Key Benefits

Proven reliability: Clients like CBS, Multimedios and Entercom trust our network to deliver their content and to get maximum reach
Great customer service: Our offices are located throughout North America and in Europe in order to better serve and understand your online challenges and offer the best customer service on the market

Case Study

CBS Radio

The Results

Rapid 35% audience growth in the first 6 months,
70% drop in technical support queries from the audience
Unparalleled advertising revenue growth

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Yves Eric Laliberté, President & CEO

Yves Eric Laliberté is a well-known decision maker, negotiator, and visionary, skilled at recruiting talented people who share his dedication and passion for excellence.

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In 2006, after one meeting with StreamTheWorld founders, he offered his services to structure and finance the business. Nine months later, the company’s board and new investors recruited him to lead the organization and execute its vision. Fast forward one year: StreamTheWorld has reached new heights and has a client list that includes the likes of CBS, Tribune, Journal Broadcast, Astral Media, Salambo, Corus, Multimedios and many other prestigious corporations from over 20 countries.

In 1996 Yves Eric Laliberté founded Cesart, an interactive agency which he led to great success despite the dot-com freefall. Cesart benefited from its leader’s energy and delivered steady—and profitable—growth that led to the acquisition in 2001 by Bell Canada, the country’s largest telecom group.

In business ventures as well as outside activities, Mr. Laliberté is recognized for his profound technological knowledge. In 1997 he cofounded Cescom, an early entry in the IP telephony field. As president and CEO, he was instrumental in attracting both private and institutional investors. Playing a dual role as CEO/CFO, he negotiated $30 million in financing. In 1999 Quebecor awarded him the first Pierre-Péladeau Bursary for his involvement in Cescom.

A tireless achiever driven by a keen sense of direction and desire for tangible results, Mr. Laliberté has spearheaded numerous Internet projects, including technological prospecting missions in more than a dozen countries on three continents. In 1996, supported by the Cesart team, he was involved in setting up one of the world’s first high-speed Internet services for Canadian cable distributor Cogeco. His company then repeated the feat in Portugal, becoming the first to offer this service through Cabovisão, the country's largest private cable operator.

Mr. Laliberté holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and a diploma from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. He has received various prizes and awards and is known not only as a visionary with the ability to bring ideas to fruition, but for his involvement with the academic world. In 1998 he received two prestigious Radisson Awards for Young Entrepreneur of the Year and New Company of the Year.

Eric Whitlock, President EMEA, Co- founder

Mr. Whitlock is a long-time entrepreneur in the information technology field. In 1989, at age 26, he co-founded www.Present.ca, an IBM Premier Business Partner focusing on Canadian large enterprises. The company offers turnkey business solutions for IBM eServer technology, Websphere, Lotus, DB2 and Tivoli software suites, running on IBM, Linux and Microsoft operating systems. Over the past 19 years, this concern has grown into a multi-million dollar business and is widely viewed as the best IBM solution provider in Canada, with offices in Montreal, Quebec City and Toronto.

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In 2005, Mr. Whitlock, a tireless achiever, was ready for a new challenge: co-founding www.StreamTheWorld.com, a streaming solution provider helping broadcasters to leverage their online presence in a profitable manner. The company core business is to bring audio and video content online while providing optimum user experiences and key audience behavior metrics. Its prestigious client list includes CBS, AOL, ESPN, Yahoo, Sky News, Corus Entertainment and Astral Media. Since its inception, the company has attracted over $15 million in financing from private and institutional Canadian and American investors.

During his 19-year career Mr. Whitlock has become an expert in business development. He seeks opportunities where no one else envisions them, turning every project into a financial and technological success. It is his innate understanding of people and business, as well as his undeniable leadership qualities, which has earned him a reputation as a strategic-minded, long-term relationship builder. In June 2008 Mr. Whitlock accepted the challenge of leading StreamTheWorld’s entry into the European, Middle East, and African market (EMEA).

A former software designer, Mr. Whitlock has a deeply rooted understanding of the Internet and its endless growth opportunities. He is passionate about what he does. His vision is global and unobstructed. There are no limits, and losing is simply not an option.

Mr. Whitlock is also president of Strategia, a privately held investment fund focusing on early-stage companies. He is well known in the Montreal business community for his skills in identifying emerging opportunities and new trends.
Sharka Hamet, CFO

Sharka Hamet was appointed CFO, of StreamTheWorld in October 2008. She is responsible for all financial activities, including financial reporting, international taxation, and financing. In addition, she heads the company’s human resources department.

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Prior to joining StreamTheWorld, she was employed as Vice-President, Finance, of Césart, a Bell Canada company involved in e-marketing and Web development. She previously worked for a division of Groupe St.-Hubert Inc., a leading Quebec restaurant chain.

Ms Hamet began her career at KPMG Consulting (now BearingPoint), a global management and technology consulting company. She joined the firm in 1993, after completing studies in accounting at Montreal’s Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC). During her 10 year tenure with KPMG/BearingPoint, she held a series of positions with increasing audit and consulting responsibilities, moving from junior associate to senior consultant and manager.

In addition to helping prepare financial statements and tax returns, she lead—and then managed—an audit team. She gained extensive industry experience, working with clients in publishing, manufacturing, banking, bio tech, high technology, and multimedia.

At StreamTheWorld, Ms Hamet is making use of her financial expertise, specific industry experience, and interest in implementing best practices in finance across a range of internal processes to help the growing company improve its efficiencies and ensure continued expansion.

In addition to a bachelor’s degree from HEC, Sharka Hamet holds a MBA degree from McGill University, with specialization in strategy and international management. She earned her Chartered Accountant designation from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) in 1995.
Jean-François Gadoury, CTO

Jean-François Gadoury, Chief Technical oOfficer at StreamTheWorld, is a computer and networking expert with extensive software, hardware, and networking experience.

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As CTO, he helps members of StreamTheWorld’s technical staff understand the business issues that the growing company faces, at the same time that he helps business staff comprehend the impact of technological decisions. He is also pleased to play a role in the company’s ongoing ability to listen to its clients, understand their requirements, and implement solutions that fulfill those needs.

Prior to joining StreamTheWorld, Mr. Gadoury was a mobile engineering senior technical advisor at Tata Communications (Formely Teleglobe)., where his responsibilities included product and service design and project deployment. In this capacity, he was greatly aided by his knowledge of both the new and legacy technologies used by the international telecommunications and Internet services provider. In addition to interfacing with the systems administration, research and development, and sales and product management teams, he gained valuable experience with large global networks and exposure to numerous international companies.

As a telecom specialist for Atlas Telecom Mobile, a leading international mobile messaging solutions provider, Mr. Gadoury was involved in the design and implementation of systems for text, image, and video transmission in mobile networks.

Earlier, he served as principal advisor for technological development at CESCOM Inc., a Montreal-based international telecommunications carrier that developed and marketed Internet-based next-generation integrated services. His responsibilities included network infrastructure design and implementation; VOIP-related platform selection, lab trials and recommendations; performance management tool design; and integration of various systems used in network operations, administration and maintenance.

Mr. Gadoury began his career as a programmer analyst and consultant for Cesart International, a Bell Canada company, where he was involved in VOIP and fax over IP, among other technologies.
Jean-Philippe Gauthier, Vice President, Product Management & Development

Jean-Philippe Gauthier, who joined StreamTheWorld in 2008, has 14 years of experience in the information technology industry.

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As Vice President ,Product Management & Development, he guides a team responsible for product line, developing new solutions and increasing profitability of existing products. He works closely with engineering and marketing communications, the sales channel, and key customers. His duties also include the design and implementation of a company-wide go-to-market plan, and analysis of potential partner relationships.

Prior to joining StreamTheWorld, he was Vice President of Operations at Gesca Digital, a division of Gesca Ltd., a media group owned by Power Corporation of Canada, and held the same title at a Gesca division, Cyberpresse.ca, the country’s number one content-driven francophone information source. Among other accomplishments, he led a cross-platform content integration effort; helped improve visitor metrics; participated in the relaunch of a classified web site and Canada’s first iPhone interface; and was responsible for the conception and delivery of major projects, which earned him a Quebec Interactive Marketing Industry Boomerang Award.

Earlier, he led the development and commercialization of the largest Canadian portal as General Manager of Sympatico.MSN.ca, and worked in various management capacities at Bell Canada, Bell ActiMedia, and Bell Interactive. His accomplishments included development of innovative products and design of marketing strategies and tactics that resulted in a strong share of a fiercely competitive market, improving both top and bottom lines.

Jean-Philippe holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Concordia University.
Francis Champoux, Vice President, Professional Services & Special Projects

Francis Champoux joined StreamTheWorld as Vice President, Professional Services & Special Project in 2007. He leads the company’s Professional Services Department, taking on challenges that fall outside the purview of other areas. To date his major accomplishments include building a new billing system and helping the growing company establish a product management department.

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Special projects are tailor made for a person with a flexible style, inquisitive mind, and organized approach—not to mention the ability to think on one’s feet. It’s clearly a good fit for Francis Champoux, an engineer by training who began his career as an emergency preparedness consultant at a Hydro-Québec nuclear power plant.

He went on to work for start-ups owned by major Canadian companies. As Special Projects Director at Cesart, a Bell Canada company, he set up a number of departments, including Quality Assurance and IT support, and led the company’s project management area.

At Gesca, a Power Corporation company, he served as a consultant, putting in place systems and processes and establishing a project management function for a start-up Web development firm owned by Gesca.

Francis Champoux holds a degree in engineering from Ecole d’ingénierie de Trois-Rivières. He is also a founder of CFOU 89.1 FM, the campus radio station of Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. He played a pioneering role in Internet radio there, becoming the first person in the world to stream francophone student content over the Web, foreshadowing his eventual association with streaming technology leader StreamTheWorld.
Daniel M. Karlsson, Vice President, Sales, EMEA

For Daniel Karlsson, Vice President of Sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, mobility has been a constant theme throughout his career as a marketing and business development specialist.

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Holding dual Swedish/American nationality and speaking six languages, Daniel studied law and economics at the University of Aix-Marseille in France. His technical expertise with wireless/fixed telecommunications and information technology enabled him to work as an independent consultant to MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) and MVNE (mobile virtual network enabler) companies throughout Europe.

He joined start-up Atlas Telecom in 1996 and spent 8 years working with wholesale telecom companies, setting up Vsat stations and GSM interconnects in remote parts of Western Africa as well as Turkey, Chile, and the Philippines. He also handled back office management of a prepaid calling card business in Paris, and spearheaded the development of an online micro payment system. Daniel was eventually promoted to director of business development at Atlas Telecom and joined the board of its wholesale unit, Atlas Telecom Network.

In 2003, he founded a U.S.-based consultancy, Vigvor, Inc, to help small and medium size companies enter the mobile content and mobile premium payment businesses, and also worked toward an MBA degree.

In 2005, Daniel co-founded Gametel, a mobile games-focused MVNO in Australia, with Manila-based back offices providing customer support, content management, and technical services.