Benoit Balmana has nearly 20 years of experience in the field of innovation, technology transfer and the development of innovative companies with a high technological content, acquired at both the industrial and institutional levels. He is also a lecturer at the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) in the field of the commercialization of innovation and the start-up of technology companies.
Benoit is currently the CEO of IVÉO, an innovation ecosystem dedicated to testing new solutions related to intelligent and sustainable transportation in a context of small and medium-sized cities. As such, IVÉO leads a network of 25 cities in Quebec that act as true living laboratories.