Patrick Poirier is a seasoned technology and data leader with over two decades of experience driving transformation across telecom and financial services, currently serving as Senior Director - Data Foundations at Desjardins. He combines deep architecture and delivery expertise from long tenures at Bell with strategic product and operations leadership, excelling at scaling teams and programs through agile adoption. Patrick is known for translating complex multi-domain challenges into clear business value, shepherding large initiatives involving internal and external partners to measurable outcomes. Equally comfortable with executive decision-making and hands-on technical planning, he cultivates high-performing teams and lasting partner relationships that drive bottom-line growth. His background in IT engineering and an EMBA underpin a pragmatic blend of technical rigor and commercial acumen, and he often focuses on staged, scalable growth rather than big-bang shifts.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master, EMBA, Master, EMBA at ESG -UQAM
Bachelor, IT Engineering, Bachelor, IT Engineering at Université de Montréal - Ecole polytechnique de Montréal
DEC, Applied Sciences, DEC, Applied Sciences at Montmorency
Contributions:59 commits, 58 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 2 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.
Request Free Trial
Patrick Poirier - Senior Director - Data Foundations