Mr. Bernard Caron is Vice-President of the CRC's Broadcast Technology Branch. Mr. Caron joined the CRC in 1979 and assumed his current role in 2004.

During these years at CRC, he contributed to many technological advancements, including the development of videotext and teletext systems, the precursors of the Internet, and the creation of the CRC's Advanced Television Evaluation Laboratory (ATEL). This laboratory was used to subjectively evaluate five proposed television systems, out of which emerged today's North American standard for High Definition Television.

Mr. Caron was involved in the joint Canada-USA-Brazil OFDM-6 project, which aimed to adapt and evaluate the Digital Television transmission technology proposed by Europe for the Americas. He has also negotiated and managed many projects under contract for private enterprises from the United States, China, Korea and Canada to evaluate the performance of various Digital Television transmission systems and technologies.

Mr. Caron received a B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Université Laval, Québec City, in 1978 and a M. Sc. from the University of Ottawa in 1984. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. He has actively participated on several employee-centric committees including the Industry Canada Survey Advisory Committee and the CRC Employee Advisory Committee, of which he was a founding member. He has published more than 70 papers and reports.