Daniel lachapelle biography

VP, Operations

CBR

Daniel holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and an Advanced Management Certificate from McGill University in Montreal. Over his 30+ years of experience in the biopharm industry he has been responsible for leading design, construction and fabrication groups for top EPCM firms within the industry. Based in Canada for the first 27 years of his professional life, but with global responsibilities, Daniel spent most of his career at SNC-Lavalin gaining responsibilities as his group developed and grew within the corporation. In 2011, Daniel moved to USA to start a new chapter of his professional life. Working successively for Amec Foster Wheeler and M+W Group, he assumed similar dual roles. Within the matrix organization, he had a global responsibility for Sales/Marketing/Strategy and a North American Operations/P&L responsibility. Since 2018, Daniel joined CRB as its Regional Leader of Canada and he is currently based in Boston, MA. Daniel has been deeply involved in ISPE and within its Canadian Chapter. He held various positions on the Canadian Board but also served in various committees at the International level.

American photographer

For the comedian, see Dave Chappelle.

David LaChapelle (born March 11, 1963) is an American photographer, music video director, and film director. He is best known for his work in fashion and photography, which often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages. His photographic style has been described as "hyper-real and slyly subversive" and as "kitschpopsurrealism". Once called "the Fellini of photography", LaChapelle has worked for international publications and has had his work exhibited in commercial galleries and institutions around the world.

Early life

David LaChapelle was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Philip and Helga LaChapelle; he has a sister Sonja and a brother Philip. His mother was a refugee from Lithuania who arrived at Ellis Island in the early 1960s. His family lived in Hartford until he was 9 years old. He has said to have loved the public schools in Connecticut and thrived in their art program as a child and teenager, although he struggled with bullying growing up.

He and his family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, where they lived until he was 14 years old, before returning north to Fairfield, Connecticut. He was bullied in his North Carolina school for his sexuality. When he was 15 years old, he ran away from home to become a busboy at Studio 54 in New York City.

Eventually he returned to North Carolina to enroll in the North Carolina School of the Arts.

His first photograph was of his mother Helga on a family vacation in Puerto Rico. LaChapelle credits his mother for influencing his art direction in the way she set up scenes for family photos in his youth.

Beginning to photography

Early fine-art photography

LaChapelle was affiliated in the 1980s with 303 Gallery which a