OUR TEAM

CLAUDE DUGUAY, PHD
Founder and Scientific Advisor
Claude received his PhD in Geography (Remote Sensing and Climatology) from the University of Waterloo, where he now holds a professorship and Research Chair. He brings extensive experience in remote sensing and environmental modelling, and a broad network of international collaborators. Claude provides scientific guidance on projects conducted at H2O Geomatics.

KIANA ZOLFAGHARI, PHD
Lead Remote Sensing Scientist
Kiana received her PhD in Geography (Remote Sensing) from the University of Waterloo, where she is on the cutting edge of research in the field of remote sensing. Leveraging her experience with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, as well as in academia, Kiana leads efforts on the development of retrieval algorithms from EO data.

PAVEL BORDIOUG, B.ENG
Director of Marketing and Business Development
Pavel graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor’s of Mechanical Engineering and has leveraged his experience developing products, bringing cutting edge software to market and forging client relationships at organizations from GM to Shoplogix and CIBC. He is the main point of contact for the development of partnerships.
DAVIS ALUKKA, B.MATH
Lead Platform Developer
Davis graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor's of Mathematics. As a full stack developer with an eclectic background in product design, development, sales and marketing, Davis is leveraging his technical skills to manage the development and deployment of web platforms in support of projects conducted at H2O Geomatics.
YUHAO (MARK) WU, MSC
Geospatial Data Scientist
Mark received his MSc in Geography (Remote Sensing) from the University of Waterloo, where he gained an extensive background in remote sensing, data science, and machine learning. Mark provides support on the conceptualization and implementation of retrieval algorithms for the processing of large EO datasets.