Jean-sebastien Dufresne
Executive Coach And Senior Consultant - Public Participation Strategic Planning
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolJean-sebastien Dufresne is an executive coach and senior consultant with 20+ years bridging community entrepreneurship, public participation and governance to co-create pragmatic, sustainable solutions for municipalities and organizations. He has founded and led multiple NGOs and social enterprises, piloted coalitions of 100+ partners, negotiated transpartisan agreements, and secured major grants, demonstrating rare experience in both grassroots mobilization and executive governance. Fluent in French and English, he designs and facilitates large-scale co-construction processes—World Café, design charrettes and living labs—that have produced governance frameworks adopted by 20+ organizations and measurable impact across 50+ projects. Trained in mediation, change management and executive coaching (CP3, CCD, C.Dir., ICF-aligned training), he combines tools from Design Thinking, SCRUM and Lean Six Sigma to move from vision to implementable roadmaps. He also brings technical fluency (full-stack training, Airtable, Miro) and a track record of building digital platforms and campaigns to amplify citizen engagement. Available for mandates in social innovation design, impact measurement, scaling strategies, facilitation and executive coaching.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Executive course, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Social Change, Executive course, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Social Change at University for Peace (UPEACE) - UN MandatedMaster, Business Administration – People and Organizational Development, Master, Business Administration – People and Organizational Development at Université LavalCertificate, Groups and Organizations Intervention, Certificate, Groups and Organizations Intervention at Université de MontréalBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Cybersecurity, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Cybersecurity at Polytechnique MontréalCertificate, Organizational Leadership, Certificate, Organizational Leadership at Université de Montréal - HEC MontréalMaster, Law (governance), Master, Law (governance) at Université de SherbrookeExecutive Certificate in Public Leadership, Executive Certificate in Public Leadership at Harvard UniversityCertificate, Community Service, Certificate, Community Service at Concordia UniversityGraduate Certificate, Executive Coaching, Graduate Certificate, Executive Coaching at Royal Roads UniversityFull Stack Developer, Full Stack Developer at Le WagonUniversity certification in corporate governance, Governance, Professional designation Certified Corporate Director (ASC, C.Dir.), University certification in corporate governance, Governance, Professional designation Certified Corporate Director (ASC, C.Dir.) at Collège des administrateurs de sociétésMaster of Professional Studies, Organization Development and Change, Master of Professional Studies, Organization Development and Change at Penn State UniversityCollège Durocher Saint-LambertProfessional Goal-Centric Certified Coaching Program, Professional Goal-Centric Certified Coaching Program at Université ConcordiaMBA, Community Economic Development, MBA, Community Economic Development at University College of Cape BretonMaster, Coaching and Mentoring Practice, Master, Coaching and Mentoring Practice at Oxford Brookes UniversitySemester in Dialogue on Wicked Problems, Semester in Dialogue on Wicked Problems at Simon Fraser UniversityLondon School of Economics and Political Science
French, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jsdufresne/montrealanotreimage
Jul 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:107 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
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