Jean Desmarais

VP, Business Development

Jean is the Vice President of Business Development and Client Services. She is a professional researcher and business development executive who's driven by the curiosity of insights on markets, customers, partners and competitors through research techniques. She thrives on investigating new market opportunities, managing high level market and analysis projects, while supporting the overall corporate strategy process and growing companies. She enjoys understanding the customer's needs, delivering critical data resulting in effective insights for new businesses, emerging trends and developing new revenue generating programs and a better ROI.

Her efforts have been focused in the technology sectors: Emerging Technologies, Social Media, Digital Media, Biotechnology, Telecommunications, Healthcare and IT Business Solutions. She has held management level positions in market research, business development, sales and telemarketing for high-performance technology and service organizations. In addition, her passion includes developing surveys, interviewing and online-forum analysis to uncover the reasons why her clients’ consumers choose their competitors, and the ability to help her clients increase their sales by an average of 30% by delivering new messages and strategies to pursue the market.

Jean has always been instrumental in a company’s growth via project management, creativity with sales, research tactics, marketing programs and her unique ability to build “connections” for the company.

What would you do if you had a time machine? 
Invest $20.00 a week, starting at the age of five!

What would your first thought be if you were to win the lottery? 
I am going on a FIRST CLASS TRIP exploring the world!

Describe yourself. 
Open. Optimistic. Creative

Paper or plastic? 
I love paper! Plastic is one more thing to recycle..

Roller coaster or Ferris wheel? 
Love the roller coasters, except the old wooden ones because I become immobilized for weeks.