Sylvain Laporte
Sylvain Laporte | |
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President of the Canadian Space Agency | |
In office March 2015 – 3 September 2020 | |
Appointed by | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Luc Brûlé (acting) Walter Natynczyk |
Succeeded by | Lisa Campbell |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Canadian Armed Forces |
Years of service | 1978–1998 |
Sylvain Laporte is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who served as the 11th president of the Canadian Space Agency from March 2015 until September 3, 2020.[1][2][3]
Early life
Sylvain Laporte was born in
Laporte's hobbies include major renovations and fixing cars.[4]
Career
Canadian Forces
Sylvain Laporte started his career after getting a bachelor's degree in computer science and master's degree in computer engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Sylvain Laporte earned his two degrees while serving in the military from 1978–1989 as an aerospace engineer.[4]
Canada Post
After leaving the CAF, Sylvain Laporte joined Canada Post as director of information technology. He held this post for two years before becoming director for retail. He held this role for five years, before becoming director of logistics, which he held for two years.[5]
Industry Canada
After leaving Canada Post in 2007, Laporte was hired as chief informatics officer for
In April 2011, Laporte was hired as chief executive officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, which he held for four years until March 2015.[7]
Canadian Space Agency president
In March 2015, Laporte was appointed as the 11th
He announced in September 2020 that he would leave the role of CSA president.[9]
References
- ^ Agency, Canadian Space (July 8, 2015). "Sylvain Laporte, Canadian Space Agency President". aem. Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ^ "Lisa Campbell becomes the first woman to head the Canadian Space Agency". Cbc.ca. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Sylvain Laporte on why he's leaving the Canadian Space Agency". April 14, 2020. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Career Profile: Sylvain Laporte - President". Let's Talk Science.
- ^ a b "Sylvain Laporte". aeromontreal.ca (in French). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Sylvain Laporte's schedule for Montreal Space Symposium 2019". montrealspace2019.sched.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^ "Sylvain Laporte | 32nd Space Symposium". 2016.spacesymposium.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^ Dunbar, Brian (October 21, 2019). "International Space Agency Leaders at IAC 2019". NASA.
- ^ "Canadian Space Agency President Sylvain Laporte is leaving after serving one term". Spaceq.ca. March 13, 2020.