Launched into the stratosXsphere
Montreal / March 2025
StratosX officially launches as an AI Technology company seeking to bring an integrated perspective to operational recovery for airlines.
The founding team consists of:
Ghislain Gagné - CEO. Ghislain has 20 years of experience driving business value with analytics.
Ex-McKinsey Partner and lead of AI in Canada
Expertise in leading complex AI transformation in Operations
7+ years advising airline operations
Relentless focus on value creation from AI
Kaitlin Guarino - CPO. Kaitlin has 10+ years airline operations & business strategy development.
Daily operations, strategic planning, portfolio management, and technology delivery expertise
5+ years of leading ops strategy, transformational change initiatives, and NOC expansion / design
Former Director Southwest Airlines
Rene Gaudoin - CAIO. Rene has 10+ years in AI, ML, RL.
Experienced research scientist (PhD Imperial College and Post-doc in computational solid-state physics)
10+ years Data Scientist, 7 years at QuantumBlack (McK) focusing on novel algorithms and solutions across industries
Expertise in reinforcement learning, simulations and deep learning
