Management Team
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Mr. David Quitman Chief Executive Officier
David Quitman (CEO) is recognized for applying a human-centered and strategy-driven approach to leadership. He is dedicated to transforming the mobility sector through strong partnerships that drive innovation, particularly with B-Temia’s Dermoskeleton Technology.
His vision focuses on making these advanced mobility solutions accessible, aiming to enhance global quality of life of people with walking disabilities around the world through sustainable, cutting-edge technologies. This strategy underlines his commitment to broadening the impact of mobility advancements on a worldwide scale.
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Mr. Nathaniel Zoso Chief Technology Officer
Nathaniel has been developing innovative health technologies for the past 11 years. He currently manages the technological and scientific vision of B-Temia. As Chief Technology Officer, he leads the development of the dermoskeletic technology serving human mobility and he puts in place all scientific and technological tools necessary to develop B-Temia’s executive vision further. His focuses are to improve the performance of B-Temia’s products and to establish B-Temia’s roadmap of products and technologies.
Nathaniel started his career developing the algorithms for an automatic titration and weaning of oxygen therapy device, before joining B-Temia in 2011. Nathaniel’s innovative spark and work ethic proved vital to the company’s success, and as such, his role evolved to encompass technology integration, scientific exploration and, eventually to leading B-Temia’s innovation.
Nathaniel is recognized for his ability to always find another point of view to creatively achieve his goals while integrating clinical, technological, and corporate realities. He is eager to build the bridge to the evolution of B-Temia with emerging human-health technologies and welcomes connecting with broad thinkers inside and outside the industry.
Nathaniel holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering (control and servo specialization) from Université Laval and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (robotics specialization). He was awarded the Canada Millennium Scholarship and the C.D. Howe memorial foundation scholarship. He is now member of the OIQ (Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec).
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Mr. Alexander Jokic Director Regulatory Affairs
As Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Alexander manages and executes corporate strategies and action plans related to regulatory affairs to enable B-Temia’s new innovative and breakthrough technologies to penetrate the American, Canadian and European markets. He has built his experience in the medical devices industry, working with private and public companies of all types and sizes from all over the world, overseeing regulatory, operational compliance, clinical affairs and quality assurance strategies.
Over the last decade, he specialized in regulatory affairs and in the development of medical products while working in a pragmatic way with multidisciplinary teams located in different countries to achieve the expected results. Throughout those years, he worked with various applications and all classes of products. He also increased business value by getting multiple market clearances in implantable and custom-made devices with new disruptive technology, expanded product applications, and leaned many operational processes.
Alexandre holds a B.A. in Law, Marketing and Industrial relations (Laval University). He earned Lean Six Sigma certification, Lead Auditor ISO certification, corporate leadership program, and project management training held in various countries.
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Mr. Denis Gélinas Director Financial and Administrative
Seasoned accountant with 35 years of experience in various managerial positions, Denis acts as the Financial and Administrative Director at B-Temia.
Thorough and multi-skilled, he manages the daily operational activities and the accounting of the company. As such, he ensures that the manufacturing and the shipping processes run smoothly, and that all the accounting tasks are properly accomplished. He also takes charge of special projects, like the implementation of new systems.
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Mr. Christian Robillard Director Intellectual Property
As Director Intellectual Property, Christian manages B-Temia’s patent and industrial design portfolio and obtained patent and industrial design protection for KEEOGO™. He is an electrical engineer and a registered patent agent in Canada and the United-States with over 19 years of experience in intellectual property combined with 5 years of experience in public and private companies specialized in Internet technologies and systems engineering. He drafted and obtained more than 100 patents and industrial designs in biomechatronics and medical devices, among which the Power Knee™, the first motorized bionic leg prosthesis for above-knee amputees, for Victhom Human Bionics Inc., and he managed their patent and industrial design portfolio.
Mr. Robillard was a guest speaker for the “Introduction to Intellectual Property” Master of Law program at University of Montreal for 5 years, and he gave presentations and provided training in intellectual property at University of Sherbrooke and Développement économique, innovation et exportation Québec. He holds Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering and in Applied Mathematics, a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a Minor in law and further graduate studies in innovation management.
He is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada where he sits on the Information, Communication & Technology Committee as well as on the Patent Agent Examination Board.