Harry Wakefield, CEO
Harry is Praized Media’s fearless chief. He’s the founder of Technorati Top 1000 blog MoCoLoco.com and the former General Manager of Yellow Pages Group electronic directories. Harry got his start in advertising at Cossette Communications Group and was one of the founders of Taxi The Advertising Agency. Drawn to the Internet and product management, he eventually found himself on the team that launched Teleglobe’s worldwide Internet service in 1997. Later, he became Director of E-Commerce at Bell’s Sympatico portal, and then General Manager of local directories and city sites at Bell Globemedia. He is a strong advocate of the environmental and social benefits of local commerce. For more about Harry, see his Linkedin profile.
Sebastien “Seb” Provencher, VP of Product Management and Business Development
Seb is Praized Media’s intrepid explorer and ambassador. He has more than 10 years’ experience in local search, interactive entertainment and online media. From 1999 to 2007, Seb played an instrumental role in formulating Yellow Pages Group’s online strategy. He developed their most successful online advertising product ever (DirectoryPlus), struck a strategic partnership with Google, and created a vision around local search. At Praized Media, he brings to the table a distinct point of view on local search and social media. He writes about these subjects on Praized’s Local 2.0 Blog. Learn more about Seb on his Linkedin or Facebook profiles.
Sylvain Carle, CTO
Sylvain is Praized Media’s inventive shaman. He’s been on the bleeding edge of new media and networked applications for more than a decade. Sylvain was VP of Interactive Media solutions at LVL Studio, CTO at Messagia and Product Manager at My Virtual Model. He also worked as a CTO for hire in Silicon Valley in 2000-2001, where he was a senior consultant to several dot-com startups. He’s a frequent speaker at technology events and has been blogging since 2000. You can read his thoughts at www.afroginthevalley.com .
Without forgetting the Praizers all-star team:
Marc-Andre Gagnon – Software Developer
Francois Lafortune – Front-end Developer
Pier-Hugues Pellerin – Software Developer
Stéphane Daury – Software Developer
Pascal Charest – Operations Specialist/Cloudmaster
Colin Surprenant – Lead Software Developer
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