ANDR MAISONNEUVE is President and CEO of Validian Corporation. With
more than 30 years’ experience in the high-tech sector, Dr.
Maisonneuve’s responsibilities include making key management and
strategic decisions as well as driving marketing and sales activities.
He interacts with major customers and suppliers, focusing on specific
requirements and defining successful marketing and development
strategies. Prior to co-founding Validian, Dr. Maisonneuve launched and
managed a number of successful private and public information-technology
corporations where access to financial resources and establishment of
new markets were essential components. He was Director General of CESAM,
a multi-media industry consortium; Executive Vice President of Chataqua
Inc., a computer-based learning company; and Chairman of ADGA Quebec
Inc., a software-development company. He founded and managed an
international information-technology and management-consultancy company
with customers in 14 countries and links to major international
development banks. He also managed a defense-electronics company,
selling core technology and products to the U.S. Navy as well as to
large defense contractors, such as Marconi Aerospace, Teledyne
Technologies and Ericsson. As Executive Vice President of ACDS, Dr.
Maisonneuve was instrumental in the implementation of an international
distribution network for a publicly held spatial-database company whose
customers included EDS, Atlanta Gas and IBM. Dr. Maisonneuve holds a PhD
in Engineering and is a graduate of Harvard Graduate Business School.
