François Chartrand

CEO at Versacom

François Chartrand is the President and CEO of Versacom, a Montreal-based language services company serving many of Canada's largest organizations across 185 languages. He joined Versacom as Vice President of Quality before taking the helm in 2016, and previously held translation and linguistic services roles at Textualis, RBC Financial Group, and the Canadian Depository for Securities. He also lectures on translation and localization project management at Concordia University.

Experience

Président et chef de la direction at Versacom

Sep 2016 — Present · 9 yrs 10 mos

Leads the Montreal-based language services company serving Canada's largest organizations across 185 languages with AI-powered solutions.

Membre du conseil at ACGL

Jan 2014 — Present · 12 yrs 6 mos

Lecturer at Concordia University

Sep 2010 — Present · 15 yrs 10 mos

Teaches a course on translation and localization project management to undergraduate and graduate students.

Vice President, Quality at Versacom

Jul 2015 to Sep 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

Vice President at Textualis Translations Inc

Jan 2010 to Jun 2015 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Managed a team of project leaders, translators, and linguists and established quality control and financial processes.

Relationship Manager and Linguistics Advisor at RBC Financial Group

Jan 2008 to Jan 2010 · 2 yrs

Facilitated interaction between internal clients and RBC's linguistic services provider and provided linguistic advice to Marketing.

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