Macadamian Names Timon LeDain as Director, Internet of Things
Gatineau, QC (PRWEB) January 20, 2016 -- Macadamian, a full-service user-centered software design and development firm, today announced that Timon LeDain has been appointed as its new Director, Internet of Things (IoT). His responsibilities will include leading the IoT strategy and business, building partnerships that extend and enhance Macadamian’s IoT solution offering, and being internally responsible for IoT product management in cross-collaboration with software development, user experience design, sales, and marketing.
“Macadamian is the go-to solution for more and more organizations in the quickly-evolving world of IoT,” said Frederic Boulanger, Macadamian CEO. “Timon’s background coupled with his knowledge of IoT will strengthen Macadamian’s position as the hub for taking an IoT solution from napkin sketch to a market-ready solution.”
LeDain has over 25 years of product development and operations experience within the telecommunications, healthcare, e-learning, clean technology, and consumer electronics industry. Most recently, he led the due diligence and operations team for Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s (SDTC)’s $900M Canadian Clean Technology Fund where he developed investment priorities, managed portfolio risk, and provided industry and sector context to public and private stakeholders. In this capacity, he had an opportunity to review hundreds of business plans and guide new management teams on their product commercialization strategies.
“After having worked with Macadamian over the years as a trusted partner on ground-breaking products, I am thrilled to be joining the organization to lead its IoT strategy, said Timon LeDain. “Macadamian is well positioned to deliver innovative IoT solutions that address their clients’ most challenging business problems.”
Prior to joining SDTC, LeDain was the CTO and Vice President of Product Management for neuroLanguage Corp. LeDain had a key role to play in the company’s growth and development, as he acquired product IP, built the product and content development team and launched a SaaS training suite with the top three Business Process Outsourcers in India. LeDain also spent five years at March Networks leading the development of their telehealth solution. In 2006, LeDain facilitated the sale of March Healthcare to Intel Corporation.
LeDain holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, a Masters of Business Administration from Queens University, and is a Certified Management Accountant.
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About Macadamian (http://www.macadamian.com)
Macadamian is a full service software design and development firm. From product ideation to market ready – and everything in between, we provide a complete range of usability, design and engineering services. From big consumer brands to enterprise, healthcare, and telecom, our solutions are founded in design that thinks of the customer first while leveraging the Cloud, Big Data, and Internet of Things (IoT) to deliver context-aware and adaptive experiences. The result is engaging software solutions that have a direct impact on the bottom line.
Macadamian is headquartered in Gatineau, Canada and also has offices in the United States, Armenia, and Romania. Visit http://www.macadamian.com or contact via phone at +1 877 779 6336.
Brooks Riendeau, Macadamian, http://www.macadamian.com, +1 613.291.3775, [email protected]
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