Executive Director, Kemitek
David Berthiaume is the Executive Director at Kemitek, a college centre for technology transfer specialised in industrial oleochemistry, an organisation that he helped found in 2003. Under his direction, Kemitek established itself as a center of expertise and international caliber in green chemistry and chemical process scale-up. Kemitek is now recognized as a Canadian Technology Access Centre (TAC) and, through numerous industrial collaborations, continues to participate in the commercialization of new technologies for the chemical industry. Before his time at Kemitek, Mr. Berthiaume was involved in the production of specialty chemicals at Matrix Innovation as the director of production.
Mr. Berthiaume has served as a board and committee member for numerous organizations including Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC); Tech-Access Canada; Quebec Biodiesel Council (CQB); Trans-tech Network/Synchronex; Thetford Technopole; and Thetford Economic Diversification Committee. He also served as a council member for the NRC.
Mr. Berthiaume holds an MBA from l'Université Laval, an M.Sc. in physiology-endocrinology from the CHUL Research Centre and a law certificate.