Technology & Innovation

Our Technology & Innovation Practice offers strategic, operational and interim management services to clients ranging from technology start-ups to mid-size private firms and economic development agencies.

In addtion to the industrial sector, we are familiar with technologies relating to ITC, medtech/pharma, cleantech and optic/photonics. Our strategic alliance with BioStrategis™, a consortium of experts in the life sciences industry, provides access to a multi-disciplinary team covering regulatory affairs, legal & financing advice as well as tailored technology evaluation, market analysis and business development services.

Through the connections of our network across North America & Europe, we provide unparalleled insights into market trends, competition and access to potential clients at executive level. We are currently extending our network into Asia building high-level connections for technology firms wishing to do business with Japan, Australia or India.

Our membership with the German Forum Medtech/Pharma Association allows us to create a special bridge for technology firms in the medical field. We are working with either German/European firms wishing to enter the Canadian/North American market or with Quebec/Canada-based companies targeting the European market. We help them in setting up partnerships with German firms taking also advantage of the specific relationship between the states of Bavaria and Quebec.

Experts

Sabine Kerner
Partner
Montreal, Canada

 

Sabine Kerner, founder of iFact, has extensive experience of international marketing, sales and consulting acquired with international firms such as Apple Computer in California and Lotus Development in Germany.

She successfully assists our clients in developing and implementing cost-effective strategies for entering new markets. She  negotiated distribution and co-development agreements and ran international marketing campaigns.

Ms Kerner is also a well-known conference speaker at events on international business development, marketing and sales organized by the Information Technology Association Canada (ITAC), the Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal (CEIM), the Réseau Conseil en Technologies et Innovation (RCT), and the Ministère de développement économique, d’innovation et exportation (MDEIE). She has also been invited for a speech on the Canadian Medical Technology market In Germany (see our News section).

She is member of the Réseau Conseil en Technologies et Innovation (RCTi), the Quebec Photonics Network, the German Forum Medtech/Pharma Association and member of the German-Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Based in Montreal, Canada, Sabine holds a Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA) from the Technical University, Berlin.

Link to her presentation on the Canadian Health System on SlideShare (in German).