Level Extreme is a Canadian corporation based in New Brunswick, Canada which specializes in the information technology sector as well as in the nightlife industry. As part of several divisions, Level Extreme provides high end professional consulting nationwide as well as internationnally, has a well established presence in the nightlife industry and offers Web site & hosting services.

Consulting Division

Level Extreme provides high end professional consulting nationwide and internationnally. Level Extreme specializes in IT solutions in the .NET world as well as for the SQL Server platform. Level of expertise includes architecture, data modeling, feasibility study, prototyping, analysis, development, training, mentoring, standardization, testing phases, framework, RAD, OOP, Internet, e-commerce.

Level Extreme expertise is applicable at various levels with the focus to architect and deliver complete IT solutions for its clients. Large projects and renowned companies are part of its portfolio. Among several other locations, Level Extreme consulting services have been offered for clients in New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario as well as in the United States.

Renowned corporations such as the DMIB, National Bank of Canada, Bell Sygma, Dynacom Technologies, Lanzen Corporation, la confédération des Caisses Populaires Desjardins, Microtec, Tal Investments, Pandrol Canada, the CGI Group, Archidata, Technologies SoftDesign, ADN Medical and DevTeach are part of Level Extreme portfolio.

Level Extreme expertise has been shared with presentations on related topics for user groups, corporations as well as in convention centers across North America. A significant amount of technical articles have also been published for various sources such as magazines and newsletters.

Level Extreme involvement has been used in various areas such as:

• Quality control
• Operation management
• Investigation systems
• Technical Internet Web sites
• Social Internet Web sites
• Accounting applications
• Monitoring applications
• Robot applications
• Web Service applications
• Automobile insurance industry
• Vertical market products

Level Extreme has been invovled in various roles such as:

• Information technology consultant
• System architect
• Internet Web site integrator
• Developer
• Product marketing
• Technical & administrative manager
• System engineer

Universal Thread

Over the years, Level Extreme has succeeded in delivering and maintaining a great product known as the Universal Thread. The Universal Thread provides a wide range of services for the developer community. It has a set of tools which helps and promotes the developers community. Created several years ago, this very mature product focuses on .NET and SQL Server.

The product has been featured and presented at some conferences, user groups and in the private sectors. It has been recognized by Microsoft for the MVP program since several years as well as having been nonimated and awarded best Web site in the VFP DevCon 2000 Connections Developer's Choice Award.

Level Extreme World

Level Extreme World allows businesses to benefit of a very powerful easy to use Web site which includes a professional design with a full blown database driven infrastructure providing full administration of its content. It is ideal platform for businesses such as musical bands, nightclubs, car shops, computer stores, DJs, beauty salons, restaurants and real estate agents.

Within a matter of just a few months, the product reached the stage of mature and has been used in various businesses in the region. The product is still under expansion and focuses now on the sales part.

Booking agency

Level Extreme has opened a new division in March 2010 for its booking agency services in the nightlife industry. There's already some representation for musical bands, DJs and solo artists. A major booking has already been done with Acadia which will be the featured band for the Bathurst Hospitaly Days Acadian Night on July 23rd, where more than 3000 attendees are expected.

Corporate administration

The corporate administration is under the supervision of Michel Fournier, the founder and sole owner of Level Extreme. Michel Fournier has been awarded the Microsoft MVP status in 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

As part of his career, actively involved in full time under the Level Extreme entity, Michel Fournier is one of the very few people in the world who can claim to have built two major development frameworks on their own. He first built a Visual FoxPro framework in the late 1990’s and followed up with a very powerful .NET framework a few years later which provides a very unique and powerful way of approaching today's ongoing evolution of enterprise business applications.

Significant achievements

Among significant achievements, we note the following:

• He is the designer, the architect and the owner of the Universal Thread, a Web site of 17-year product, recognized by Microsoft for its MVP program, which offers technical support for the developer's community. Created in 1993, the site became commercial in 1995. This site was the pioneer in the Visual FoxPro world, a product acquired by Microsoft at the beginning of the '90, which offers a database development environment. Today, this site is still the most popular related site in its domain.

• He was the designer, the architect and the owner of the Level Extreme Nightlife, a social site similar to Facebook for the Maritimes region. This site provided a dating platform as well as a portal of related activities such as the nightlife for the region.

• He was the designer, the architect and the co-owner of the Direct Martial Arts site, an international site promoting the martial arts industry across the world. On that site, of commercial nature, he had many responsibilities such as the marketing of the product, the business plan, the funding as well as its promotion.

• He is the designer and the technical lead for the new eMitchell Dashboard version, a nationwide car insurance platform recently adapted to the international market. This site is a property of Mitchell, an American company. This site is used on a daily basis by 1000 people and focuses on the transactional database aspect.

• He was the designer of the Leave Canada Now site, a site which was created during the national case "Level Extreme Inc. VS Revenue Canada Agency". This site is among a set of tools having been used for the creation of the recently created new Canadian international tax law in regards to e-commerce.

• Among his greatest realizations, we note several products such as the Level Extreme .NET Framework, a very powerful framework allowing RAD to deliver related .NET projects.

• He is the owner of the Universal Thread Magazine, an online magazine which is related to the technologies being supported on its front line product, the Universal Thread.

• By the use of the Universal Thread, he has established the necessary architecture to provide a reporting portal on international events in regards to Microsoft technologies. This portal has provided reports on 58 events so far which were presented in Canada, United States, Germany and Czech Republic.

• He is the designer, the architect and the owner of the Level Extreme World, a product which provides a Web site platform for small businesses. It is a very powerful easy to use Web site which includes a professional design with a full blown database driven infrastructure providing full administration of its content. It is ideal platform for businesses such as musical bands, nightclubs, car shops, computer stores, DJs, beauty salons, restaurants and real estate agents.

Recognitions and awards

Among significant recognitions and awards, we note the following:

• For his implication in the developer's community, he has obtained the Microsoft Most Valued Professionals status in 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

• Level Extreme, by the use of its front line product, the Universal Thread, has obtained the Developers Choice award for the best Web site at the VFP DevCon 2000 Connections conference in New Orleans.

• In recognition for his research & development in regards to the Web Service technology, he has been asked to present a small segment during the "Bonus Session" at the DevCon 2001 conference in San Diego.

• When he returned to New Brunswick, he has been selected by the Acadie Nouvelle newspaper to be featured on their weekly weekend edition recognition article in regards to local individuals having made their mark on the international market. The article was titled "Michel Fournier, Connected to the World" and was published on October 18th, 2003.

Personal note

On a personal side, he was also one of the very few people in the world having had the ability to build the Rubik's Cube under 35 seconds, held the world record for the first arcade game of Mario Bros, came close to hold the world record for the arcade game Nibbler after having spent 37 hours straight on the same game, has written an impressive amount of poems, has composed several songs for music bands, has been part of the acting distribution for several Hollywood movies such as Pluto Nash featuring Eddy Murphy, Takes Lives featuring Angelina Jolie and Abandon, has been involved in the modeling business for several years as well as having been in the car show business for several years with his formerly owned totally transformed Honda Prelude 2001 which collected an amazing set of prizes in Moncton, in Montreal Olympic Stadium as well as in Montreal Formula One car show.