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CEO
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ahmed Aina
Born in Algeria, Mr. Aïna lived in France for several years before moving to Quebec, Canada in 1981. He earned an MBA from France and M.Sc from the University of Montreal, where he was employed as a lecturer in management and economics. He also taught at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and the University of Sherbrooke for several years before starting a business in the burgeoning field of interactive IP telephony.
In 1987, Mr. Aïna co-founded BTI, a software development company for videotex on Alex and Minitel terminals. The technology of BTI was sold to Korea Telecom in 1991. Concurrently in 1991, he co-founded Médiasoft Telecom and became its executive vice-president of finance and operations, until its merger in 2000 with Prima, to form Elix Co. MédiaSoft was the undisputed leader of toolkits in the CTI industry. Companies such as Intel Corporation and GTI invested significantly in the firm. In 2004, Bell Canada bought Elix to become BCE Elix and today it specializes in call center solutions. Following the success of Médiasoft, in 2001 Mr. Aïna co-founded Dialexia Communications, a pioneer in the world of Voice over IP and Call Processing software.
Mr. Aïna is very active in community and philanthropic work. He is one of the founders and the current president of Fondation Club Avenir, an organization devoted to the integration of immigrants into the Quebec society. He is also a member of the Canadian Roundtable on Learning headed by former Justice Minister G. Remillard, and a board member of CAMO, a Quebec government organization dedicated to the integration of immigrants
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