversified supply portfolios,
- second-largest natural gas storage capacity in Europe,
- one of the world's top 5 players in liquefied natural gas (LNG),
- a workforce of more than 53,000, including one of the largest research division involved in natural gas.

More information at www.gazdefrance.com

Me?
- Project Manager at the research division providing technical solutions to in-house customers
- Expert in live operation on networks and trenchless technologies

Additional Information

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Didier Leconte’s Interests:

Innovation, New technology

Didier Leconte’s Groups:

Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, Technology Transfer, Licensing Managers, Igniting Innovation, InterFrench