Nicholas Valleau

Experience

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  Geotech Ltd.

  Sept 1983 - Aug 1987

  Project Manager & Software Supervisor

  Involved in extensive software development for specialised helicopter electromagnetic survey data processing and interpretation (for seawater bathymetry). Managed several major R & D projects in addition to prototype system testing throughout North America.

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  Dighem Surveys & Processing

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1994

  Manager, I-POWER Division

  Managed data processing services and advanced imaging software.

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  Geosoft Inc.

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  Manager Technical Services

  Provision and management of tehcnial services for our customers including technical support, traning and custom software development.

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  Geosoft Australia Pty Ltd

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2003

  Managing Director

  Managed startup and growth of this new company based in Australia. Business planning, personnel, administration, accounting, sales, marketing, customer technical support and technical services (training, custom software development). Company revenue grew profitably by a factor of more than 10 from 1996 to 2003, with 7 employees in 2003.

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  Geosoft Inc.

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2019

  As Near Surface Market Leader, I continued to expand Geosoft's global participation and business portfolio in the near surface sector, beginning with a focus on our existing unexploded ordnance (UXO) business and developing new opportunities to leverage our capabilities and technology into exciting new areas, to support our customers. This included environmental applications, infrastructure and geotechnical studies, and others.We support customers with software for geophysics, borehole surveys and other work to understand, map and analyze the subsurface on land and in the marine environment.As the primary go-to person for technical and business questions about the Near Surface market within Geosoft, I managed the product, pricing and promotion of related products and services, including the technical development roadmap. Show less As UXO Market Manager, I focussed on growing and improving Geosoft's global support of projects and organizations using our software for UneXploded Ordnance (UXO) detection and data analysis. The goal of such projects is to use geophysical methods to detect and classify munitions targets, in order to minimize the amount of digging required to assure a safe environment for future land uses. Geosoft has been working in this area for many years and is the de facto software standard for North American UXO work. It is also used extensively for underwater surveys in the North Sea to aid in infrastructure placement for large wind farms. Show less Role in business development and sales, developing advanced data management and custom development projects. Working with the North American sales team and their customers, building significant long-term relationships and corporate agreements with governments and exploration companies. Geoscientific data organization and management projects for North American customers. Also, developing significant relationships with key players in the unexploded ordnance (UXO) industry, and managing Geosoft business strategy and pre-eminence in this marketplace. Show less

  • Near Surface & Marine Market Leader

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2019

  • UXO Market Manager

    Mar 2012 - Dec 2013

  • Strategic Account Executive

    Jan 2005 - Mar 2012

  • Manager, Global Clients

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
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  Canadian Exploration Geophysics Society (KEGS)

  Jan 2008 - Dec 2012

  Past President

  Along with the other members of the Executive, we manage a suite of activities through the year to promote the use and understanding of geophysics, especially in Canada.This includes activities such as monthly technical meetings, an annual Symposium attended by over 100 people and several annual breakfasts across the country, with special keynote speakers at each. As well, we manage a paid membership list, monthly bulletins and links with other societies. We support the KEGS Foundation, a separate organization that provides scholarships to numerous students in Canada pursuing geophysical interests.This position is normally four years in tenure, rotating through the Excuitive positions of Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-President, Presdent and finally, Past President. Show less

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  Seequent (was Geosoft until Dec 2018)

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Customer Segment Lead - Near Surface and Marine

  As Near Surface Lead, I work to find new opportunities to deliver great business value to our current and future customers, primarily in near surface and marine applications. This includes work to advance our existing near surface and marine geophysics applications including unexploded ordnance (UXO) detection and analysis, as well as environmental and other related disciplines,.My role as Near Surface and Marine Market Lead provided a focus at Geosoft for all our work in UXO and other near surface geophysical applications. We continued to build and expand Geosoft's offerings for data processing and analysis of geophysics for UXO in both terrestrial and marine environments. This is built on our customers' needs, combined with our extensive UXO and geophysics experience. The objective is to make the user experience powerful, natural and simple. We also built and supporting applications for related capabilities such as cable and pipeline mapping, and geophysics software for customers in many other near surface applications.We will leverage our capabilities and technology into exciting new areas, to support our customers including environmental applications, infrastructure and civil/geotechnical studies, and others.Seequent supports customers with software for geophysics, borehole surveys and other work to understand, map and analyze the subsurface on land and in the marine environment. Show less

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  Nick's Contracting

  Jan 2020 - now

  Retired

  During the COVID19 pandemic, I hope all are staying healthy out there. Looking forward to connecting in 2021.