Philippe Razanakolona

- With his knowledge of the natural and social environment of Madagascar, his leadership and devotion to contributing to the sustainable development of his country, Philippe will make you experience a truly unique trip. - ecotours

Philippe Razanakolona

Philippe Razanakolona possesses a truly impressive list of accomplishments for his 24 years of age. On top of managing the operations of the rAzAlpin.org project and Ski Madagascar – the Malagasy Ski Federation, he also has, at the academic level, obtained his DEC in Health Sciences in 2001 and is currently finishing his Mechanical Engineering degree, specializing in Innovation of Technologies at l’École Polytechnique of Montréal. Over the course of this degree, he has spent 1 year abroad in the Supméca (Paris 2003-2004) student exchange program while completing his 6-month internship at Honeywell SECAN.

In 2000, he completed an international leadership program called Up With People which included a 6-week internship specializing in logistics and 5 weeks in event promotion in Syracuse, NY.
Furthermore, Philippe completed an internship at Ganotec Inc (Engineering Consulting firm in Quebec) during his study at Polytechnique. He has also participated in the implementation of an accounting software at a Malagasy pharmacy in Antananarivo, Madagascar and was a radio speaker at RLI 106.0 FM Jazz of Antananarivo.

In May 2005, he was responsible for all the logistics of an industrial mission in China with his University colleagues at Polytechnique, with the aim of making a comparative study between the Chinese and Canadian innovation systems.

In order to quench his thirst for traveling and constant discovery of new things, Philippe had the opportunity to travel to Madagascar, Canada, United States (16 States), Europe (9 countries), China, Jamaica and Mauritius.

Finally, Philippe is an avid athlete as he skied competitively for 10 years and also played American football on an elite team for 3 years