Eliane Thonney has been a consultant since 1990, first with Teega Research Consultants Inc., and then with Bytown Consulting. Prior to that, she was a quality manager at Bell Canada, and an information officer at Public Works and Government Services Canada. As a consultant, she specializes in market research, benchmarking analysis, and competitive and technical intelligence assignments. She is a francophone, fluently bilingual in French and English, and has led several executive and expert consultations for government program and policy evaluations.

Eliane has also managed local and national surveys - including conducting a survey of high tech companies, a survey of biotechnology organizations, a survey of Internet users in Quebec, a survey of the Aboriginal tourism sector, and a survey of senior citizens and housing in Ottawa. She has managed conference events for international forums and has worked as an information specialist for the Canadian Business Service Centres of Industry Canada. She has also developed country and industry profiles for several Canadian and international Bytown assignments.