FOUNDING PRESIDENT, XSM2 GROUP INC.
Stéphane Coudé is founding president of XSM2 Group Inc. (created in 2007) which offers consulting services in business growth, strategy (B2B and B2G – business to government), international marketing (mainly in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as in the Caribbean) and management. With more than fifty mandates successfully completed, Mr. Coudé counts among his clients, firms (SMEs, large companies, cooperatives, government organizations, etc.) established in Canada or abroad.
Before creating the XSM2 Group, Mr. Coudé worked in various companies and organizations as a partner, founding member, director, president and vice-president from 1995 to 2009. He thus has more than 25 years of experience in supporting company and has successfully advised more than 300 companies and organizations.
Mr. Coudé holds a doctorate in business administration for executives (EDBA) from Paris Dauphine University obtained in 2014 with the mention “very honorable with the congratulations of the jury”; a Post-MBA degree from the Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen, China obtained with a perfect grade in 2009 as well as a MBA for executives from UQAM and an EMBA from Paris-Dauphine University. He obtained these two degrees in 2006 as part of the UQAM/Paris Dauphine double degree program as a UQAM scholarship holder.
Finally, he is the author of several books and articles relating mainly to public procurement and organizational strategy, he has given around fifty conferences in North America, Europe and Asia and he has taught organizational strategy in various MBA programs at McGill University and HEC Montreal, as well as in undergraduate and graduate programs at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Montreal, at UQAM and at the University of Ottawa.
