
Mission and governance
QIX's mission is to establish and operate an Internet Exchange infrastructure that meets the needs of local, national and international foreign network, content and Internet Service Providers. The objective is to raise the peering rank of Montreal's privileged place elevate the status of Montreal to that of one of the preeminent peering locations in the in the Canadian and North American market.
View our current bylaws here (in French).
Sponsorship
QIX was able to sponsors a few events and projects in the last years, thanks to its members.
The list of sponsored projects is currently limited to PeeringDB and NLnet Labs (Unbound, Krill, Routinator, etc) but the board is currently working in sponsoring more projects that benefits its membership. QIX sponsored industry-related events like the Canadian ISP Summit, Cologix Connect Montreal, NANOG65 (2015) and NANOG85 (2022) in Montréal.
You can view the PeeringDB page of our organization here.
Organisational structure
The QIX was incorporated in 2013 as a nonprofit organization (NPO) under the name of the Internet Exchange of Montreal (EIM) Inc. that will allow each member connected to enjoy the benefits and advantages of the exchange. RISQ has been the operator of the EIM and ensured the management of the entire operation of the exchange, including membership and connection members, supervision and technical monitoring, service management portal members and billing until June 2019. The new operator is now Metro Optic Inc.
Current board members:
- Karl Morin, Chairman of the board, CEO at Hive Data Center - Since 2021
- Eric Dugas, Vice-chairman of the board, Director of Network Operations at EBOX - Since 2022 (returned)
- Alyssa Quinn, Treasurer, Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor at CIRA - Since 2019
- Seth Crimmins, Board member, VP of Operations at Westelcom - Since 2017
- Philippe Girard, Board member, Director Operations and Technology at Metro Optic - Since 2019
- Christopher Morrell, Board member, Unaffiliated - Since 2020
- Jonathan Breault, Board member, CTO at B2B2C - Since 2021 (returned)
- Massimo Pannunzio, Solutions Architect at Vantage Data Centers - Since 2022
Current collaborators
- Jonathan Senecal, Architecture and Operations at Metro Optic - Since 2022
- Mariève Thiffault CPA CMA, Partner at Thiffault Plouffe Vincent CPA - Since 2022
- Pascal Dubuc CPA, Analyst (Consultant) - Since 2023
Former board members:
- Benjamin Desmarais, CEO at Fibrenoire - From 2013 to 2015
- Christian Malo, Manager - Carrier Relations and Peering Strategy at Cogeco Peer1 - From 2013 to 2016
- Michel Vanier, General manager at RISQ - From 2013 to 2016
- Daniel Jakots, System and Network administrator at Evolix - 2017
- Daniel Legault, CEO at Metro Optic - From 2013 to 2018
- Daniel Besner, General manager at RISQ - From 2017 to 2018
- Allan MacGillivray, Senior Policy Advisor at CIRA - From 2013 to 2019
- Jonathan Breault, CTO at Technologies Optic.ca - From 2013 to 2020
- Sylvie LaPerrière, Interconnect Strategy at Google Inc. - From 2013 to 2020
- Gabriel Blanchard, Director of Network Operations at Start Communication - From 2014 to 2020
- Chris Conn, Technical Director at B2B2C - From 2018 to 2021
- Eric Dugas, Director of Network Operations at EBOX - From 2015 to 2021
- Annie Pronovost, Head - Telecommunications projects at Hydro-Québec - From 2020 to 2022
- Roland Alarie, Board member, Manager - Product and Solution Engineering at Beanfield - From 2022 to 2022
- Jonathan Senecal, Board member, Architecture and Operations at Metro Optic - From 2020 to 2022
- Roger Brulotte, Board member, CEO at iWeb - From 2022 to 2022
Former collaborators
- Eric Dugas, Director of Network Operations at EBOX - From 2021 to 2022