André Bazergui, Ph.D., Eng.

Special advisor to the President and CEO, CRIAQ (www.criaq.aero)

Special advisor to the President, Innovitech (www.innovitech.com)

Emeritus Professor, École Polytechnique de Montréal (www.polymtl.ca)

André Bazergui was the President and CEO of CRIAQ (Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec) from January 2004 to August 2010; he is presently special advisor to the CEO.  He has been an active member of Innovitech Inc. since 1998 and was involved in a number of strategic projects including the creation of CRIAQ in 2002. 

He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield as an Athlone Fellow.  He then joined École Polytechnique de Montréal and held Faculty positions for over 30 years during which he completed two terms as Director General and CEO (1990-1998). Actively involved in teaching and research, he has published extensively and is the principal author of a textbook on Strength of Materials and two solutions manuals (Résistance des matériaux, http://www.polymtl.ca/pub/doc.php?id=6879&l=fre).

A well known public figure, he regularly chairs or is a member of strategic Boards and Committees in Quebec and Canada.  He co-chaired, with the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation, and Export/Trade of Québec, the Consulting Group on the Quebec Strategy of Research and Innovation 2010.  He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

He received a Honorary Doctorate from Concordia University in 1998, the Award of Excellence from the Alumni  Association of  Polytechnique in 2000 and the 2006 ADRIQ Institutional Career Prize and the 2009 Grand Prize of Excellence of the Order of Engineers of Quebec.  The Board of CRIAQ has awarded André a certificate of recognition for his outstanding performance as CEO.

August 2010