Sylvain Laporte

Sylvain Laporte is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who served as the 11th president of the Canadian Space Agency from March 2015 until September 3, 2020.[1][2][3]

Sylvain Laporte
Sylvain Laporte presenting at the Montreal Space Symposium
President of the Canadian Space Agency
In office
March 2015 – 3 September 2020
Appointed byStephen Harper
Preceded byLuc Brûlé (acting)
Walter Natynczyk
Succeeded byLisa Campbell
Military service
AllegianceCanadian Armed Forces
Years of service1978–1998

Early life

Sylvain Laporte was born in Quebec, Canada. Due to his father serving in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), he grew in various areas in Canada including Quebec, Alberta, and Ontario but also in Lahr, Germany.[4]

Laporte's hobbies include major renovations and fixing cars.[4]

Career

Canadian Forces

Sylvain Laporte started his career after getting a bachelor's degree in computer science and master's degree in computer engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Sylvain Laporte earned his two degrees while serving in the military from 1978–1989 as an aerospace engineer.[4]

Canada Post

After leaving the CAF, Sylvain Laporte joined Canada Post as director of information technology. He held this post for two years before becoming director for retail. He held this role for five years, before becoming director of logistics, which he held for two years.[5]

Industry Canada

After leaving Canada Post in 2007, Laporte was hired as chief informatics officer for Industry Canada.[5] Laporte held this role for two years before becoming executive director of the Integrated Technologies Office within Industry Canada.[6]

In April 2011, Laporte was hired as chief executive officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, which he held for four years until March 2015.[7]

Canadian Space Agency president

In March 2015, Laporte was appointed as the 11th Canadian Space Agency (CSA) president, taking over from Luc Brule who had been serving as interim president following the departure of Walter Natynczyk. On October 21, 2019, Laporte appeared at the International Astronautical Federation alongside representatives from various space organizations including NASA, ESA, JAXA, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Roscosmos and the Indian Space Research Organisation.[8]

He announced in September 2020 that he would leave the role of CSA president.[9]

References
  1. Agency, Canadian Space (July 8, 2015). "Sylvain Laporte, Canadian Space Agency President". aem. Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  2. "Lisa Campbell becomes the first woman to head the Canadian Space Agency". Cbc.ca. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  3. "Sylvain Laporte on why he's leaving the Canadian Space Agency". April 14, 2020. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  4. "Career Profile: Sylvain Laporte - President". Let's Talk Science.
  5. "Sylvain Laporte". aeromontreal.ca (in French). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. "Sylvain Laporte's schedule for Montreal Space Symposium 2019". montrealspace2019.sched.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  7. "Sylvain Laporte | 32nd Space Symposium". 2016.spacesymposium.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  8. Dunbar, Brian (October 21, 2019). "International Space Agency Leaders at IAC 2019". NASA.
  9. "Canadian Space Agency President Sylvain Laporte is leaving after serving one term". Spaceq.ca. March 13, 2020.
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