Sylvain Laporte

Sylvain Laporte
President of the Canadian Space Agency
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2015
Monarch	HM Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General	Julie Payette
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Military service
Allegiance	Canadian Armed Forces
Years of service	1978-1998

Sylvain Laporte is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who is currently serving as the President of the Canadian Space Agency.

Sylvain Laporte was appointed as the 11th of the President of the Canadian Space Agency. On the 27th of February 2015, and announced he will leave the role of President after five years.

Career

Sylvain Laporte started his career after getting a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Master's degree in Computer engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada, Sylvain Laporte earned his two degrees while serving in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1978-1989 as an Aerospace Engineer.

Sylvain Laporte presenting at the Montreal Space Symposium

After leaving the CAF, Sylvain Laporte joined Canada Post as the Director of Information Technology. He held this post for two years before becoming Director for Retail. He held this role for five years. He was then promoted to the Director of Logistics, which he held for two years.

After leaving Canada Post in 2007, Laporte was hired as Chief Informatics Officer for Industry Canada. Laporte held this role for two years before becoming Executive Director, Integrated Technologies Office within Industry Canada.

In April of 2011, Laporte was hired as Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, which he held for 4 years until March of 2015. In March 2015, Sylvain Laporte was appointed as the 11th President of the Canadian Space Agency, taking over from Luc Brule who was serving as Interim President. He announced in 2020 that he would leave the role of President of the Canadian Space Agency.