Butch Langlois
president and chief executive
PlanetEye
As president and chief executive officer of PlanetEye Butch Langlois is responsible for setting the company’s strategic direction and evangelising PlanetEye’s unique trip planning value proposition to consumers and to organisations looking to enable their website destinations with leading edge travel 2.0 applications.
Prior to joining PlanetEye, Butch was president and CEO with Truition. During his five-year tenure, Truition was named to the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, which ranks the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Canada, by achieving five-year revenue growth of 565%.
Butch led Truition’s expansion into the UK and Germany, which let him explore many parts of Europe as part of his day-to-day activities. These travels and the challenges encountered during initial visits to these cities now play a key role in PlanetEye’s strategic vision.
Prior to Truition, Butch was the president and chief financial officer with BuyBuddy, a web and wireless comparative shopping destination. He also has experience in the larger corporate world having been vice-president, finance and operations for Rogers New Media, Canada’s largest integrated media company.
PlanetEye’s investors are JLA Ventures, GrowthWorks and Microsoft.
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