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Allan Benchetrit, President & CEO 

Mr. Benchetrit has almost 20 years of experience in the Information, Communication and Technology industry. He began his career in 1987 as an account manager for Dun & Bradstreet before receiving a graduate degree in business. He went on to hold sales, marketing, and executive management positions at HP, Oracle, and Wysdom, and is co-founder of Vantrix. Mr. Benchetrit holds a BA in Political Science from Concordia University and an MBA from the John Molson School of Business in Montreal.

Jean Mayrand, CTO & Co-founder

Mr. Mayrand has 20 years of experience working in the field of telecommunications and venture capital. He began his career as a Professional Instructor at the École Polytechnique of Montreal and at the Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal. Mr. Mayrand has held technical and executive management positions at Bell Canada, Telsoft Ventures, Evolucom (later acquired by Wysdom Inc.), and is co-founder of Vantrix. Mr. Mayrand holds a B.Eng in Software and Hardware Engineering and an MScA in Software Engineering, both from the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

Elie Daher, VP Finance & Administration

Elie Daher has over 12 years of experience in financial management.  He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, with tenures in their Assurance and Business Advisory Services and Mergers & Acquisitions groups.  Mr. Daher also worked as a financial advisor for a start-up company in the digital media business, where he implemented an end-to-end Finance function.  Before joining Vantrix, he spent over 6 years at Bell Canada, the country’s largest communications company, most recently as Director of Corporate Finance.  Mr. Daher holds a graduate diploma in public accountancy from McGill University in Montreal, and designations as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst.

Robert Fillmore, SVP International Sales 

Mr. Fillmore has over 20 years experience in the Information, Communication and Technology industry specifically within the telecoms focusing on Customer Management, Billing, and Operational Support Systems. Most recently, he was Vice-President for EMEA at Vallent where he helped position the company as the leading vendor of Service Management systems in the region. Prior to this he held executive positions as Vice-President and Managing Director for EMEA at SPL, and Vice-President of EMEA at Architel Systems. Mr. Fillmore's earlier career was in sales management for Information Technology companies CableData, Wang and Cray Systems.

Patrick Lopez, Chief Marketing Officer

Patrick has over 10 years of experience in product and technology introduction. He joined Vantrix from Airwide Solutions, where he was responsible for Product Strategy and Planning. Prior to Airwide, he held similar positions at 724 Solutions, Redknee, Philips and LogicaCMG-Acision. He has been a representative to OMA and 3GPP and was the chairman of the MMS IOP group. He has collaborated on reports from industry analysts including Frost & Sullivan, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank and has written articles in collaboration with the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and others. Patrick holds an MBA in Corporate Management from IAE University in Nice, and a Bachelor Degree in Marketing Strategy.

Robert Héroux, VP Engineering

Mr. Héroux has over 17 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He began his career at Bell Canada, in a software development role. He then moved to Nortel where he held positions of increasing responsibility in Manufacturing Engineering, Customer Service, Systems Engineering, Verification Engineering and Product Line management in both Digital Radio and Optical Networks divisions. Before joining Vantrix in early 2005, he worked as a consultant in the field of system integration IT/Telecom and multimedia. Mr. Héroux holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

Bruce Stamm, VP Operations

Mr. Stamm has over 20 years of experience in various software engineering, product test and customer support functions in the aerospace and high technology industries. Before joining Vantrix in 2007, Bruce worked for IBM Rational, where he led product test organizations located in North America and Asia. Prior to IBM, Bruce was the Director, Quality Assurance & Product Test at CAE Inc, the world leader in flight simulation and training where he helped establish CAE’s reputation for superior quality through the implementation of “best-in-class” business practices. Bruce holds a BSc of Computer Science from Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec.