{
  "title": "About",
  "tagline": "Your partner in satellite-based water and cryosphere intelligence",
  "heroText": "Headquartered at the <link3>Accelerator Centre</link3> in Waterloo, Canada.",
  "story": {
    "title": "Our Story",
    "paragraph1": "H<sub>2</sub>O Geomatics originated as a research spin-off from the <link1>University of Waterloo</link1>—Canada's leading institution in remote sensing and ranked among the top twenty globally (2025)—driven by a mission to revolutionize how we observe and understand water using satellite technologies.",
    "paragraph2": "From our headquarters at the <link3>Accelerator Centre</link3> in the <link2>Waterloo tech corridor</link2>, we combine cutting-edge AI with physics-based models to deliver actionable insights for Arctic monitoring, cryosphere analysis, and water resource management. Today, we serve clients from the government, energy, and environmental sectors navigating an era of rapid climate change.",
    "paragraph3": "In 2023, we established <link4>Hydro-EO</link4> in Portugal, our wholly-owned European subsidiary. H<sub>2</sub>O Geomatics develops and validates the science; Hydro-EO turns it into operational products and decision-support systems for the liquid-water continuum — inland waters, transitional environments and the coast. Together, the two companies cover water systems from the solid to the liquid phase."
  },
  "mission": {
    "title": "Our Mission",
    "description": "To provide reliable and actionable water and cryosphere intelligence through innovative Earth observation solutions, enabling better decisions for a sustainable future."
  },
  "vision": {
    "title": "Our Vision",
    "description": "To be a global leader in satellite-based cryosphere and cold-region water science, driving positive change in how the world understands, monitors, and protects water resources and cold regions."
  },
  "values": {
    "title": "Core Values",
    "scientific": {
      "title": "Scientific Excellence",
      "description": "Rigorous research and validation underpin everything we do"
    },
    "innovation": {
      "title": "Innovation",
      "description": "Pushing the boundaries of Earth observation technology"
    },
    "impact": {
      "title": "Impact",
      "description": "Creating meaningful solutions for real-world challenges"
    },
    "partnership": {
      "title": "Partnership",
      "description": "Working closely with partners, agencies, and end-users"
    }
  },
  "team": {
    "title": "Leadership",
    "description": "Our team brings together world-class expertise in remote sensing, hydrology, cryosphere science, and software engineering.",
    "labels": {
      "fieldsOfExpertise": "FIELDS OF EXPERTISE",
      "academicBackground": "ACADEMIC BACKGROUND",
      "previous": "PREVIOUSLY",
      "viewProfile": "View full profile",
      "contact": "CONTACT",
      "email": "Email",
      "linkedin": "LinkedIn",
      "scholar": "Google Scholar",
      "close": "Close"
    },
    "members": {
      "claudeDuguay": {
        "role": "Founder",
        "expertise": "Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing; Numerical Modelling; Machine Learning; Cryosphere; Land Surface Hydrology; Climatology",
        "academic": "Physical Geography (BSc) | GIS (MA) | Remote Sensing & Climatology (PhD)",
        "previous": "Professor and University Research Chair in Cryosphere & Hydrosphere from Space at the University of Waterloo"
      },
      "justinMurfitt": {
        "role": "Lead Research Scientist",
        "expertise": "Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing; Radiative Transfer Modelling; Cryosphere; Training",
        "academic": "Physical Geography and GIS (BSc) | Physical Geography (MSc) | Remote Sensing (PhD)"
      },
      "jayaSree": {
        "role": "Lead Data Scientist",
        "expertise": "Satellite Altimetry; Machine Learning; Spatial Analytics; Cryosphere; Hydrology",
        "academic": "Geomatics Engineering (BEng) | Physical Geography (MSc) | GISP® (2026)"
      },
      "samuelJohnston": {
        "role": "Lead Software Developer",
        "expertise": "Software Development; Data Engineering; Machine Learning",
        "academic": "Computer Science (BCS)"
      },
      "yusofGhiasi": {
        "role": "Research Scientist",
        "expertise": "GNSS-R; Cryosphere; Ocean; Surface Water; Soil Moisture",
        "academic": "Geomatics Engineering (BEng) | Geodesy & Physical Geography (MSc) | Remote Sensing (PhD)"
      }
    }
  }
}