Team

Jean-Michel Lavarenne is a seasoned entrepreneur and the visionary CEO of Monarq, leading a fantastic team of specialists that provide innovative solutions for modern business challenges. With over 20 years of experience in technology and digital transformation, he has successfully driven growth and fostered a culture of creativity and collaboration within his team. Under JM’s leadership, Monarq has developed cutting-edge tools that help organizations streamline operations and enhance customer engagement. JM is also a certified permaculture designer and a musician.

João is a Drupal developer with great interest in AI, Machine Learning and Game Development with a penchant for the C++ language. He has been working with Drupal since 2011. He first collaborated with JM in 2015 when they worked on a project for theeconomist.com on behalf of a Canadian agency. Since then their collaboration has grown to the point where they work on all projects together. When it comes to software development, João can do absolutely everything.

Rodrigo is a Drupal developer who has a strong interest in coding and gaming, as well as having a deep affection to anything that touches nature and the environment. He first started coding in 2013 and has since then joined the ranks of Monarq in 2022. His first project with the team was to develop the front-end of a carbon calculator used to evaluate the carbon footprint of tourists coming to Montreal, on behalf of Tourisme Montreal. Rodrigo is a reliable and hard-working developer on which the team can count on for any given project.

Charles is a web project manager who majored in business administration, specializing in finance and business analysis in the information technology environment. He started with Monarq over the summer of 2022 for an internship and worked alongside JM who helped him refine his managing skills. He first started working on projects for Tourisme Montreal (mtl.org) and has since then worked on various other projects as well as giving client support.

Bruna is an artistic director holding a bachelor's degree in Advertising and Marketing and has been working in the communications sector since 2012, learning a lot wherever she goes. A mother of two cats, she is a lover of fantasy literature and passionate about Japanese culture and art in all its forms. She believes wholeheartedly that good communication is the way to a better world.

Helen Eady is a creative & art director with over 10 years agency experience, and a BFA from UBC. She has worked in all areas of the industry, designing packaging and print materials, editorial layout, branding, art direction for video and leading digital projects for web and social. A passion for good design, bringing a sense of beauty and whimsy to her work, her aim is to make the world a better place through supporting clients who value the same.

Adriano is a full-stack developer with a degree in Information Systems who has over 16 years of experience with web development and more than 10 years with Drupal and PHP. As a Drupal developer, he has experience with creating custom modules and themes, configuring contributed modules and migrating old Drupal sites. As a front-end developer, he has technical competence in developing responsive layouts and using tools like Twig, Sass, CSS, jQuery and others.

Guilherme is a software engineer passionate about web development. While he has a vast understanding of Drupal, as well as tremendous Javascript and PHP experience, he also has worked a lot with the Go programming language. He also is a Linux expert.

Camilo has been working with Drupal since 2011, and as a developer since 2002. His expertise has grown to encompass mobile application development as well as the Go programming language.

Éric is a front-end developer and web accessibility expert. He first collaborated with JM in 2012 when they worked together on the Montreal public transit system site (stm.info) on behalf of a Montreal agency. He then went on to found his own agency, and has since been a regular partner on Monarq projects. You can find out more about Éric on giov.io