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�tienne Gagnon was appointed Vice-President of Product Management and Marketing in May 2003 and in May 2007 he took on the responsibility of all our telecom business units - Optical; Transport and Datacom; and Access. As such he is responsible for EXFO�s general marketing direction on both the product level and communications level.
For nearly three years before returning to EXFO in early 2003 Mr. Gagnon was Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at TeraXion an optical component manufacturer based in Quebec City.
Mr. Gagnon began his career as a design engineer for Bombardier/Canadair where he worked on the Canadian Regional Jet project between 1990 and 1993. Later he held the position of Business Development Manager for France Telecom in Hungary. In 1994 he joined EXFO�s European office as a Regional Sales Manager and in 1996 he was brought back to Quebec City to head the OSP marketing group. Mr. Gagnon then went on to become the director of our Outside Plant division in 1998 and remained in that function until he joined TeraXion in 2000.
�tienne Gagnon holds a bachelor�s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Montreal's School of Engineering and a master�s degree in European business from the Ecole nationale sup�rieure des t�l�communications in France. | 