Francois Lapalme

CEO

Montreal, Quebec, Canada17 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

Proven leadership in supply chain management.
Expertise in strategic initiatives and negotiations.
Strong background in electrical engineering and microchip design.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in supply chain management with a strong technical background in electrical engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Supply Chain ManagementLeadershipStrategic InitiativesNegotiationElectrical Engineering

Other Skills

StrategyBusiness DevelopmentManagementMicrochip designVideo processing algorithmsMicrochip verificationImaging algorithmsBusiness IntelligenceAnalysisBusiness AnalysisCRMBusiness StrategyPre-salesProgram ManagementSAP

About

SAP’s vision is to help the world run better and improve people’s lives. This is our enduring cause. Our higher purpose. It’s what we stand for. It’s why we do what we do. We help our customers re-imagine business and life to drive meaningful impact globally. Our customers look to us to help them Run Simple – to seamlessly connect people and technology, in real-time.

Experience

17 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Sap

6 roles

Vice President - Supply Chain Management

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Covering the U.S. Public Services and Southeast market units:
Federal Civilian
Department of Defense
SLED (State & Local, Education)
Aerospace & Defense
Southeast (2026)
Utilities (2025)

StrategyBusiness DevelopmentLeadershipManagementSupply Chain Management

Senior Account Executive - Digital Supply Chain

Promoted

Jul 2019 – Apr 2025 · 5 yrs 9 mos

Industry Account Executive - Mid-Market

Mar 2016 – Jun 2019 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Global Strategic Initiatives

Promoted

Jan 2014 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Focused on strategy, structuring, negotiations and closure for SAP's most strategic and competitive opportunities.

StrategyNegotiationStrategic Initiatives

Partner Manager

Nov 2013 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

Partner manager covering the North-American region for SAP Solution Extension (SolEx) & Endorsed Business Solutions (EBS) 3rd party partners.

Partner Service Advisor

Nov 2011 – Nov 2013 · 2 yrs

Partner Service Adviser for 3rd party partners.

Cmc electronics

Electrical Engineer

Oct 2006 – Jul 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

Company in the Aviation industry: CMC Electronics is a world leader in the design of high-technology electronics products for the aviation markets.
Job Description: Microchip design, verification, implementation and certification of video processing algorithms.

Microchip designVideo processing algorithmsElectrical Engineering

Isr technologies

Electrical Engineer

Sep 2005 – Oct 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

Company in the Telecom industry: Experts producing Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems for military and civilian end users.
Job Description: Microchip project design, verification and implementation of video processing algorithms.

Microchip designVideo processing algorithmsElectrical Engineering

Matrox

Electrical Engineer

Jun 2000 – Nov 2002 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

Company in the Graphics/Imaging industry: Graphic card manufacturer for finance, digital media and medical imaging markets.
Job Description: Microchip verification and implementation of imaging algorithms.

Microchip verificationImaging algorithmsElectrical Engineering