Jean-Marc has joined Geovariances in 2013 as Consulting and Training Manager. After a Master degree in geological engineering, and a PhD in Geostatistics, he worked in the Oil Industry for 24 years. After 7 years as GeoModelling software product manager for IFP group, he joined Beicip-Franlab consultancy division as Geologist, specialized in rock-typing and geological modelling. He became Reservoir Engineer in 2004 and worked on several simulation projects (history match and forecasts). As Principal Advisor for Modelling, he was in charge of studies review and assistance to junior engineers. He was often involved in training sessions for national companies’ young specialists. As Project Director, he has led several integrated studies. Jean-Marc worked on many giant fields, like Ghawar, Greater Burgan, Cantarell, Upper Zakum, Hassi Messaoud.

Christianne is a mining engineer graduated from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil and with a Master in Exploitation and Storage of Mineral Resources from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy. She joined Geovariances in 2014. Christianne is involved in Mining consulting projects and trainings activities.

Matthieu joined Geovariances in 2007 after graduating from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie de Nancy – France as a geologist engineer specialized in Hydrodynamics and Reservoir Engineering (sedimentology, hydrodynamics, geotechnics). As a geostatistics consultant, Matthieu is involved in numerous consulting and training projects in both basic and advanced geostatistics for the Oil & Gas and Mining industries. So, he has run numerous training courses in Oil & Gas geostatistics on various topics: from property mapping to advanced reservoir characterization, through to time-depth conversion and seismic filtering, both for national and international oil companies. Matthieu has also been involved in consulting and mentoring projects dealing with 3D reservoir characterization, velocity model building and geostatistical seismic filtering. For the mining industry, he has successfully achieved consulting studies in the areas of conditional simulations, scenario reduction, recoverable resources calculations, border analysis. Besides, Matthieu provides technical assistance to Isatis users and contributes to Isatis documentation.

Since joining Geovariances early 2013, Hélène is mainly involved in Oil & Gas consulting and training activities. Hélène has 6 years of experience in geostatistical consulting, mainly applied to geophysics, in particular seismic data QC & filtering, time to depth conversion and related topics. She is graduated from University Paris 6, France with a master in Geosciences and a speciality in geophysics.

Yvon Desnoyers has now 10 years’ experience in consulting, mentoring and training as a geostatistician expert at Geovariances. His main proficiency fields are sampling optimization and radiological characterization of nuclear facilities and contaminated sites to drive decommissioning & dismantling and remediation projects. Yvon is actively involved in numerous working groups and R&D projects as well (France, Europe and international organizations).

Claire joined Geovariances in 2010. Graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie de Rennes – France with a diploma of agronomic engineering and a speciality in applied statistics, she spent two years and a half within the Geostatistical team of Mines ParisTech as a research assistant. At Geovariances, Claire is mainly involved in Environmental consulting projects and trainings and also takes part in the Isatis technical support and documentation.

Clare has 18 years mining experience in mining geology, planning and geotechnical engineering roles. She has specific expertise in geotechnical and geological characterisation, numerical modelling, and medium to long-term mine design and scheduling. Clare has a B.Eng. (Hons) in Geological Engineering from RMIT University and a PhD from the University of Queensland. Her PhD work involved the application of a statistical approach to evaluate and improve existing empirical design methods for predicting instability and caving. She is a member of the AusIMM and AIG.

David joined the team in February 2009 as a specialist Mathematical Analyst. David obtained a BSc with Honours at the University of Queensland, achieving First Class Honours and being awarded a University Medal. On completion of this degree he undertook a Master of Philosophy degree in Physics.