The Team

Mr. Lemire is a co-founder of Urbanimmersive Inc. (« Urbanimmersive »). He has an extensive background as an entrepreneur having founded, operated and sold technology companies in the fields of fleet management and health care. Mr. Lemire has been Chief Executive Officer (« CEO ») since its inception on July 1, 2007 (formerly AVU Production Inc.) and has served on the board of directors of Québec Bourse Association and on the TSX-V Regional Advisory Committee. Prior to founding Urbanimmersive, Mr. Lemire held a business development position at 3M Canada Health Information System from November 2003 to July 2007.

Before joining Urbanimmersive as CFO, M. Bédard was the Chief Financial Officer of the public company ATW Tech (AtmanCo Inc., ATW-V) since 2015 which operates in the technology industry, more specifically in the payment solutions and interactive communications. Over the years, Mr. Bédard held various positions including Vice-President Finance of a mid-size private company in the environmental service industry as well as senior positions held in large advisory (Deloitte & Touche LLP), accounting (Ernst & Young LLP) and security brokerage (Desjardins Securities Inc.) firms. Mr. Bédard has an extensive background in mergers & acquisitions, financing/treasury, accounting/audit, equity capital markets and business development within an international context. Mr. Bédard is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA, Laval University) since 1995, a Chartered Financial Advisor (CFA) and holds an MBA from McGill University. Along with his participation on the Board of Directors of ATW Tech, Mr. Bédard served on the Board of Directors of the Quebec chapter of the MBA Association.

Mr. Henry-Lebel was appointed technologies chief for the corporation at the beginning of the 2015 fiscal year, after obtaining his Computer Engineer Diploma from the École de Technologie supérieure (ÉTS). At age 24, he is probably one of the youngest CTOs among TSX Venture Exchange quoted corporations. He joined the company in 2013 as a trainee and moved up the ladder with his remarkable skills and involvement in the company’s development. Mr. Henry-Lebel masters all aspects of web development; in the eyes of his peers, he is a phenomenon. He was awarded several honours throughout the course of his studies. Mr. Henry-Lebel brings a new vision of company development to Urbanimmersive and results are already beginning to show.

Jeremy is an early investor and believer in Urbanimmersive Inc working with the company in some capacity over the past 5 years. Jeremy is a top-performing and highly driven self-starter who thrives on challenges with more than 15 years of experience in sales, manufacturing, distribution, business development, and customer service. Jeremy is dedicated and reliable with strong interpersonal and communication skills who is always looking out for the best solutions for his customers.

François is the founder of Immersolution, the sister company of Urbanimmersive. Immersolution's operations are focused on the resale of 3D and 360 cameras and photographic equipment transport cases. Before founding Immersolution in 2016, François worked at Urbanimmersive from the very beginning of the company, from 2008 to 2012, in the development and prospecting of new clients. As they offer complementary services and products, Urbanimmersive acquired Immersolution in 2020. With more than twelve years of experience in 3D immersive tours, François was the ideal candidate for the position of VP Development.

First trained in medical administration and hotel management, in 2016 Ms. Demers joined the Urbanimmersive team as an administrative assistant and bookkeeper. With her years of experience in customer service, in 2019, she will become the front-line technical support specialist and platform trainer for new users of the Urbanimmersive CRM platform. She is currently studying for her university certificate in consumer relationship management.

Christopher is part of the Customer Experience Group, where he works as a Customer Support Specialist. Always happy to help, Christopher has been in customer service his whole working career and enjoys finding solutions for people and helping them through their problems to achieve their goals. He has a positive attitude and patience for problem-solving. Christopher has 17 years of combined experience in customer support, business management, food industry, and sales. Christopher lives in California him performing and dancing on stage in San Francisco. In his spare time, he enjoys camping, taking his dog to dog parks, motorcycle rides and being with his siblings.

Even though Isabelle joined Urbanimmersive’s team in 2020, she had already collaborated several times with the company since 2008. Isabelle has always had a passion for photography. Before working at Urbanimmersive, she worked as an administrative assistant at RE / MAX 3000. Furthermore, Isabelle has owned, for more than 15 years now, a photography agency in Quebec. In the early 90s, Isabelle also served in the USAF and is now a proud member of the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US) for serving in Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia. Offering real estate photography services since 1998, she knows the reality of our clients and knows how to put herself in their shoes. Isabelle is a great addition to our customer support team.

Justine is the first member of the marketing department at Urbanimmersive. She worked for more than 8 years as a sales representative for the Lumicité Condominiums group, a residential real estate developer on the South Shore of Montreal. At the same time, she studied at university and obtained a B.B.A. in marketing. Having always had a passion for real estate and marketing, this job providing real estate marketing products and services was a perfect fit.

Amélie first joined Urbanimmersive’s team as an account manager. Prior to that, Amélie completed an international B.B.A and worked in the hotel industry as a sales representative and in a travel agency as an international project manager. After only a few months, she proves herself and becomes an expert in our products. Having a talent for "multitasking" and an international interest, she was promoted to Director of Special Projects. Amélie therefore coordinates each project and works closely with our resellers around the world.

As a computer science engineer, Timothé is a real software and electronics enthusiast. For pure pleasure, he owns and operates his own server room at home. Speaking of his house, this one is completely automated and done by himself. He was for a long time the only co-worker of our CTO Alexandre and became a true pillar for the company and its colleagues. Prior to Urbanimmersive, he also worked in one of the largest game companies, Ubisoft.

Kostas is born in Canada but grew up in Greece, where he studied Computer Science and got married. He returned to Canada in 2012. He is a solid senior PHP web developer with 8 years as a full-stack web developer and 13-year overall IT professional experience. Through the years of experience in a web agency environment, he has been a part of countless web innovative projects.

Oscar is Urbanimmersive’s first employee from Nicaragua. He is in charge of fine-tuning the base application built in PHP. Prior to UI, Oscar worked with Tourbuzz and on the Silicon Valley startup Flightfox. He was in charge of the full stack application built on the Symfony PHP Framework and React JS. While at Flightfox, Oscar traveled to Berlin and Montreal. In his free time, Oscar plays guitar in his band in Nicaragua. Oscar says he has no plans to become a rock star, yet. Although he is left-handed, he is not afraid of scissors or can openers.

Jessica has been with Urbanimmersive practically since the beginning. Passionate about architecture and 3D, she first held the position of Senior 3D Artist. She's always been looking to be involved with Urbanimmersive's ongoing transformation into a technological company. Over time, she has begun handling all of Urbanimmersive's visual content and interactive applications. Having studied in computer science, she became our first full-time front-end application developer.

Justin is a Developer at Urbanimmersive, focusing on front-end code, responsive design, and usability. He spends his time creating interfaces that are easy to use and accessible from a wide range of devices. Prior to joining UI, Justin has worked with Tourbuzz, Georgia Tech’s College of Computing, The Home Depot, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Tere O’Connor Dance, among others. In addition to his front-end development experience, Justin also brings a background in graphic and web design to the Urbanimmersive team. He grew up in Live Oak, Florida and has a bachelor’s in visual arts from Florida State University. In his spare time, Justin enjoys collecting vinyl, playing/recording music, watching college football (Go Noles), and learning new technologies.

Vincent is a senior software developer at Urbanimmersive where he developed the Avu3d Player back in the early days. With more than 25 years of professional software development experience, he is a conscientious generalist who does not fear difficult projects. His main goal is to make users happy to use his products. Over the years he has worked for: IBM, SNC-Lavalin (for whom he created software that was produced in 6 languages), Telus (which awarded him a management award for each of the 2 years to their service ). Vincent has worked for Ghislain, our CEO, in one of its previous company called Lemirtech Solutions, that developed, MIR-RT a fleet maintenance management software that is still number one in its local market today. What he likes most about his work is that there is always something to learn. Whether it's a new technology or a new field of application, Vincent is here to take up the challenge. Father of three, he enjoys science fiction books and films, as well as a home renovation.

Prior to becoming director of operations at Urbanimmersive, Nathaniel worked with the company when he held the position of account director at Immersolution, one of our sister companies. Before joining the team, Nathaniel worked for over six years as a real estate broker for the Via Capitale and Proprio Direct subsidiaries. Wanting to take his interest in real estate to another level, Nathaniel decides to take an interest in photography and real estate marketing. As Director of Operations, he is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the post-production processes of our floor view modelers team.

Marie-Claire has been an architectural floor plan modeler at Urbanimmersive since 2020. Having a passion for architecture, she does architectural internships at the two Quebec firms Alpha Architecture and LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design. Marie-Claire then obtained a D.E.C. in architectural technologies in 2017. After only a few months, Marie-Claire fully masters architectural floor plan modeling and becomes responsible for training new architectural floor plan modelers.