With over 20 years of experience in the supply chain industry, Stephane clearly understands the challenges involved in end-to-end manufacturing. The idea of developing Pivot88 came out of his own experience with the supply chain. His focus at that time was on remote quality management and supply chain optimization.

Stephane has more than 14 year experience in China within Quality management process. During his career, Stephane held several executive positions, at some of the following companies Toyota Industrial Group of Company & Deloitte Consulting and Ryder Logistics. Today with Pivot88 his focus is on helping companies overcome quality management challenges through the use of emergent technologies providing visibility into the most vulnerable and riskiest parts of the supply chain – within suppliers. Stéphane holds an MBA from UQAM University and is a certified professional logistician from the Canadian Logistics Institute.

Carl Breau is CEO of Saimen, a Canadian company based in Shanghai. Carl holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and has over 10 years of China management experience in both Multinational companies and SMEs. His expertise is in the management of projects with an engineering or technology element in China.

Carl Breau was awarded the Exceptional Achievement Medal from the Canadian Council of Engineers in 1999. Carl reads, writes and speaks Chinese fluently, lives in Shanghai, and is a frequent speaker on doing business in China.

Saimen is a full-service platform to enter the Chinese market. They specialize in education, entertainment, technology and investment.