Our Team
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Jeremy S. Boucher, P. Eng.
CEO & Co-Founder
Jeremy has over 10 years of experience in the energy market having managed several electrical distribution and engineering projects for commercial, industrial and institutional clients.
He has pioneered all chapters of the company since the inception of the vadiMAP solution including organizational structuring and partnerships across the industry in North America and abroad. He is a Professional Engineer, acquiring his electrical engineering degree at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in Montreal.
Passion: Jeremy enjoys tasting and brewing new and original beers.
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Nicolas Mary, PhD(c)
CTO & Co-Founder
Nicolas has over 8 years of experience in the microgrid market having developed highly creative simulation and smart control algorithms aiming to size and control microgrids.
He has led over 40,000+ hours of R&D and is a PhD candidate at ÉTS focusing on the design, simulation and optimal control of nanogrids with vadiMAP. He completed his engineering degree at ESME Sudria (Paris) and his master's degree in renewable energies at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS).
Passion: Nicolas likes sliding in deep powder on his snowboard.
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Samuel Durette, P. Eng.
Project Director
Samuel has over 8 years of experience in energy and electrical distribution markets having worked on several engineering projects for commercial and industrial clients.
He has led several projects with key partners to deploy renewables and energy efficiency measures on commercial buildings over the past years. He is Professional Engineer, acquiring his electrical engineering degree at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in Montreal.
Passion: After a workday, Samuel is excited to push himself in sports activities.
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Lucas Batier
Regional Director France & Principal Software Developer
Lucas has over 6 years of experience in software development, with a strong background in project management, communication, and customer satisfaction gained during his time at vadiMAP in Montreal, Canada.
He holds an engineering degree in Computer Engineering and a master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from ENSIMAG (Grenoble, France). Lucas is now leveraging his expertise to support vadiMAP's growth in the French market.
Passion: Lucas loves to play the pop star with his 3 guitars and his few vocal cords.
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Rafik Mansour
Full Stack Developer
Rafik has over 10 years of experience in full-stack web development and video game creation, having worked on more than 80 web projects at various levels. He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Tizi Ouzou in Algeria in electrical engineering and computer science and graduated from Ahuntsic College in Montreal in web development.
Passion: Rafik enjoys cinematography, photography and video games.
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Tatiana Nogatchewsky
Product Owner
Tatiana has over 12 years of experience in digital product management across various sectors such as media, telecoms, and electric vehicle charging solutions.
She has led several initiatives on products for B2E, B2C, and B2B, participated in complete system redesign, and contributed to corporate transformations, promoting the shift from a "waterfall" model to agile frameworks. She completed her engineering degree in computer science and digital technologies at EFREI (Paris).
Passion: After a work, Tatiana enjoys drawing, playing, and composing music.
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Youssoupha Gueye, B. Eng.
Energy Data Analyst
Youssoupha has over 3 years of experience in energy having modeled, designed and optimized transit electrification projects, charging infrastructure, building electrical and thermal loads, and renewable energy.
He completed his physics engineering degree at École Polytechnique de Montréal and has specialized in energy modeling.
Passion: Youssoupha enjoys art in all its forms and likes to play Picasso whenever he has a chance to.
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Vincent Taboga, PhD(c)
PhD - Research and Development (sponsored by vadiMAP)
Vincent has completed a master's degree at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Plus, his PhD research for vadiMAP was concentrated on the optimization of the electrical and thermal load profiles of buildings. In this capacity, Vincent has won several recognitions for his works.
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Inoussa Legrene, PhD(c)
Master's Degree - Research and Development (sponsored by vadiMAP)
Inoussa has completed a master's degree at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS). His master's research project for vadiMAP was focused on the implementation of data acquisition and valuation tools using artificial intelligence.
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Rodrigue Tonga, PhD(c)
Master's Degree - Research and Development (sponsored by vadiMAP)
Rodrigue has completed a master's degree at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS). His master's research project for vadiMAP was based on overall data security and blockchain technology.
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Charles Girardet, M.Sc.
Master's Degree - Research and Development (sponsored by vadiMAP)
Charles has completed a master's degree at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS). His master's research project for vadiMAP was focused on quantifying the impact of renewables and energy efficiency projects.
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Normand Hétu
Executive Account Manager
Steven Desrochers
Executive Account Manager
Greg Farthing
Strategic Advisor
Denis Chartrand
Strategic Advisor
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André Hudon
Board Member
André's career spans more than 30 years in senior management positions in major national and international distribution companies in diverse sectors such as food, computer peripherals, heavy vehicles and equipment, as well as industrial and safety products. He is known as a change initiator who focuses on profitable growth to take organizations to the next level. André is a Chartered Professional Accountant, CPA, CA, with additional governance certifications, and Chair of Canada Post.
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Jenny-Kate Sgarbi
Board Member
Jenny-Kate is a bilingual leader with 18 years of experience in Commercial Real Estate and Hotel & Restaurant industries. As a decade-long licensed brokerage professional, she has built an extensive network within the owner and acquisition spheres of the industry. Before rejoining brokerage, she led the Data Solutions Team for Eastern Canada at a global real estate data provider, where she launched and scaled technology solutions. In 2020, she founded a property technology startup focused on building occupancy data. Jenny-Kate holds a B.Sc. in Life Sciences from Queen's University and a Certificate in Real Estate and Urban Management from Université Laval.
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Éric Ducharme
Board Member
Éric has led successful organizations with full profit and loss responsibilities for delivering a variety of projects in different countries. He has more than 30 years of experience in electrical maintenance service operations, design of distribution equipment and field safety for large utilities in Canada and global industrial companies such as Hydro-Québec, Hydro-One, BC Hydro, Hydro-Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, GE, Alstom, Domtar, Kruger, Rio Tinto and Tafisa.
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Dan Boucher, P. Eng.
Chairman & Co-Founder
Dan has over 30 years of experience in energy and automation markets having worked with some of the globe's largest companies in this sector, on a national, North American and global basis.
The ideation of vadiMAP goes back to 2010 when smart grids, distributed energy resources and smart buildings were being conceived and Dan was in the middle of it. He is a Professional Engineer, acquiring his mechanical engineering degree at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in Montreal and a PMP degree with the Project Management Institute in Newark Square, PA. He founded the company (initially called vadimUS) in 2017.
Passion: Dan likes to work with his hands at home, especially when he has to build with imagination.