Name: Gilles E. Neron
Address:
Residence:Gilles E. Neron,506-201, Chemin du Club marin,Ile-des-Surs, Verdun, (Quebec)Canada, H3E 1T4
Telephone: (514) 767-48 48
Place of birth: Jonquire (QC) Canada
Mother tongue: French
Second language: English (spoken and written)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1999 Enrolled at Universit de Montral to study for a Law degree.
1974 Doctoral (Ph. D) course work and exams completed at Florida State University.
Thesis not completed
Concentrations: Major: -administration
Minor: -communications
1972 M. Sc. (Masters in science).
Florida State University
Concentrations: Major: -administration
Minor: -communications
Minor: -psychology
In psychology, it is the notion of visual perceptions and others which still fascinate and stimulate me.
1965 Bachelors in physical education.
Universit de Montral
1962 cole secondaire St- Stanislas. (ESSS)
Montreal
1959 cole lmentaire of St-Pierre Claver.
Montreal
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1986 to the present
Founding president of:
Gilles E. Neron
GEN Communication marketing inc.
ALe bon sens des affaires publiques@J
A communications firm, specializing in public affairs. (Relations with the media, business, people and governments). We have concentrated on research, analysis, counselling and the execution of strategic planning.
Our clients have known great success in strategic and public positioning which we have developed for them. Everything is constructed in a way to achieve concrete and measurable business gains. Although GEN still exist, it has stopped its operations in 1998.
1992 to the present
Founding president of:
Group ETHCOM communication marketing inc.
We so strongly believe in ethics in communication that we displayed this notion in a name, and developed a corresponding logo, registered as a trademark. Nine independent firms join efforts, according to the needs of a client, to offer the latter complementary services.
1992 to the present
Founding president of:
AGroupe de reflexion continue@.
1986-92
President elect and member of the Canadian Commission for Fair-play (Government of Canada). With 20 members representing all parts of Canada, our challenge was to promote Fair-play in sports with a budget of only 400,000$.
What was developed, lead us to promote Fair-play, not only in the field of sports, but also in the area of business, having as partners large firms which, with the media, realized programmes in media value+ in the order of 18,000,000$ a year, after 5 years.
1980-85
President, Chief Executive Officer of the Rgie de la scurit dans les sports du Qubec(RSSQ). (The Qubec Sport Safety Board). We have the distinction of having invented this organization which has had a world-wide influence. Focusing on research, innovation, prevention, education, communication and regulation, the RSSQ has permanently changed our way of practising sports. A preventive regulation for ski centres, new equipment in hockey and several other sports, among other things, have been developed. All have been made aware of their respective responsibilities.
1979-80 - Vice-president of Orion communication inc.
1972-79 - Professor: Universit de Montral.
Responsible for courses in administration and curriculum.
1967-70 - Teacher: cole normale Ville-Marie de Montral
I taught administration, curriculum, hockey and Olympic gymnastics, training new teachers.
1965-67 - Teacher in physical education at the Institut de technologie Laval de Montral
PRINCIPAL CLIENTS OF GEN
The professional corporations and associations milieu.
The business milieu:
- energy, environment, finance, transport and others.
We wrote reports for the petrol industry, developed communication campaigns for associations of firms in the field of recycling, and managed crisis situations for numerous entrepreneurs.
The arts milieu:
- associations, theatre, artists and others.
We have contributed to the bringing together of the business milieu and that of the arts, we have realized important fund raising campaigns for the arts, and we have developed an arts stabilization programme in Quebec.
The social milieu:
- foundations, education, health and politics
See business prospectus
EXPERIENCES: ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS
President of the Board of Directors
of the cole suprieure de danse du Qubec and
member of the Board of Directors of the Grands Ballets Canadiens, 1996 to 1999.
Member of the Board of Directors and responsible for the
Fondation du Dr. Lucille Teasdale and Dr. Piero Corti, since 1995 to 1998.
Member of the finance and communication committees of the
Acadmie qubcoise du thtre, 1994 to 1998.
Member of the Conseil patronal en environnement du Qubec,
in the capacity of President of Group ETHCOM.
Member of various Boards of Directors in the field of the arts
and of foundations of social character, since 1992.
As a consultant, I was a member of the orientation and strategy committee
of the Chambre des notaires du Qubec.
Of the 18 members, I was one of two non-notaries, 1989-91.
Vice-president of the foundation for sports and arts
of Collge Jean-Eudes de Rosemont, 1988-90.
President elect and member of the Canadian Commission for Fair-play
(Canadian Government), 1986-92.
Member of the Committee for the Betterment of Hockey
(Association canadienne des fabricants et dtaillants d=articles de sports).
Aiming for a more healthy practise of hockey at all levels and
stimulating the industry by a more modern approach to marketing, 1985-86.
President, Chief Executive Officer
of the Rgie de la scurit dans les sports du Qubec, 1980-85.
President of the Club de hockey des Mdias du Qubec
The goal was to organize a European tour in 1980 with Maurice Richard, in order to then further the bringing together of journalists and to lead to the holding of an international symposium, and eventually a professional association. All the goals were reached, 1978-82.
President, Secretary-treasurer and owner of the Rcolte inc., a company specialized in food products, 1979-81.
Participated as a consultant in various governmental and private sector projects in the areas of administration and communications, since 1974.
Consultant for the firm Raymond, Chabot, Martin, Par and associates, consultants in administration.
File on the Rgie des sports du Qubec, Government of Quebec. December 1978 to April 1979.
Consultant for the Comit d'étude sur le hockey amateur au Canada -
*Canadian Hockey review+, chaired by Justice Jake Ury, September 1978 to December 1979.
President and initiator of the Comit d'étude sur la violence au hockey au Qubec, Association des professionnels de l'activit physique du Qubec
-Haut Commissariat la jeunesse, aux loisirs et aux sports - October 1974 to March 1978.
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS
1972 Nron, Gilles E.
The effect of dark and light colors on the precision of shots in Ice Hockey.
Masters thesis, Florida State University, May 1972 - 109 pages.
1977-78 Nron, Gilles E. et Bilodeau, Jean-Nol
Rapport Nron: violence au hockey
Nron Report: Violence in Hockey
Final report presented to the Minister Claude Charron, Government of Quebec, November 15, 1977, Quebec, 425 pages (more than 5000 pages annexed, President of C.E.V.H.)
Rendered public on March 21, 1978 (printed edition: 325 pages).
8000 French copies and 4000 English copies were printed and sold.
1981 Nron, Gilles E. et Godin, Guy and the Rgie de la scurit dans les sports du Qubec.
Rapport: tude de la boxe professionnelle au Qubec
-427 pages (also an English edition)
1998 A volume dealing with ethics and media is in the making.
CONFERENCES:
In Quebec, elsewhere in Canada, the United States, France, Switzerland and Monaco.
I am fond of all forms of music with a particular partiality for classical music. I practice golf, tennis, down-hill skiing. I am follower of cinema, theatre, dance and shows of all sorts. Football and basketball amateur. I have a passion for artistic and sports culture.
* Recipient of awards and honorable mentions. |
