Master compliant digital seals and signatures to safeguard professional liability, streamline project workflows, and meet Canadian regulatory standards.
As engineering practice becomes increasingly digital, robust authentication processes are essential for maintaining document integrity, professional accountability, and regulatory compliance. Digital seals and electronic authentication offer significant efficiencies, but they also introduce new challenges around governance, revision control, signing authority, auditability, and risk management.
This course provides a practical guide to implementing secure and defensible digital authentication workflows within Canadian engineering practice. Participants will explore governance frameworks, document control strategies, traceability requirements, and best practices for managing digital deliverables across multidisciplinary, multi-office, and multi-jurisdiction projects. Through practical examples, the session demonstrates how organizations can strengthen compliance while supporting efficient and secure digital project delivery.
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Digital Transformation Advisor
Marc St-Jacques is a senior sales and market growth executive with over 25 years of experience leading commercial strategy, digital transformation, and revenue expansion across technology, cybersecurity, and professional services sectors. Currently serving as Vice-President, Market Growth at La Coopérative de Notaires du Québec, Marc is responsible for driving strategic growth initiatives for notary members and mortgage-related services. He focuses on building high-impact partnerships with financial institutions, leveraging data-driven decision-making, and enhancing market positioning to increase both market share and member value. Prior to this role, Marc spent more than seven years as Vice President of Sales at Notarius, where he led national sales strategy, scaled customer acquisition, and played a key role in expanding the adoption of digital signature solutions across regulated industries. His leadership contributed to consistent revenue growth, strengthened partner ecosystems, and the modernization of sales operations through CRM implementation and structured sales processes. Marc’s earlier experience includes executive leadership roles in cybersecurity and identity management at Carillon Information Security, as well as senior positions in technology commercialization, B2B platforms, and marketing at organizations such as Cossette Communication. He has also founded and led his own consultancy, advising organizations on leveraging technology to bridge communication and business gaps. Known for combining strategic vision with hands-on execution, Marc brings deep expertise in go-to-market strategy, partnership development, and sales leadership, with a consistent track record of translating complex digital solutions into scalable business growth.
