Francis holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Polytechnique of Montreal and is also a professional pilot. He has spent the last 20 years in the aerospace industry working for Thales Aerospace, CAE training and simulation, STELIA Aerospace (a subsidiary of Airbus SAS) and NSE Automatech. Before joining IMC, Francis worked as the General Manager for Centre Technologique en Aérospatiale where he was leading the global operations, service proposal and R & D strategic planning of an aerospace research center (over 75 researchers, professional technicians and trainees). He was lately involved in research projects using drones and UAV for the transportation of materials in remote areas. His experience includes aerospace, air transport operations and safety.
