KDA Group Adds Member to its Strategic Advisory Board
Thetford Mines, Quebec – TheNewswire - October 5, 2021 – KDA Group Inc. (TSXV:KDA) (“KDA” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce the new composition of its Strategic Advisory Board (the “Strategic Board”) with the addition of Mr. Yves Marmet as a new member.
“We are pleased and proud that Mr. Marmet has agreed to join KDA’s Strategic Board. He will bring a unique and leading edge in information technology, which will help ensure the proper direction and progress of technology projects under development, as well as their commercialization. The Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Groupe Technologique KDA Inc. is focusing and directing its growth strategies through the development of its technology platforms and projects for all healthcare professionals in Canada, the United States and Europe over the coming months and quarters,” said Marc Lemieux, Chief Executive Officer of KDA.
The Strategic Board is comprised of respected business leaders who provide guidance and assistance to KDA’s management team in their efforts and decision-making to build, strengthen and grow its business model as part of its national and worldwide growth strategy.
The current members of the Strategic Board are Messrs. Denis Gadbois, Anthony Rail, Yves Salembier and Dr. Shane Morris, with Mr. Yves Marmet joining them. The Strategic Board will now consist of five (5) members. The Corporation’s management may modify the Strategic Board at any time and place according to its needs and the specific expertise required and sought of each member.
YVES MARMET – Mr. Marmet graduated from Sherbrooke University in 1976 with a degree in applied sciences, electrical engineering. In 1980, he founded Les Ordinateurs Hypocrat Inc. (“Hypocrat”) and was the President of this public company until 1995. He received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award at the 1987 Arista competition.
Hypocrat specialized in the development of software for the healthcare markets. Hypocrat has completed more than 15 major acquisitions in its 15 years of operation. The company has also completed more that 1,500 service agreements with hospitals, clinics, drugstores, hospices and dental clinics, among others. In 1995, Hypocrat was merged with IST, Industrielle Services Techniques, which is now known as MediSolution. Hypocrat controlled up to 68% of this market in Quebec and had up to 250 employees in Canada.
Following this period, he co-founded Funtastica Divertissement Inc., a company specialized in the development of interactive theme parks.
Since 2005, he is President and Chief Executive Officer of ZoomMed Inc., which develops and operates a clinical information exchange platform between physicians, pharmacists and other healthcare participants. The cornerstone of this network is the ZRx Prescriber.
ABOUT KDA GROUP
KDA Group is a leading technological innovations and specialized solutions provider in the pharmaceutical market. Today, it is a respected name for quality and expertise among the different stakeholders in the pharmaceutical and medical sector. Its management team is guided by a vision of continuing to lead the way in Quebec while extending operations across Canada and internationally. Additional information on the Corporation is available at www.kdagroup.ca and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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Marc Lemieux
Chief Executive Officer
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