Great technology is built by teams of great individuals. Datacratic is a collective of people who share a passion for technology, innovation and creativity that extends beyond the workplace and into society at large.
Our people are also artists, musicians, hackers, athletes, visionaries and social collaborators. Working together at Datacratic, we design and build elegant solutions for complex problems. We think outside the black box when it comes to democratizing big data.
  Jeremy Barnes
Founder & CTO Jeremy Barnes
Founder & CTO
An engineer, researcher, computer scientist and runner, in that order, Jeremy loves a challenge. He has started two companies specializing in the use of machine learning to solve real world problems using real world data—Idilia Inc and Datacratic (previously Recoset). At Idilia, he invented many of the linguistic algorithms and the core architecture of the technology, which was built on top of a fast, flexible, machine learning library called JML (Jeremy’s Machine Learning library). In 2009, Jeremy co-founded Datacratic, where he has continued to lead the way and innovate in the field of real-time machine learning. He studied at Australian National University, and was awarded the University Medal for his Engineering degree. He turned down a prestigious Regent’s scholarship from University of California, choosing instead to implement his ideas at Idilia. He has two patents pending on the key ideas of Idilia’s system. Jeremy recently placed second in the international GitHub data analysis contest, and third in the AUSDM data mining competition. |
  James Prudhomme
CEO James Prudhomme
CEO
James is a creative, resourceful innovator. A seasoned executive, he brings over 15 years of experience in the digital media ecosystem to Datacratic. His unparalleled hands-on experience with ad networks and real-time ad-exchanges is coupled with an appreciation for how big data is changing the industry. Before joining Datacratic, James held a variety of increasingly senior positions in the digital media industry at Yahoo, AOL and Sympatico / MSN, and was the General Manager of Advertising.com Canada. After leaving Ad.com, James consulted to many of Canada’s leading digital publishers, including Yellow Pages Group, Rogers Digital Media and The Globe and Mail. |
  nicolas [at] datacratic.com Nicolas Kruchten
Head of Product Engineering Nicolas Kruchten
Head of Product Engineering
Nicolas is proud to be an adaptable, generalist software engineer who always strives to use the right tool for the job. He firmly believes in engineers’ responsibility and ability to make a positive difference in the world. His interests include data visualization, control systems, economic modeling and agile methods. Nicolas’ passion for technology and artificial intelligence started when he was 14, programming virtual robots in Reverse Polish Notation and real robots in assembler. He studied Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, where he specialized in Intelligent Transportation Systems. His drive to improve the world led him to be an early contributor to the Engineers Without Borders movement in Canada. His experience includes transportation system modeling, distributed evolutionary algorithms and mobile phone network performance analysis. He has been known to tinker with hardware at home, recently having modified his espresso machine to be controllable from his iPhone. nicolas [at] datacratic.com
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  Sunil Rottoo
Head of Platform Engineering Sunil Rottoo
Head of Platform Engineering
Sunil has years of experience working for early phase startups as a senior software engineer. This experience, combined with his expertise in building large-scale distributed and multi-threaded systems, make him a perfect fit for Datacratic. |
  mark@datacratic.com Mark Weiss
Head of Client Solutions and Sales Engineering Mark Weiss
Head of Client Solutions and Sales Engineering
With 17 years experience as an engineer and engineering manager, Mark is more than at home working with clients and integrating Datacratic’s unique optimization platform. His passion is in building data-driven systems and at Datacratic he puts it into play as he focuses on product solution engineering. Starting with a Masters in Computer Science from New York University, Mark has taken his career to great places: VP of Engineering at Magnetic and the Associate Director of Architecture at Wireless Generation. Committed to his craft, Mark experiments and learns as he writes his own software. mark@datacratic.com
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  François Maillet
Head of Machine Learning François Maillet
Head of Machine Learning
François started with Datacratic in 2011 as a Machine Learning Specialist. Today he leads the team in research and development, collaborating with clients and applying machine learning to solve their problems while further developing Datacratic’s machine learning platform and predictive modeling solutions. |
  marc@datacratic.com Marc Vieira-Cardinal
Head of Operations and Infrastructure Marc Vieira-Cardinal
Head of Operations and Infrastructure
In grade 8 Marc created a computer controlled robot arm for the science fair and so his love for engineering was born. Today his passion for computer science is hard at work at Datacratic. Staying true to his robotic roots, he now builds tools that work to ensure the synergy between various components of the Datacratic infrastructure. An ever evolving architecture, Marc meets these challenges with innovation and enthusiasm. marc@datacratic.com
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  eric@datacratic.com Éric Robert
Senior Software Developer (Platform Engineering) Éric Robert
Senior Software Developer (Platform Engineering)
Éric was attracted to Datacratic specifically because it applies machine learning to real-time big data streams. The idea of these two technological domains being worked in tandem was a recipe for innovation which he had to be a part of. As Senior Software Developer on the platform team he works to provide the foundation on which Datacratic products are developed. Éric’s background is as a software architect and console game developer. He studied at Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and today at CRIM he teaches the introductory and advanced C++ course. eric@datacratic.com
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  Wolfgang Sourdeau
Senior Software Developer (Product Engineering) Wolfgang Sourdeau
Senior Software Developer (Product Engineering)
With discipline and desire Wolfgang taught himself to be the developer he is today. His appetite for mathematics and computer science pointed his career towards product engineering. As Senior Software developer at Datacratic, he works on integrating complex systems and turning applications into products. For Wolfgang, software development is a craftwork that requires both art and science. In the past he contributed to Mozilla Thunderbird, enhanced the Exchange protocol support in OpenChange, was the main developer of SOGo for 6 years and is now a Debian alumni. He is also a strong advocate of the FLOSS philosophy. |
  christine@datacratic.com Christine Desmarais
Senior Machine Learning Specialist Christine Desmarais
Senior Machine Learning Specialist
Christine is one of the few people we know who opted not to stay in sunny California where she studied and worked… on account of the weather. In addition to winter, Christine is drawn to challenges involving both mathematics and creative thought, making her a natural fit for the Research and Development team. A Rhodes Scholar, Christine initially sharpened her business acumen as a management consultant. However her geekiness got the better of her: she has since worked on flight simulators and conducted neuroscience research in grasp control. Christine obtained a Masters degree in Computational Mathematics at Stanford University and is delighted to be exploring ideas at Datacratic which she encountered in assistive AI research. christine@datacratic.com
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  François-Michel L'Heureux
Developer (Product Engineering) François-Michel L'Heureux
Developer (Product Engineering)
Working closely with R&D, François-Michel adapts new technologies so that they easily work for all of our clients’ needs. A graduate of the University of Montreal, François-Michel started his career working with real-time solutions on a VoIP Contact Center Solution software used worldwide. He was then recruited by a small consulting firm where he first started working with computer clusters. Previous to Datacratic, François-Michel worked at CTRNet on a biobanking open source software called ATiM where he became the core developer of the application - implementing more complex features and enhancing the user experience. |
  simon@datacratic.com Simon Lemieux
Machine Learning Specialist Simon Lemieux
Machine Learning Specialist
As part of the Research and Development team, Simon embraces the limitless possibilities that big data presents. Applying machine learning to prototype creative solutions and test them using real-life trials. A lover of music and math, Simon did his undergrad in math and holds a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Montreal. His thesis was on machine learning applied to music. Then at College Lionel-Groulx, Simon focused purely on the numbers and taught math. Today, Simon is staying true to his passions as he solves data problems with great rhythm and advanced machine learning. simon@datacratic.com
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  Rémi Attab
Systems Programmer Rémi Attab
Systems Programmer
As the Systems Programmer, Rémi splits his time between writing code, designing algorithms and chasing down nasty bugs. Passion and experimentation fuel Rémi’s days, as he works on complex data structures within their real-time constraints. While he studied software engineering at l’École de Technologie Supérieur (ÉTS), his real experience comes from research and curiosity for all things AI, real-time, distributed systems, concurrent and multi threaded algorithms. |
  wendy [at] datacratic.com Wendy Clubb
Office Manager Wendy Clubb
Office Manager
For more than 15 years, Wendy has been a manager/coordinator in many capacities. To support Datacratic’s rapid growth internally, Wendy was brought in to implement smart office procedures. As office manager, she works on developing and maintaining the daily Datacratic culture. Having worked as a Credit Manager for a finance company, Wendy knows how to run a well oiled machine and now, in this case - a well oiled real-time machine. wendy [at] datacratic.com
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  max@datacratic.com Max McCrea
Software Developer Max McCrea
Software Developer
A student at Concordia University, Max splits his time between studying computer science and testing out new machine learning techniques on rich datasets. Once a professional poker player, Max is now a self-professed data-scientist, designing and implementing exploratory machine learning systems on large-scale data sources. Constantly asking what and why, Max definitely has a bright future ahead of him. max@datacratic.com
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Steven Abrams is a partner in the IT Venture Fund. He joined the BDC in 2001, after almost nine years in investment banking with Scotia McLeod and two years as CFO of an interactive advertising agency. As a director in corporate finance, he participated in many IPOs, privatizations, M&A advisory mandates, and equity and debt financings for companies in sectors, including technology, transportation and telecommunications. For an Internet company, he raised a first round of venture capital, did three acquisitions, two startups, and helped grow the company from 20 people to 145.
Mr. Abrams holds an MBA in Finance from Cornell University and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from McGill University.
JS Cournoyer is co-founder and General Partner with Real Ventures and Montreal Start Up, Montreal-based venture capital funds investing in great entrepreneurs building world-class companies. He’s also co-founder of Founderfuel, a Montreal-based accelerator for web, mobile and software startups. JS is also an entrepreneur, having co-founded a number of companies over the years in the software and Internet space. He is the proud father of five wonderful children.
