Antoine Bisson

Antoine Bisson is the Co-Founder and CTO at Poka. Antoine has also worked as a Program Manager at Microsoft, a Software Engineer Intern at Tagged, and a Tools Programmer Intern at Ubisoft. In addition, they have served as a Software QA Analyst Intern at Radialpoint.

Bisson began their career in the tech industry in 2009 as a Software QA Analyst Intern at Radialpoint. Antoine then became a Tools Programmer Intern at Ubisoft in 2010. The following year, they interned as a software engineer at Tagged. In 2012, they were hired as a Program Manager at Microsoft, where they worked on the Data Explorer team and helped define the Data Explorer user experience.

In 2011, Bisson co-founded Poka, a software company that provides an instant messaging platform for businesses. As CTO, they oversee Poka’s technical operations and leads the engineering team. Under their guidance, Poka has released several successful products, including the Poka Messenger app and the Poka Connect extension for Slack.

Antoine Bisson received a Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Antoine also attended the National University of Singapore on an exchange program for software engineering. Antoine began their studies at Cegep Champlain St-Lawrence in pure and applied science.

Their manager is Alexandre Leclerc, Co-Founder & CEO. A direct report to Antoine Bisson is and Olivier Mirandette - VP, Engineering. They are on a team with Marc Vermette - EVP, Sales, Scott Mikalachki - VP, Strategy & Business Development, and Yannick Haeck - VP, Product.