LEADERSHIP TEAM

LEADERSHIP, TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL EXPERTISE CONVERGE TO DELIVER THE IDEON VISION.

Gary Agnew

CEO & CO-FOUNDER

Gary is a global executive, with 25+ years in the industrial/B2B markets, developing and commercializing innovative new products, services and solutions.

Gary is a visionary with strong operational credentials and a track record of building teams that deliver extraordinary results.

Most recently, Gary founded the Finning Digital division and scaled revenue to $500m in 3 years, delivering profitability in <24 months.

Doug Schouten

CTO & CO-FOUNDER

Doug is a global leader in muon tomography and one of the few people in the world with the expertise to turn muon research into industrial problems solved.

Doug holds a BSc. (Hons) in  physics and computer science from UBC, and a PhD in subatomic physics from SFU.

Doug also has extensive expertise in computer simulation, data analysis and statistical inference – including machine learning methods and detector physics.

Krysta Chapman

CFO

Krysta, a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA) and Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder, is a financial executive with over 15 years’ progressive success leading accounting, tax, and financial strategy for international venture capital and financing organizations.

Her experience includes CFO and senior finance roles at Winshear Gold, Tectonic Metals, Sandstorm Gold, and Pathway Capital (where she managed several private and public mining companies).

Kim Lawrence

VP, TALENT & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Kim handles employee experience and culture, talent management, brand and customer experience, marketing, communications, government engagement, and community relations.

Kim holds a B.A (Hons) from Queen’s and a graduate diploma in Business Management (Asia-Pacific) from Capilano University.

Most recently, she served for 8 years as CMO at the University of Calgary, building a team that drove a double-digit increase in likelihood to recommend.

David Gionet

DIRECTOR, PROJECT DELIVERY

David works with teams of technical and non-technical colleagues within and beyond Ideon to ensure delivery of major project and relationship outcomes critical to the company’s success.

David earned a Master of Management Sciences in Management of Technology from Waterloo and a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill.

He worked at MDA for many years in a range of technical roles and leading business development activities for space-based Earth observation for international markets, including oil & gas and mining.

SUBJECT-MATTER EXPERTS

ALIGNING STRATEGY, PEOPLE, PROCESSES, AND TECHNOLOGY.

Koos Van Nieuwkoop

RESEARCH & INNOVATION ASSOCIATE

Koos has a PhD in subatomic physics and honed his craft searching for and measuring the Higgs boson with the Large Hadron Collider.

Max Howarth

PRINCIPAL DATA SCIENTIST

Max is the architect of Ideon’s enterprise-wide capabilities for multi-dataset analyses and machine learning.

Ben Barbour

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Ben is busy developing and testing the mechanic elements for our next-generation borehole sensor.

Adebayo Ojo

GEOPHYSICAL ANALYST

Ojo has his PhD in Geophysics and applies his extensive global experience to exploring and modelling mineral exploration applications of the Ideon Discovery Platform.

Margot Dupont

GEOLOGIST/GEOPHYSICIST

Margot earned a master’s in geoscience and is applying her experience in the uranium industry to modelling, analyzing, and interpreting mineral exploration applications of the Ideon Discovery Platform.

Brad Duffy

LAB COORDINATOR & MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN

Brad keeps our manufacturing lab running as slickly as possible while also applying his expertise and care to the production of our patented muon detectors.

Mu-izz Gbadamosi

MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN

Mu-izz helps to build and test our advanced subsurface imaging detectors, conducting quality checks and in-process inspections along the way.

Kyle Stetsko-Kallin

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Kyle helps to develop and test the mechanical aspects of the world’s first 3D density-imaging muon tomography system to be deployed down industry-standard boreholes.

Manmohan Singh Badhesa

MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN

Manny helps to build and test our advanced subsurface imaging detectors, conducting quality checks and in-process inspections along the way.

Holly Hughes

OFFICE & PEOPLE COORDINATOR

Holly is the glue that keeps our operation running smoothly and efficiently.

Randy Khoshaba

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Randy is working on refining and strengthening our code base, and developing user interface components for our advanced subsurface intelligence discovery platform.

Vera Xu

BUYER/PURCHASING SPECIALIST

Vera works with us part-time but is fully committed to sourcing and orchestrating all of the parts and equipment we need to bring you world-leading borehole muon tomography.

Zac Warnes

DATA ENGINEER

Zac defines data integrity challenges and then applies his analytical and organizational skills to solving them.

Christen Chu

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Christen handles our accounting operations, including reporting, records, controls, and budgets.

Sam Kunwar

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICIST

 Sam is focused on building out our capabilities for muon tomography projects, geophysical inversions, and targeting technologies — developing a deep understanding of its applications in mineral exploration and other sectors.

Abelardo Pérez Gil

PROJECT GEOPHYSICIST

Abelardo plays a direct role in bringing client projects to fruition, traveling to site and actively organizing/managing field deployments; monitoring data acquisition and processing; and ultimately delivering impactful customer outcomes.

Leah Ringwald

TALENT SPECIALIST

Chances are, if you join us here at Ideon, Leah is one of the first people you’ll meet. Lucky you!

Guus Lammers

JUNIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Guus chose Ideon as his first job after university! He is working on developing new features and components for our subsurface imaging discovery platform.

Kelsey MacNeil

WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE

The more we build and ship, the more our warehouse needs the attention of an organized, capable person like Kelsey!

Brittany Tsui

MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN

Brittany helps to build and test our advanced subsurface imaging detectors, conducting quality checks and in-process inspections along the way.

Hoang Nguyen

MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN

Hoang helps to build and test our advanced subsurface imaging detectors, conducting quality checks and in-process inspections along the way.

CULTURE

WHAT WE BELIEVE; HOW WE WORK TOGETHER.


VISION 
Transforming subsurface discovery.™

MISSION 
Deliver subsurface intelligence that accelerates the world’s transition to low-impact mining.

VALUES 
These values represent the beliefs, philosophies, and principles that drive our business. They describe what we stand for, shape our behaviour, and inform our decisions.

We use them to determine if we are on the right path to fulfilling our ambitious goals without compromising what’s important to us.

  • Driven by industry, informed by science
    We solve industry problems with scientific rigour: listening carefully, analyzing the data, and developing solutions that our clients – and the planet – cannot live without.
  • Inspired to create, wired to deliver
    We’re imaginative, creating new possibilities and embracing the diversity of thought and experience within our team to move with urgency, learn from our failures, and execute masterfully.
  • Unified as a team, personally accountable
    We have each other’s backs and operate with integrity, respect, and empathy. Success depends on leaving egos at the door, celebrating our differences, delivering promises, and owning the outcome together.
  • Boldly ambitious, exceptionally human
    We think big and have the courage to blaze new trails. We’re in this business to win, but that doesn’t mean we compromise on doing the right thing for our people, our clients, and our world.

CAREERS

HELP SHAPE A CANADIAN INNOVATION STORY.

By joining Ideon’s visionary team, you will realize a tremendous opportunity for professional growth to build a successful career. We believe in inventive thinking, continuous learning, and providing a leading-edge environment where individual skills and attributes are valued.

We are always looking for talented individuals. Even if you do not see a current job opening that matches your skill set, please send us your resume anyway.  Please submit your resume and cover letter articulating your interest in Ideon to [email protected]

Current Openings