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Québec 2023

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Congratulations to the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Québec Award winners!

 

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EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 Québec Overall Award winner

Fred Jalbout | SACO Technologies Inc.

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Innovative pioneer. Future-focused thinker. Fred Jalbout was just out of university when he transformed an existing product concept into technological advancements now dazzling audiences everywhere.
While learning the ropes at a company that manufactured and sold control room equipment, Fred was quick to ask: how can we improve these designs? Boldly diving in to develop a new structure for the screens he’d been working with, Fred evolved control panels with modular mosaic tiles and LED lights. This had never been done before. Adaptable and easy to maintain, Fred’s design opened up seemingly limitless possibilities for LED video solutions and his company, SACO Technologies, was born.
In 1997, international rockstars U2 came calling with a request for Fred’s team to design and manufacture a 50-by-50 foot LED performance screen. At the time, this marked the largest LED screen ever built and the beginning of a growth trajectory that would see Fred’s company shatter world records. All the while, he’s led the company while making meaningful charitable contributions to Canadian academic and healthcare institutions.
The result? Fred has grown SACO into a global leader for the production of iconic LED video screens, from New York City’s Times Square NASDAQ display to a single-building light and sound show set against Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, and the newly opened Las Vegas Sphere. Under his leadership, SACO has earned multiple awards, including three Guinness World Records… and counting.
  
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2023 Québec Award winners

Joel Roussin
Joël Roussin
Groupe Boiseries Raymond
Vincent Chiara
Vincent Chiara
Groupe Mach Inc.
Serge Harnois
Serge Harnois
Harnois Énergies
Eugene Joannides

Eugene Joannides
Mistplay

Henri-Charles Machalani

Henri-Charles Machalani
Mistplay

Nick Martire

Nick Martire
norda™

Willa Martire

Willa Martire
norda™

Steven Kramer

Steven Kramer
WorkJam

Special citations*

Special Citation:
Emerging Entrepreneur

Sam Assaf

Sam Assaf
L'INTERVALLE

Special Citation:
Emerging Entrepreneur

Vita Scalia

Vita Scalia
L'INTERVALLE

Special citations are non-competitive awards that recognize entrepreneurs for the unique mark they’ve made on the entrepreneurial landscape in a specific area and celebrate their outstanding achievements.

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Meet the judges

The success of the program relies on the efforts of our independent panel of judges. These past Entrepreneur Of The Year program alumni and civic and community leaders devote significant effort to review and deliberate the merits of each nominee. We deeply appreciate their dedication to this process.

Isabelle Côté*

Isabelle Côté*
CEO
Coffrages Synergy Formwork

Jean-François Côté*

Jean-François Côté*
President & CEO
Sharethrough

Andreea Crisan*

Andreea Crisan*
President & CEO
Andy Corp.

Christian Fabi

Christian Fabi
Partner
Novacap

Madeleine Paquin*

Madeleine Paquin*
President & CEO
LOGISTEC

Martin Thériault*

Martin Thériault*
Founder, CEO & Chairman
Previan

 

* Entrepreneur Of The Year Alumni

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