Since the foundation of the company in 2008, André has acted as Executive Chairman of the Board of Terrestar Solutions. Until April 2020, he also held the title of CEO. He has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, most notably in the conception, financing and management of several leading companies. For almost 10 years, André served as President and CEO of Microcell Telecommunications (Fido™), a wireless network and service provider that he led from inception through its complete evolution. During that time, he also provided early-stage financing, strategic counsel, and direction for a number of successful start-up tech firms. In 2005, he was appointed by Canada’s Industry Minister as a member of the Telecommunications Policy Review Panel to make recommendations on how to modernize Canada’s telecommunication policies and regulatory framework.

André holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management and Accounting from Université Laval, a Master’s degree in Taxation from the Université de Sherbrooke, and is also a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

In April 2020, Jacques was appointed President and CEO of Terrestar Solutions. Prior to that, he acted as CFO and Treasurer, roles he held since the founding of the company in 2008. From 1995 to 2004, he served as CFO of Microcell Telecommunications (Fido™), VP of Finance and Director of Corporate Planning. In 2005, Jacques was one of the founders of Trio Capital, an investment firm in the Canadian telecommunication sector and abroad. Throughout his lengthy career, Jacques has held a number of senior management positions in finance and taxation for influential Canadian and International firms. He has also been on the boards of numerous publicly held companies in the U.S and Canada, in addition to serving as Chairman of several audit committees. He has a consistent track record of increasing productivity by streamlining operations and making innovative use of technology. A results-driven, innovative and diplomatic executive, Jacques is a seasoned negotiator, able to effectively provide options and flexibility, while reducing and containing costs.

Jacques holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales of Montréal, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Rosemary joined Terrestar in July 2024 as VP Finance.  Backed by her team of experts, she provides financial leadership and the vision necessary to support Terrestar’s growth plan, ensuring the organization’s operational efficiency while helping secure access to capital.

A senior financial executive with over 20 years’ experience in diverse strategic, financial and operational roles, Rosemary’s solid track record clearly demonstrates her ability to rapidly adapt to changing environments with intellectual agility, entrepreneurial creativity and rigor. Over the years, Rosemary has held various positions, including that of Vice President, Finance and Administration at Fednav Holdings Inc., a maritime shipping company. Prior to that, Rosemary spent a decade at Air Canada as Head of Finance for Air Canada Rouge. In that role, she was primarily involved in the start-up and creation of the leisure airline. Before that, she held a variety of financial roles at leading companies including Motorola, Pfizer and Lockheed Martin.

Rosemary currently serves on the CPA’s Quebec Board of Directors, as a member of the Executive and Audit Committee; and she’s also Director on the boards of Lexum and CATSA, where she serves on the audit committee.

Rosemary is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and recently completed Digital Transformation and Sustainability Leadership training at the London School of Business.

Serge joined the Terrestar team in September 2022 as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and today, he’s responsible for strategic planning, innovation, technology direction and deployment, as well as network operations.

Before joining our team, Serge worked at Videotron for over ten years, first as Vice President of the wireless access network, where he was responsible for planning as well as network deployment; and following that, as Chief Technology Planning Officer and Vice President of products and services, responsible for all technology introduction and development.

In all, Serge has over 30 years of experience in technological strategic consultant for product development, network deployment and operations. For over 15 years of that time, he held various senior management positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President.

Serge holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, with a specialization in telecommunications from Polytechnique Montréal.

In October 2020, Jason was appointed Vice President, Commercialization at Terrestar Solutions Inc. Today, he heads up Strigo’s mobile satellite marketing, sales, customer experience, product, and service development team.

Jason’s career began at Xplornet, where he advanced within the sales organization. As District Manager, he built the top territory in Canada and was honored by the CEO prior to taking on a National Sales Management role, where he managed key partnerships with Shaw and SaskTel. After co-founding a small firm in the US, working closely with key partners including DIRECTV, he pivoted into a senior role at DHL, where he was responsible for the commercial performance of Eastern Canada. Among his team’s most noteworthy achievements was acquiring the most new clients and generating the highest number of internal promotions. From there, he went on to join TELUS Business Solutions, where he managed a large sales team in the B2B mid-market segment.

Jason holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Carleton University.

Jean-Sébastien joined Terrestar in 2024 with over 20 years of experience in the field of Human Resources management, primarily in the fields of video games and consulting, notably as Leader of Performance Practises at Normandin-Beaudry. A specialist in integrated talent management, performance and HR transformation, Jean-Sébastien has helped define strategies for recruiting, mobilizing and developing talent within SMBs and large corporations alike. He’s also given several conferences and training courses in his areas of expertise.

Jean-Sébastien possesses extensive expertise in HR information systems and IT, acting as Chair of the Board of Directors of Technocompétences, the Quebec committee for the IT and telecom workforce.

Throughout his career, he’s held a number of key HR management roles, including Director of Organizational Development at Ubisoft Montréal, as creator of the HR and Communications divisions of Ludia–a leading Canadian mobile video game developer—and Vice President of Talent at Montoni.

Jean-Sébastien holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Graduate Diploma in Management from HEC Montréal and is a registered member of the Order of Approved Human Resources Advisors.

David joined Terrestar Solutions in 2015 as a strategic adviser for the MSS satellite service deployment, where he brought his four decades of experience bringing big-city/urban-class telecom services to Canada’s rural and under-served markets using satellite and fixed-wireless technologies. In his career, he was instrumental in co-founding and deploying evolutionary telecom services with Telesat, Shaw Direct, LinCsat and Xplornet, and helped bring satellite facilities competition to Canada with Ciel Satellite as founding President and CEO. From 2007 to 2018, David chaired the Canadian Satellite and Space Industry Forum (CSSIF), where he advocated regulatory and spectrum policy on behalf of the satellite industry with ISED, and was a member of the ITU WRC Preparatory Committee.

In August 2019, David became Vice President, Space System & Corporate  alliances, leading the Strigo network operations and leading Terrestar’s partner relationships and strategy with Hughes, Telesat, SSL/Maxar, and EchoStar. He combines these responsibilities with a corporate development role, focused on regulatory affairs and strategy.

David holds a Telecom Engineering Technology diploma from Conestoga Polytechnic.

Scott joined Terrestar Solutions Inc. in 2020, and today, he acts as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary with Strigo and Terrestar, collaborating closely with our commercial partners, shareholders, and regulators to help deliver the Terrestar vision to Canadians.

Scott brings more than 25 years of legal and regulatory experience in the Canadian and international satellite telecommunications and broadcast sectors. During his wide-ranging career, he has held senior executive positions with SES S.A., one of the largest global satellite operators, as well as with Star Choice, Cancom, YTV and the CTV Television Network. Scott was also one of the co-founders of Ciel Satellite, which became Canada’s first competitive satellite operator when it successfully built and launched the Ciel-2 satellite in 2008. He takes a strategic and entrepreneurial approach to his work and thrives in start-up, public company and turnaround environments.

Scott holds an LL.B from the University of Manitoba.

René began his extensive career at Price Waterhouse in strategic management and market research. As an expert in consumer behaviour and retailing, he was co-author of Price Waterhouse’s annual Canadian Retail Outlook publication. Over the years, René held various top executive positions at Microcell Telecommunications Inc., most notably as VP Finance and VP Marketing, for which he was awarded Marketing Man of the Year in 2004 by the Montreal Marketing Association. Subsequent to the acquisition of Microcell by Rogers, René was appointed Executive VP at Rogers Wireless and President of Fido Inc. In 2006, he joined Trio Capital Inc., a private investment firm, as a Partner, alongside Jacques Leduc and André Tremblay. In 2009, he joined Terrestar Solutions as Chief Commercial Officer. In April 2020, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer. 

René holds an M.Sc. from the Université de Sherbrooke and a Corporate Directors certificate from the Institute of Corporate Directors and McGill University.

Charles joined Terrestar in September 2024 as Chief Information Technology and Cybersecurity.

Prior to becoming a member of our team, Charles held a key position at Telesat, where, in addition to his role as CIO, he was responsible for the development of the System Operations segment of the Lightspeed constellation. Before that, Charles was CIO at both Pratt & Whitney and Cogeco and held a variety of management positions in IT consulting firms. Fuelled by his keen interest in cybersecurity, Charles has authored a number of opinion articles on the subject and was a speaker at the Satellite conference in Washington DC, focussing on cybersecurity in satellite systems.

Over the years, Charles has served on several boards, most recently as Chairman of the Board of Montreal's Saint-Hubert Airport, where he presided over the refurbishment of the main runway and the attraction of a major scheduled carrier.

Charles holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Université Laval. His research, funded by the Canadian Space Agency, included the development of innovative mechanical control algorithms to counter the effects of structural flexibility in space station robotic systems.

Dennis Béland joined the Terrestar team in September 2024, as Vice President, Regulatory Affairs.  His recognized expertise in ISED (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) consultations and compliance is a major asset to our organization as we work to meet our various spectrum licensing conditions.

Dennis has over 35 years of experience in the industry, including 28 in regulatory affairs, most recently as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Québecor, where he held senior roles for nearly 18 years. Prior to that, he was a key part of the regulatory affairs team at Microcell.

Dennis holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics from McMaster University and a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.