Sylvain Frappier

President @ IRIDIS Technologies inc.

About

With over 25 years of experience in the industrial automation industry, I specialize in delivering automated quality control solutions for a wide range of industries, including bottling, canning, packaging, and pharmaceutical. My mission is to help customers and partners improve productivity, efficiency, and quality standards by providing reliable, customized solutions that perform in real production environments and address their specific challenges. I have successfully led local and international projects across Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and North America, while actively contributing to business development and the growth of long-term strategic partnerships. I also bring strong experience in project planning, business development, technical sales and support, as well as coaching R&D teams in product development and continuous improvement.

Country

City

Canada

Industry

Industrial Automation

Skill

Vision par ordinateur, Satisfaction client, Ventes directes, Planification de projets, International Project Management, Long-term Customer Relationships, Machine Vision, Food & Beverage, Project Management, Customer Satisfaction, LED lighting, Automation, Electronics, Engineering, Product Development, Industrial Control, C, R&D, Electrical Engineering, Lean Manufacturing

Experience

President

IRIDIS Technologies inc.

2003 - Present · 23 yrs

Montreal, Canada Area

Artificial Vision specialist

Automation Machine Design

2018-2 - 2019-2 · 1 yr 1 mo

Saint-Hubert, Qc, Canada

Sales & Support - Inspection systems for Bottling & Packaging

SYNERGX Technologies

2004 - 2016-6 · 12 yrs

Laval, Qc

- Maintain a good relationship with customers both nationally and internationally (China, South Africa, Brazil, Europe) - Sales and Technical support - Sales to existing customers and find new customers - Coach R&D team for second generation of Full Bottle Inspection (FBI) system (foreign matter detection in beer bottles)

Software engineer

Akitek

1997 - 2003 · 6 yrs

Montreal, Canada Area

- Design and programming of the first automated beer Foam inspection; indirect inspection and detection of foreign particles in beer bottles. This innovation has enabled major breweries to significantly reduce the number of complaints related to foreign material - Design, develop and test automated inspection algorithms for breweries - Install inspection systems at customers site (Canada, Europe, Brazil, Australia) - Remote and onsite technical support - Lead a small team of operations - Prepare and hold tradeshow booth in Germany at beverages shows (Nuremberg, Munich)

Programmer trainee in Video Graphics group

Matrox Video

1995-5 - 1995-8 · 4 mos

Montreal, Canada Area

Several small imaging programming initiation projects. Drafting of documents for procedures of video graphics equipment tests. Vectorscope software programming on a PC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectorscope http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/video-essentials-how-to-read-a-vectorscope-and-waveform-monitor/

Education

École de technologie supérieure

Production Automatisée

1993 - 1997 · 4 yrs

Microtechnique

1995 - 1996 · 1 yr

Inter-university student exchange. Courses: 3D Computer Graphics, Management Psychology, History of Technology, Probability & Statistics, Psychology from Childhood to Adults (Freud)