Marc-André St-Yves

Lead Research and Innovation

About

Marc-André graduated from Université Laval in Food Science and Technologies and holds a Master’s Degree in Mobilisation and Knowledge Transfer from INRS as well as Certificate in Leadership in Innovation from MIT. He has over 20 years of experience in the management of innovation projects, firstly, as an entrepreneur servicing innovative SMEs in the agribusiness sector, secondly, as an interface agent in charge of managing innovative processes for a number of actors of innovation in Quebec. Marc-André’s experience and the positions he has held have provided him with a solid network of contacts, both at the levels of innovation support organizations and of québécois entrepreneurs. He is the cofounder of Guerilla Unité d’Innovation.

Expertises

  • Business development
  • Business Model Canvas (BMC)
  • Hosting and entrepreneur codevelopment
  • Leadership and team management
  • R&D
  • SR&ED credit
  • Strategic partneship
  • Strategic planning
  • Subsidy requests/applications

Sectors

  • Agriculture
  • Biotechnology
  • Cleantech
  • Digital marketing & Telecommunication
  • Energy
  • Food industry
  • Residual material