Our biggest pride

We are all these humans.

Jean says that an idea and a laptop are enough to change the world ! Graduate in computer science at Laval University, he is chosen to obtain a scholarship in artificial intelligence. Very early, Jean is noticed by a New York firm to work on high frequency trading algorithms. He will then have the chance to work in what is called Fortune 500 companies on many large projects. This is when he will notice the burden on sales teams to produce bids. Inventor at heart and wanting to improve things, he will design algorithms in artificial intelligence to simplify the submission process. Today, being Umaneo's CEO pushes him to give the best of himself and provides him with the opportunity to be in continuous learning. Although he is particularly fond of listening to the needs of customers to provide useful and innovative solutions, Jean can use his visionary side by being responsible for the strategic decisions of the company.

Jean Morissette

CEO — Co-founder

Hélène-Sarah is passionate about translating life in mathematic equations in order to understand it better or to make good decisions. Her biggest dream is to create a Unusual Research Centre. More specifically, she holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at Polytechnique Montréal. She previously obtained her Masters in Analytical Management Methods and her B.A.A. Operations Management Specialization. During her career, she was also a lecturer at the Department of Decision Sciences at HEC Montréal and coordinator for the IVADO Data Philanthropy Hub. At Umaneo, Hélène-Sarah evolves as a data scientist where she merges perfectly her scientific experience and her extraordinary human and interpersonal skills. Hélène-Sarah embodies dynamism : she is always ready for a pitch competition or a run! For her, Umaneo's meant to be is to put happiness and ease into business processes, even when they can be as cumbersome and complex as submitting to public tenders.

Hélène-Sarah Bécotte

Data Scientist — Ph.D.

Jérôme advocates education, added value and productivity. His specialty: to make data talk. It's not easy, but with his academic background more than complete, his multiple job experiences, as well as his rigor at work and his resourcefulness, Jerome brilliantly makes it work ! At Laval University, he holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, a Certificate in Computer Science and an Integrated Bachelor's degree in Economics and Mathematics, he even started a Master's degree in Economics. Jérôme combines programming, mathematics, statistics and data analysis to meet the needs of the business. A great sportsman, he is constantly on the lookout for new challenges to be tackled both in the sports he practices and in the many fields that interests him. In life, Jérôme prefers to work with sociable and organized colleagues, so he is fulfilled at Umaneo!

Jérôme Bédard

Data scientist

Entrepreneur and advisor, Sébastien is involved in more than a dozen startups, and he loves it! At Umaneo, he focuses on go-to-market strategies. For example, he helped set up a repeatable SaaS commercialization process. Sébastien's work allows Umaneo to refine its value proposition and strengthen the positioning of the solution Aloha App on the market. He is passionate about what he does, and that is reflected a lot in his work. Always patient and jovial, Sébastien offers the team relevant tools, good sales practices and sound advice.

Sébastien Leduc

Strategic advisor

Cumulating more than 9 years of experience in development and management of teams, projects, partnerships, communication and international recruitment, Catherine is now determined to be part of the evolution of the working world. It’s with a human centered perspective and a value-added approach that she is responsible for Aloha.app business development. Catherine is also involved in Umaneo’s recruitment strategy and processes and has a keen interest in reinventing the organization practices with her colleagues. Passionate and committed, Catherine demonstrates great professionalism in her actions. Always positive, her competency and efficiency add to the Umaneo’s team and projects trustworthiness.

Catherine Plasse-Ferland

Development Director, Business and Humans

Graduate in industrial computer science, Martin becomes a master of programming by sharpening his art over the years in the largest computer firms in Quebec. Driven by challenges, Martin constantly seeks to stand out from the competition. In charge of studying new technological opportunities, his exceptional technical skills and his knowledge of bid processes allows him to realize to their full potential the ambitious development projects of Umaneo. Martin wants to make a real impact in the world, he aims to shape better environments of work by simplifying the tasks of companies and their employees. With his hard work and his boundless perseverance, for him, nothing is insurmountable.

Martin Labrecque

CTO — Co-founder

Nicolas is a skilled professional in deep learning, machine learning, natural language processing, artificial intelligence and information extraction. He is also an Information Technology Ph.D. candidate at Laval University and holds a Master’s degree in Computer Sciences. Nicolas founded Machine Learning Québec in 2017, an artificial intelligence community that organizes events for students and enthusiasts of the industry. Keen to share is knowledge, he is also a teacher, a project evaluator and he creates tutorials and publishes articles. Umaneo is proud to collaborate with Nicolas, a young expert that can easily balance calmness and patience with precision and efficiency, making any type of work a whole lot easier.

Nicolas Garneau

Technology advisor

Jessica has a Bachelor's degree in Language Science and is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Computer Linguistics at Laval University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Working these days as a researcher in natural language processing (NLP), she has also been a research assistant in the computer science and software engineering department of Laval University. Her various NLP projects have allowed her to perfect herself, amongst other things, in semantic analysis and automatic correction. At Umaneo, Jessica evolves as a researcher in natural language processing by working on the matching of requests to products.

Jessica Carrier

Researcher NLP

Pierre chose an active and useful retirement at the end of a career alternating functional positions and operational responsibilities. His area of expertise started with tube electronics and has evolved with modern computer components and their use. Being a French engineer who graduated from Télécom Lille, Pierre spent his entire career as an official of the French State before settling in Quebec. In many organizations that have employed him, Pierre has developed, answered and won invitations to tender from public and private organizations, and brings his knowledge of the processes, the rules and the contents of tenders, heart of the activity of Umaneo. In the company, Pierre helps with the programming and technological support of various facets of the project. His experiences also allow him to support Jean, CEO of Umaneo, in the uncertainties that can live a leader of any company.

Pierre Martel

Technological mentor — Eng.

Justine obtained her Bachelor's degree in Language Science and is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Computer Linguistics at Laval University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Formerly a research assistant in speech-language pathology at Laval University's Rehabilitation Department, she is now a researcher in natural language processing (NLP) at Umaneo. Her NLP skills have allowed her to work, amongst other things, in artificial intelligence with neural networks, in algorithm design, and in automatic classification. At Umaneo, Justine works as a researcher on the automatic extraction of requests in tenders.

Justine Nollet

Researcher NLP

Antoine has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and is currently pursuing his master's degree in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence at the Laval Univesity's Faculty of Science and Engineering. Eager for knowledge, Antoine also studied in Norway at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) where he perfected his English and deepened his programming skills. During his studies, he was in charge of a multitude of Web development projects for several organizations. Always ready to take on new challenges, Antoine also worked as a business development consultant during a trade mission to China where he brilliantly fulfilled his mandate: to find potential partners and new clients for a Quebec IT firm. Bold, creative, versatile, Antoine is an asset at Umaneo where he contributes to the development of the company's software, working mainly in artificial intelligence.

Antoine Guay

Software Developer AI

Émilien is a user experience designer specializing in application that has been evolving for more than 10 years in communications agencies and as an independent worker, in France and in Quebec. He worked on projects for Bombardier, Quebecor, Gestev, amongst many others. Émilien has repeatedly experimented the tedious task of responding to calls for tenders and is driven today by the desire to simplify and optimize the daily lives of respondents to public contracts. Émilien works in partnership with Umaneo's clients to fully understand their realities and needs. Its main goal is to streamline and reduce the submission process by using Design Thinking (Lean UX). He also oversees the organization's social policy (quantitative and qualitative management of human resources).

Émilien Edmond

Designer — Partner

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