Mr. Issa is a specialist in the design, development and optimization of automated industrial systems, telecommunications, and in the field of marine electric propulsion , with a doctorate in engineering from the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi (UQAC), and a master's degree from the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières (UQTR). He held the position of Director of Research and Development at AMH Canada from 2006 to 2012 and is a Research Associate at the Cégep de Rimouski ( his CCTT) Innovation Maritime (IMAR), since April 2018. Mr. Issa has extensive experience in the energy field, particularly in renewable energy, microgrids and smart grids and industrial energy efficiency. He is currently leading research projects related to the maritime industry (microgrids and electric propulsion) and on control systems based on artificial neural networks. Author of nearly 35 scientific publications and a dozen chapters, Mr. Issa is a professor at the Maritime Institute of Quebec and an associate professor at UQAR. He co-supervises nearly 10 students at the Masters and PhD levels in connection with his research activities.