Director at Canadian Space Commerce Association
British Columbia, Canada
- Current
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- CEO and Founder at Hyperix Search, Inc.
- Director at Canadian Space Commerce Association
- Director at Moonviews LLC
- CEO/Co-Founder at Mars Institute
- CEO/Co-Founder at SpaceRef Interactive Inc.
- CEO and Founder at aTerra Technologies Corp.
- Past
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- Founder at Maple Square
- Education
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- Concordia University
- CEGEP - John Abbott College
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Marc Boucher’s Summary
Marc Boucher is an entrepreneur, technologist, explorer and bon vivant. He came into his own when spurred on by his brother, he decided to start his first business in 1991 and hasn't looked back since.
Boucher is the founder of Hyperix Search, Inc., aTerra Technologies Corp., co-founder of SpaceRef Interactive and the Mars Institute.
Since 1991 has been on bleeding edge of Internet trends and has been described as an Internet visionary. Products he's launched include SportsWorld (1992), @Canadas.net (1995), Maple Square (1996) and SpaceRef.com (1999). In 2002 he co-founded the Mars Institute a not for profit research institute focusing on science and exploration of the planet Mars and has since concluded contracts with the Canadian Space Agency, NASA and others.
Currently Boucher is also developing a vertical search platform, building on existing technologies previously developed at Maple Square combined with new technologies.
Marc Boucher’s Specialties:
Technology ideas and development, vertical search
Marc Boucher’s Experience
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CEO and Founder
Hyperix Search, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Hyperix Search, Inc., "Making Vertical Search Smarter", is a greater Vancouver based search engine technology company.
We have developed a vertical search platform used to create specialty, or vertical, search engines.
The Hyperix vertical search platform is the result of many years of hard work by many individuals. Currently our web crawlers are actively gathering data which we are using to test our platform. -
Director
Canadian Space Commerce Association
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
The Canadian Space Commerce Association is a collaboration of Canadian entrepreneurs interested in the commercial opportunities available in the development of space and opening the space frontier. The CSCA exists to advance a favorable economic, legal and political environment for Canadian entrepreneurs in this field, and to promote positive public recognition of the socioeconomic benefits to all Canadians from investing in this development.
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Director
Moonviews LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Defense & Space industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
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CEO/Co-Founder
Mars Institute
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Research industry)
October 2002 — Present (6 years 1 month)
I was a principal co-founder of the Mars Institute in 2002 along with Pascal Lee. The stated purpose of the Mars Institute is to further the scientific study, exploration, and public understanding of Mars.
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CEO/Co-Founder
SpaceRef Interactive Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1999 — Present (9 years 4 months)
I co-founded SpaceRef Interactive Inc. in 1999 to aggregate aerospace, space exploration, and space science information into a network of sites. Currently SpaceRef has 19 sites in it's network with a monthly audience of over 600,000 unique visitors.
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CEO and Founder
aTerra Technologies Corp.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1993 — Present (15 years 5 months)
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Founder
Maple Square
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1995 — February 2003 (8 years 2 months)
I launched Maple Square, Canada's Internet Directory in January 1996 and sold it in 2003. During that time I secured deals to have the Maple Square search engine power the Sympatico and AOL Canada searches.
Marc Boucher’s Education
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Concordia University
Did not complete a degree, became an entrepreneur instead and have never looked back.
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CEGEP - John Abbott College
Additional Information
Marc Boucher’s Websites:
Marc Boucher’s Interests:
vertical search, space exploration, mars
Marc Boucher’s Groups:
Canadian Space Commerce Association, Planetary Society, SpaceWard Games, Mars Institute
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Official American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Marc Boucher’s Honors:
1996 - Awarded "Best On-line Service" in Canada at annual Canadian Internet Awards.
Marc Boucher’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
