Luc Vaillancourt

Current

Founder & CEO at BALIZ Inc. & BALIZ-MEDIA.com

Past

Associate Publisher and Executive Editor at Directions Magazine, French edition
Co-founder & Vice President, Business Development at KOREM Inc.

Education

Université Laval

Recommended

10 people have recommended Luc

Connections

253 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Luc Vaillancourt’s Summary

- Founder & CEO of BALIZ inc.
- Main analyst and advisor at BALIZ Consulting : www.baliz-geospatial.com
- Publisher of the only French, independent and online magazine www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com
- Initiator of the GÉO-FR. Group (FRENCH Speaking GEOSPATIAL Experts) : www.geo-fr.com

Entrepreneur, geographer, GIS / Geospatial Industry Expert, Web 2.0 and Business 2.0 practitioner...

BALIZ Consulting and BALIZ-MEDIA.com is a "unique" source of information and advices on the Geospatial industry, working solutions and successful business models.

Luc Vaillancourt’s Specialties:

Vertical expertise in Geospatial & GIS:
- Industry observer and analyst
- Geospatial Web-based solution Expert (Web solutions, ASP/SaaS services, RDBMS, Web services, )
- Geo-statistical and Geo-marketing Analyst (data processing and thematic mapping)
Business :
- Business Development (partners (resellers & VARs), alliances, OEM)
- Sales : Corporate sales, Sales team management, CRM
- Marketing : Web marketing, e-marketing, corporate events, viral marketing

Luc Vaillancourt’s Experience

Founder & CEO

BALIZ Inc. & BALIZ-MEDIA.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)

BALIZ is a consulting firm and the publisher of the French online magazine BALIZ-MEDIA.com, covering the geospatial industry.
Associate Publisher and Executive Editor

Directions Magazine, French edition

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

April 2007 — December 2007 (9 months)

- launch this new media, totally in French, called Directions Magazine (same name as in English) at www.directionsmag.info for Directions Media.
- produce French content (articles and blogging) on the Geospatial industry
- setup a network of collaborators to obtain articles from different players in the industry
- build a readership from the French speaking countries and regions
Co-founder & Vice President, Business Development

KOREM Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1993 — April 2005 (11 years 5 months)

- Co-founder of KOREM Inc.
- In charge of strategic alliances and partnerships (MapInfo, DMTI Spatial Inc., Claritas France (Axciom), Tele-Atlas, Oracle, Laser-Scan)
- Main contact person with MapInfo Corporation and MapInfo Canada (KOREM is in charge of MapInfo in the Province of Québec)
- Developing the network of resellers
- Leading the definition and evolution of KOREM’s product line (software and ASP)
- Senior consultant for Spatial Business Solutions
- Co-director of marketing

Luc Vaillancourt’s Education

Université Laval

Bacc. (1st), Geography, September 1990 — April 1993

Additional Information

Luc Vaillancourt’s Websites:

Luc Vaillancourt’s Interests:

- Geospatila Industry - Geospatial Technologies (Web-mapping, GIS, GPS, ) - Web 2.0 - Business 2.0 - Dirt Bike / Enduro with my KTM XC-F 450 2008 - Snowmobile with the unique Snow Hawk - Golf (playing, not watching) - Baseball (playing, not watching)

Luc Vaillancourt’s Groups:

AFIGÉO - Association Française pour l'Information Géographique - www.afigeo.asso.fr
AGMQ - Association de Géomatique Municipale du Québec - www.agmq.qc.ca
CCQ - Chambre de commerce de Québec - www.ccquebec.ca
CIG - Canadian Institute of Geomatics - www.cig-acsg.ca
FIQ - Fédération de l'informatique du Québec - www.fiq.qc.ca
VETIQ - Voix des Entrepreneurs en T.I. de Québec - www.vetiq.org