Dr. Boucher founded AR2Tech in 2010 with the goal of distributing state-of-the-art geostatistical
algorithms to clients
and to the geomodeling community. After having spent three years conducting research and teaching
geostatistics at
Stanford University, he saw the needs for a nimble organization that could bring the best and the
latest algorithms to
the industries through software and consulting
Significant time and effort were devoted during the first years at AR2tech to modernize, upgrade and
expand the geostatistical open-source software SGeMS into a flexible platform capable to accommodate
difficult geomodeling problems. Dr. Boucher programming skills combined with his deep knowledge of
both classical and modern geostatistics allows for elegant solutions to complex geospatial problems
that may not be found anywhere else. He is an expert in conditional simulation, data integration and
risk assessment.
Dr. Boucher received his PhD in geostatistics from Stanford University, an MPhil from the University of Queensland in
mining geostatistics and a degree in geological engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. He was Acting
Assistant Professor at Stanford University from 2007 to 2010 where he taught geostatistics. He is a developer of the
SGeMS open source geostatistical software and co-authored the book
Applied
Geostatistics with SGeMS. He has published
more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings and has been speaker at various conferences. He is
currently consulting professor at the Energy Resources Engineering department at Stanford University.