Claude G. Théoret, PhD. President
Claude Théoret is a physicist with expertise in the management of innovation. One of the founding members of McGill University’s astronomy department, Claude was ranked first in the astronomy and astrophysics postdoctoral fellowship competition in Québec. He conducted his postdoctoral research at the Collège de France as a member of the prestigious HESS Collaboration. After teaching as a professor of physics and statistics at the American University in Paris, Claude focused his analytical expertise on Co-Word Analysis, Actor Network Theory and their practical applications. Claude has co-authored two papers in Nature, one in Science and his work on the mapping of the Nanotechnology community has been published twice.
Claude founded Nexalogy in 2006 is responsible for the development of our advanced analysis tools at Nexalogy Environics and manages all quantitative analytics. He also handles sales and account management.
Eric Steedman, MBA, MPhil. Partner and CFO
An expert in the issues surrounding sustainable business practices, Eric has worked in socially responsible investment for over 15 years, including three years as a portfolio manager for the Dreyfus Third Century Fund, where he oversaw more than $1.2B in investments. His deep understanding of the issues facing businesses in the socially aware marketplace informed his work as a strategic consultant for clients including Heritage Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Xstrada Corp/Kativic Regional Government. Eric is also the co-founder of Community Experience Initiative, a national charitable foundation promoting links between business schools and non-profit organizations. Recognizing the potential for social media intelligence to augment strategy, Eric’s expertise has helped Nexalogy Environics to become a world leader in understanding CSR from a social media perspective. Eric holds an MBA from McGill University and an MPhil in Political Theory from the University of Glasgow.
Eric joined Nexalogy as a partner in 2008. He serves as our Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for sustainability and CSR strategy in addition to handling sales and account management.
Michael Boyle, MA. Partner
Michael is an online marketing specialist with an extensive background in marketing for the pharmaceutical and software industries. Michael’s career has spanned the private and public sectors, and throughout he has served as an effective organizational change agent, both identify challenges and implementing innovative solutions both online and offline. He also spent 6 years as a part-time Online Marketing Strategy lecturer at McGill University. One of Canada’s earliest bloggers, in 2000 he co-founded YULBlog, the world’s longest-running local blogging group. The depth of Michael’s experience in all aspects of online community, publishing, and social media are at the core of Nexalogy’s mandate to not only analyze but suggest strategies to meet the challenges and opportunities that social media can present an organization. Michael holds an MA in Public Administration from Concordia University.
Michael joined Nexalogy as a partner in 2008. He takes care of Nexalogy’s marketing and communications while also focusing on client service, client strategy development and account management.