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Jean-Michel Lemieux

“I’m excited to be helping BenchSci scale and grow their team and technology platform. We’ve learned from the pandemic that it’s critical to invest in technology that helps speed up our scientists as they research and test new health innovations.”

Jean-Michel Lemieux has worked in tech for almost 30 years, building software and then building teams and companies. Educated at the University of Ottawa, he was a founding member on the Eclipse platform and open-source teams. He then led and grew the engineering organizations at Atlassian and Shopify and prepared both companies to scale and IPO. He is a published author, investor, and advisor and has a passion for community and education, co-founding Canadian Tech @ Scale which brings together tech leaders from across Canada, and DevDegree.ca, an accredited work-integrated computer science degree.