Pierre-Luc Vézina-Labelle

Experience

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  Coop de Solidarité VERTE

  Oct 2006 - Apr 2009

  Project management - Board of directors

  • HR and volunteers mobilisation • Project management with private and public partners • Development of monitoring tools for funding programs and opportunities • Business development and representation at trade shows

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  UQAC

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2012

  Research assistant / Centre de Recherche en Développement Territorial

  Economic data analysis generation Write scientific reports and articles related to economic development

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  UNIPI CANADA INC.

  Feb 2012 - Dec 2016

  Partnership Director and Administrator

  • Partnership development (research institutes, government agencies, non-profit organizations) • Gather the necessary funding (CRNSG, MITACS, MEI, CQRDA, Research tax credit, etc.) • Implement intellectual property protection measures• Production of the development, marketing and market research plans

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  Fonds d'Entraide Communautaire

  Oct 2012 - Mar 2014

  Entrepreneurial skills advisor

  • Advising promoters away from the labour market in an entrepreneurial approach• Managing various entrepreneurial microcredit loans to promoters• Facilitate workshops and training related to the "know-how to be" vs "know-how to do" concepts in business

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  Innovation et Développement Manicouagan (CLD)

  Mar 2017 - Sept 2017

  Business advisor

  • Offer personalized consulting services to entrepreneurs• Analyze and produce financial statements and financial forecasts• Support the organization's business development efforts• Support promoters in their business, R&D and financing processes

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  Société du Plan Nord

  Sept 2017 - Feb 2021

  • Manage local benefits optimization guidelines for mega projects and investments; • Facilitate communication between industries and local suppliers to strengthen local economy; • Interact and collaborate with local economic development organizations and governmentagencies; • Advise corporations with their regional and aboriginal stakeholders relations and partnerships; • Prospect economic projects and financing solutions • Promot R-D partnership opportunities with business, communities et research centers• Membre of the Industrial Port Zone commitee of Saguenay and Baie-Comeau• Involve in the FDI strategies for communities located on the Société du Plan Nord's territory Show less

  • Local economic output advisor

    Aug 2018 - Feb 2021

  • Conseiller - Commercialisation

    Sept 2017 - Feb 2021
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  Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation du Québec (MEI)

  Feb 2021 - now

  Economic Development Advisor - Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord et Nord-du-Québec

  • Accompagnement et conseils stratégiques de Créneaux d’excellence • Responsable des dossiers économiques autochtones (entrepreneuriat, emploi et maximisation)• Expert territorial des démarches de maximisations économiques régionales. (COMAX, CMAX, SPN)• Conseiller analyste pour des projets de ZI et Centres d’Innovation (Sept-Iles et Chibougamau)• Support à la coordination interministérielle des priorités de relance économique• Expertise en veille technologique et d’affaires pour les besoins de la direction• Répondant de la direction territoriale pour les CCTT du territoire• Chargé des dossiers économiques miniers du territoire• Chargé de la mesure AEQ pour trois territoires Show less