The creation of discreet logic is the result of reflections that began in the 1980's. We basically asked ourselves, repeatedly and over many years, the natural question; How can we make a change? How can we improve the world and how it works. How in a world growingly delusional and complex can we put our talent to make a difference. How with our pragmatic and novel view of technology, finance and human resources can we... do things differently. How can we use our experience to tackle some of the biggest challenges out there and help solve them in a realistic and viable manner.
Find in this section the profile of those who are building and the experienced people improving the blueprint of the group and its operating companies. The people involved in building a better world in discreet logic...
EXECUTIVES
Patrick A. Duranceau
Patrick A. Duranceau - President and Founder
Patrick began his career as an intern with Ansel Limited. He later joined Bombardier where he started as a deposit clerck and then held several positions from 1998 to 2003 culminating with becoming the youngest executive in the company history with Corporate officer and and PNL responsibility for operations of several businesses with offices in North America and Europe. Patrick's main role was to manage partner relationships and a team in charge of the Technology Division a +US1Billion portfolio of diversifed assets including softwares, PC's, servers, and mainframes. He later managed a group in charge of more conventional assets in the commercial and industrial division. His last mandate was to relocate and restructure the inventory finance business that at that time originated over US$1Billion in yearly transactions. The business was brought back to profitability and later sold to GE Capital.Patrick holds a Bachelor of Business and Administration degree with Honours from Bishop's University. He graduated with distinction with a specialty in Finance. He was awarded several prizes and distinctions including; the Hugh R. McCuaig Prize in Investments, the University Prize in Business Administration and was member of the Academic Honour Roll. His university training includes a minor in economics and Asian politics at Yonsei University in South-Korea.Patrick perfected his training with several programs including the completion of a program in Corporate Strategy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, MA in 2004 Throughout all his formal training and early career, Patrick always kept in mind the most important lesson of his life he learned on his family's sugar shack farm; that value is a question of perspective and that the pressure and expediency to satisfy our short-term needs is commensurate with our blindness to the wealth and value available to us. However one justifies his or her perspective, we all have the individual responsibility to understand it must respect the fact that we live in a finite world and closed end system. Patrick vowed to devote his life to bridging this perspective gap with opportunities that can make a difference and so Discreet was created.
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Patrick A. Duranceau
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Frederic Noreau
Frederic Noreau
Frederic Noreau - President and Co-founder of Groupe Imago
Frederic began his career with Bombardier and was promoted through several positions from 1998 to 2005. His experience ranged from portfolio risk management, integrating acquisitions and supervising operations and customer services teams. Throughout his different roles, Frederic 's responsibilities included managing teams in charge of day to day operations, credit authority for customer transactions and later ensuring compliances of operations with company policies Frederic joined General Electric's Capital group in 2005 and as Director, was responsible for GE's Canadian inventory business unit. He lead the teams in charge of regular operations and also managed the integration of acquisitions.Frederic holds a Bachelor in economics from the university of Sherbrooke with specialized training in sales, finance and organizational efficiency.
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Patrick A. Duranceau
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Frederic Noreau
Energy
Open position
We are actively looking for someone to manage and grow our day to day operations in the Energy sector. This includes responsibility for all hands-on and equity investments. If you think of someone do not hesitate to direct them to our Individual opportunities section.
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Patrick A. Duranceau
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Frederic Noreau
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Energy
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Food
Food
Open position
We are actively looking for someone to manage and grow our day to day operations in the Food sector. This includes responsibility for all hands-on and equity investments. If you think of someone do not hesitate to direct them to our Individual opportunities section.
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Patrick A. Duranceau
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Frederic Noreau
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Energy
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Food
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ADVISORS 2
I once eard a philosopher quote that captured exatly what we are working on daily. I never managed to find his name but this is the quote:
'' with the right angle, one can lift the world ''
Thank-you to the following individuals that give us tips, inspire us and have devoted their precious time in helping us find that angle in our organization.
Patrick A. Duranceau
PS: Since the world is always moving we always welcome new input so feel free to contact us.
Maurice Noreau - Freelance Business Development advisorRusty Goepel - Freelance Organizational Structure advisorWarren Buffet - Inspiration for bringing commen sense to investment and value creation activities.Mario l'écuyer - Freelance IT-IS technology advisorDominic Monaco - Freelance Distribution sector advisor