{"id":4741,"date":"2026-07-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/?post_type=expert-member&#038;p=4741"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:18:21","slug":"alain-parent","status":"publish","type":"expert-member","link":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/our-team\/alain-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"ALAIN PARENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Gen (Ret\u2019d) Alain Parent, CMM, CD is a strategic advisor to national defence and security clients with deep expertise in federal procurement governance, risk, and executive decision-making. <br><br>Over a 40-year career in uniform (1979\u20132018), a Tactical Helicopter Pilot, Alain held senior roles that included Acting Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS), the second-highest military position in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Deputy Commander NORAD, Deputy Commander NATO&#8217;s Allied Joint Forces Command Naples, Commander 1 Canadian Air Division, and Director Air Strategic Plans at National Defence Headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">He has also recently served as a Senior Mentor to NATO Allied Command Operations, coaching command groups on strategy, governance, and risk. His blend of operational credibility and procurement acumen helps clients navigate Canada\u2019s defence marketplace with clarity and confidence. <br>Fluent in French and English, Alain holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from Le Coll\u00e8ge militaire royal de Saint-Jean and a master\u2019s in strategic studies from the United States Air Force Air War College.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I put this operational credibility and my sharp mastery of federal governance at the service of the innovation ecosystem, as a collaborator at Innovitech<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovitech strengthens its defence and security expertise with the addition of Lieutenant-General (ret) Alain Parent as Strategic Consultant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4740,"template":"","member-category":[64],"outsourcing-category":[],"domain-category":[89],"consulting-category":[112],"class_list":["post-4741","expert-member","type-expert-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","member-category-consulting","domain-category-aerospace","consulting-category-consultant-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expert-member\/4741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expert-member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/expert-member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"member-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-category?post=4741"},{"taxonomy":"outsourcing-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/outsourcing-category?post=4741"},{"taxonomy":"domain-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/domain-category?post=4741"},{"taxonomy":"consulting-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovitech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consulting-category?post=4741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}