Over his 40-year career in security, Gaétan has held senior positions within the Canadian government, including Chief Engineer for Telecommunications Security at the Department of National Defence, Director of Security at Global Affairs Canada, and Consul at the Canadian Embassy in Peru following the 1996-1997 Shining Path terrorist crisis in Lima.
In the private sector, he has served as CSO for renowned companies such as Bombardier Aerospace, Airbus Group (Paris, France), and Bell Canada, where he notably wrote the IT and telecommunications security plan for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Since 2015, after leading the national cybersecurity practice for EY Canada, Gaétan has worked as an independent consultant on multiple mandates and joined Fortinet as the Enterprise CISO in 2024.