Mr. Venne is an expert technology business builder with over 25 years of experience, and he
acts in the field of fast and efficient migration of technology innovations to the market in the
telecommunications, biotechnology and energy efficiency industries. Originally with an
engineer background, he rapidly dedicated himself to optimizing the value created by the
intersection of technology, business and markets.
Before arriving at SMi Enerpro, Mr. Venne began his career with Bell Canada where he was
involved in the development of several new product concepts and in the optimization of the
operations in the logistic support departments. He then joined the Metronet
Telecommunication start up where he took charge of the data engineering of the Montreal
network. He later became Engineering Manager for Sprint Canada. In the following years, he
joined Zero Knowledge Systems as Director of the Freedom Network, followed by VP
Business Development of PerOs Systems Technology. In his last years before SMi Enerpro,
he created the Niric consulting group in order to provide business development, corporate
financing and Business logistic services in Canada and other countries.