Tom Birch

General Manager of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), he directs venture capital and investment activities

organization's technology department, overseeing both direct investments in companies and investments in funds.

He has served as a corporate director at AppDirect, IEX, DalCor Pharmaceuticals, Lightspeed HQ, Woozworld Inc, Interset, AdCentricty, Shopit, dna13 and eBillme Inc.

Former Managing Partner of Télésystème, a Montreal-based family office that creates, builds, acquires and manages businesses

strong international players in game-changing media and technology for 8 years.

Tom was the Managing Partner of Propulsion Ventures for 8 years, where he sourced 1,200 investment opportunities, analyzed over 100 in detail, and completed 10 investments, primarily in enterprise software-as-a-service companies.

CEO of three venture capital and angel-backed software companies: GoodContacts, DataCHEST, and Pyderion.

Tom holds a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Queen's University and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business.