Paul Vallée | |
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Born |
Paul Vallée March 7, 1972 |
Residence | Ottawa, Ontario |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | University of Ottawa |
Employer | Pythian Group, Inc. |
Title | Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Website | [1] |
Paul Vallée is a Canadian information specialist and businessman. Vallée is founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of database infrastructure management, architecture and performance outsourcing company Pythian founded in 1997.
Vallée holds a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Ottawa. He started his career as a data scientist and continued as a systems architect; by the age of 25 he had started his fourth company — Pythian. He received the Ottawa Forty Under 40 award from the Ottawa Business Journal in 2011, an award which recognizes the achievements of forty business people under the age of forty.
In 2014 he received the Trudeau Medal from the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa. This recognizes leadership, initiative and contributions to the business world, the community and their alma mater.
Vallée is also a notable Basic Income advocate. He serves on the board of directors for the Basic Income Canada Network, Canada's national basic income advocacy organization.